WATCH: Davin Vann’s Press Conference After NC State’s Win Over WCU (with transcript)

I think JP (Jayland Parker) did a good job stepping in the way he did. Losing Caden (Fordham) hurt us a little bit, of course. Having our number one Mike go down hurts, but I think JP did a really good job of stepping in and knowing what he needed to do and playing very fast in the way he did, so I think he did a good job.

I think we just started off slow. I think, you know, just the first game, nervous. I think that, you know, there are a few things that we came out prepared for them to run, and they didn’t really do quite what we were prepared for, but I think it was just, you know, really just the first game nerves and just started.

We started off slow, but, you know, moving forward, I think that we got to attack every quarter with the fourth-quarter mentality the way we did today.

It’s nice being 1-0. They were a really good football team. They came out and played physical. But, yeah, I think just being 1-0, we’re happy with that, and we’re just looking forward on moving forward. 

Vann had 3 tackles, 0.5 sacks and 1.5 tackles for loss.