3-Star OL Kage Payne Commits to NC State!

NC State just picked up a verbal commitment from 2025 3-Star Offensive Lineman Kage Payne (6’4″/280), flipping his commitment from Troy.

1000% COMMITTED !!! #1Pack1Goal #HTT #BigMenLead 🔴🐺⚪️ @Coach2J @StateCoachD @CoachTonyGibson @CoachAlexFaulk @jokerphillips @CoachGoebbel @KFBknights @kingsathletics @Americanfbcamp @AllenTrieu @mattfreemanISD pic.twitter.com/IrvP9d2VoY

— Kage Payne (@kagepayne0) August 13, 2024

Payne verbally committed to Troy on August 2nd, but NC State’s offer last Thursday led to a change of plans.

He plays for Kings High School in Kings Mill, Ohio. ON3 ranks him as the #64 overall player in the state of Ohio in the 2025 recruiting class.

NC State now has 17 verbal commitments in their 2025 recruiting class: 4-Star RB Kentrell Rinehart, 4-Star WR Jerel Bolder, 3-Star C Isaac Sowells Jr., 3-Star RB RJ Boyd, 3-Star WR Arrion Concepcion, 3-Star DE Mykah Newton, 3-Star CB Cam Strong, 3-Star QB Will Wilson, 3-Star TE Gus Ritchey, 3-Star DE Colby Cronk, 3-Star S Tristan Teasdell, 3-Star WR Jamar Browder, 3-Star CB Caden Gordon, 3-Star OL Michael Gibbs, 3-Star DL Makhi Williams-Lee, 3-Star DL Omarian Abraham & 3-Star OL Kage Payne.