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PI EXCLUSIVE: 4-Star Safety JaDon Blair Breaks Down NC State Junior Day Experience

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This past Saturday, 4-Star 2025 Safety JaDon Blair (6’4″/180) attended NC State’s Junior Day. I caught up with Blair to get his take on the experience.

Can you describe what the format of the day was? What did you do?

They were really just trying to show me how I would fit in and how much I could be of use in their program. I had a couple of meetings personally with some of the coaches, just showing me the defense and where I would be at making most of the plays.

What was your favorite part of the experience?

My favorite part was when I was sitting in Coach Freddie’s (Aughtry-Lindsay/Nickels Coach) office and we were just talking about NC State, and how I could make them so much better and help the defense be elite, like the direction they already are headed.

Were you able to have any conversations with the coaching staff? If so, how did that go? What’s their recruiting pitch to you? What’s your relationship like with them? With Coach Gibson?

Yes, I had a lot of conversations with the coaching staff, including the Head Coach, the Defensive Coordinator and the Nickels Coach, just explaining to me how I could even possibly play both sides of the ball over there, because they like me on offense to. With my range and how I can run and move, they said I could play either side of the hall. It’s just up to me, and how my body grows

Where does NC State currently stand in your recruitment? What schools are currently ranking the highest for you?

NC State has always been a solid school for me and just learning about them and the program, it definitely ups the chances with me personally. I talk to schools like Penn State, Notre Dame, Virginia Tech, Florida State, Michigan, and Louisville a lot, so the relationship piece is there with those schools. That’s why I could say they are ranked extremely high to me

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ON3, 247Sports and Rivals rank Blair as a 4-Star prospect. All three rank him as a Top-300 player nationally. ON3 almost has him ranked as a 5-star prospect, sitting at #28 overall nationally. They also rank him as the #2 Safety in the 2025 recruiting class, and the #2 player in the state of North Carolina.

NC State offered Blair a little over a week ago on January 16th. He also holds offers from Penn St., Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, Louisville, Notre Dame, FSU, Maryland, Georgia Tech, Duke, South Carolina, LSU, Miami, Michigan, Tennessee, West Virginia and others.

This Fall, Blair had 57 tackles, 3 tackles for loss and 4 interceptions for Mt. Tabor (Winston-Salem, NC). On offense, he had 10 receptions for 255 yards and 6 touchdowns.

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3-Star DT Drayden Pavey is Taking an Official Visit to NC State

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May 1, 2024

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3-Star 2025 Defensive Tackle Drayden Pavey (6’3″/305) will be taking an Official Visit to NC State on June 18th. He also has Official Visit’s scheduled for Purdue, Wisconsin and Arizona.

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ON3 ranks Pavey as the #4 player in the state of Kentucky (Robert A. Taft High/Burlington, KY)

NC State has already made quite the impression. They only offered him on April 24th. Getting an Official Visit scheduled a week after offering a player is a good sign.

When Pavey released his Top-8 back in February, NC State was obviously on the list. It consisted of Miami (OH), Toledo, Boston College, West Virginia, Pitt, Cincinnati, Indiana and Purdue. Wisconsin is also new to the scene, offering Pavey on April 21st.

As a Junior, Pavey had 46 tackles 7.5 sacks and 9 tackles for loss.

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4-Star Safety Jordan Young Includes NC State in Top-8

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April 29, 2024

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4-Star 2025 Safety Jordan Young (6’0″/170) revealed his Top-8 schools today, and NC State made the cut along with Alabama, FSU, UNC, Clemson, Michigan, Tennessee and Texas A&M.

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It’s not shocking that Young included the Wolfpack, because back on April 15th he shared that he had locked in an Official Visit to NC State for June 19-21. He also has Official Visits scheduled to Clemson (May 31), FSU (June 14), and Tennessee (June 21).

All 4 recruiting databases rank Young as a Top-200 prospect nationally in the 2025 recruiting class, with ESPN, 247Sports and ON3 ranking him in the Top-35. 247Sports ranks him as the #29 overall player nationally, the #2 Safety and the #2 player in the state of North Carolina.

This past season, Young had 66 tackles, 4 forced fumbles, 5 fumble recoveries, 1 interception and 3 pass breakups for Monroe High School. On the offensive side of the ball, he had 34 receptions for 812 yards and 8 touchdowns.

Young is planning to announce his commitment on October 12th.

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4-Star Safety Jontae Gilbert Has Locked in an Official Visit to NC State

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April 26, 2024

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4-Star 2025 Safety Jontae Gilbert (6’1″/180) confirmed with me that he has locked in an Official Visit to NC State for the weekend of September 27-29, and he plans for it to be his last Official Visit.

Back in July of 2022, Gilbert committed to Ohio St., but last July he decommitted from the Buckeyes.

Gilbert also has Official Visits scheduled for UCF, South Carolina and USC.

At one point, Gilbert was a 5-star prospect, but now he is a consensus 4-star prospect, and a consensus Top-275 player. Rivals ranks him as the #70 overall player nationally in the 2025 recruiting class, and the #8 player in the state of Georgia.

NC State offered Gilbert in April of last year.

Recently, he has taken unofficial visits to, or been visited by Louisville, Auburn, Tennessee, Georgia St., Oregon, Clemson, Texas and South Carolina.

While he doesn’t have an Official Visit set up with Georgia, the Bulldogs are obviously a big player in Gilbert’s recruitment.

Gilbert plays for Douglass High School in Atlanta, Georgia.

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3-Star LB Cameron White Has NC State Official Visit Set

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3-Star 2025 Linebacker Cameron White (6’1″/225) will be taking an Official Visit to NC State on June 19-21, according to a source.

NC State offered White back on March 1st.

While White hasn’t officially released a Top-8, he did say that the 8 schools that are standing out are NC State, Louisville, Tennessee, West Virginia, UCF, Syracuse, Georgia Tech and Utah.

This Spring, he has taken unofficial visits to Tennessee, UCF, Georgia Tech, Syracuse, Louisville, Miami. He’s expected to take an Official Visit to Louisville as well.

Rivals ranks White as the #37 Outside Linebacker nationally in the 2025 recruiting class, and the #79 player in the state of Florida.

This past year, White had 81 tackles, 13 tackles for loss and 5 sacks for Sumner (Riverview, FL).

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