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WATCH: NC State WR Noah Rogers Talks with the Media Before Louisiana Tech (with transcript)

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NC State Redshirt Freshman Wide Receiver Noah Rogers met with the media on Tuesday afternoon, leading up to the Wolfpack’s game against Louisiana Tech this Saturday. You can watch the video ABOVE, or read the transcript BELOW.

What is it like to flush a game? What’s kind of like the process, Sunday night, Monday, when you just know like, okay, life goes on and you have to flush it?

I just kind of come back and get my thoughts together, and just cut on the film and grade myself out, see what I did better, see what I could do better, and tell myself I don’t have no mistakes again. And one thing I like about that is you learn from your losses.

So, ain’t nothing better than getting better, so.

Do you have some good leaders on this team that can kind of pick you guys up and then lead you in the right direction after what happened?

Yeah, definitely, it is a lot of leaders. And I’m thankful for the guys that we do have on our team, because if there’s ever a day that I’m down, they’re always there to pick me up.

So the leadership here is great, and they know the standard. And after our game as a team, we talked, and that’s what we need. We need that leadership to keep everybody bought in, and not in different ways for maybe frustration or whatever.

But our leadership is not gonna only stay here, but it’s gonna become stronger as time goes on. And things get tougher later down the road.

I’m not asking what was said in that meeting, but how did that meeting go, what was it like?

It’s just brothers, just brothers.

Brothers just chatting, just making sure every position group is meeting their goals. And all we’re doing is just challenging ourselves to keep going hard and keep pushing the guys that’s either maybe behind you or in front of you to keep going hard and make each other better. And the sky’s the only limit, so we’re gonna keep going till the wheels fall off, so.

Have you seen Grayson kind of take that leadership role? 

Yeah, man, he’s a great leader. Every time the coach is asked a question, he’s right on it, answers spot on. And just because he may not have the best performance, he’s still a great leader, we don’t take anything from him.

And I’m glad to have him as my quarterback. He’s a great guy, great leader, and he’s pushing me to be the best receiver that I can.

An offense where a bunch of players are still learning to mesh together.

At the end of the day, it’s all about, it’s not about who you got, it’s about how you play and how you play together.

If I’m not getting the ball, I just wanna make sure I’m doing everything on my end, so my teammate can get the ball. It’s not being selfish, that’s a big thing. We take pride in that here.

The ball’s not coming your way. Are you gonna block? Are you gonna execute the play? So it’s just small things like that that lead to big errors.

Negativity surrounding the program right now.

I mean, it ain’t no pressure. It’s still the beginning of the season, and as long as we keep working and keep finding our weaknesses to strengthen it, everything is gonna be all right. One important thing that we got from last game, as long as we keep believing in each other and playing hard, everything will fall in place.

We are capable of knowing what we can do, and last game was just a fluke. I believe we’re much better than that, and we’re gonna keep this thing rolling.

So with that said, how do you expect this team to come out against Louisiana Tech this week? What do you expect on how the offense will play this week?

I mean, I’m expecting to play some great Wolfpack football.

That’s really as simple as that. I mean, we just gotta come out strong and get to it early.

After two games, what are some things that you feel like you’re working on through two games at NC State?

From two games, I feel a lot more comfortable from not playing college football, but from those two games, I learned that I just gotta keep trusting myself and keep listening to what my coach is teaching me. It’s all there, and it’s all gonna fall in place. And later down the road, things are gonna start getting scary for a lot of guys.

Do you feel like there’s still kind of a need to find a way to get the ball deep down the field for you guys and some of these passing teams as well?

I mean, not necessarily deep. I believe that we can get it short, intermediate, deep, on the run, different ways, so as long as we just keep finding ways to get our playmakers the ball and make it plays, and everything’s gonna be all right for us.

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NC State vs. Cal Kickoff Time & TV Network Announced

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October 8, 2024

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NC State and California will kickoff on the West Coast at 3:30pm on October 19th. The game will be televised on the ACC Network.

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Under Dave Doeren, NC State is 9-16 at the 3:30 time slot. If you include 3pm and 4pm kickoffs, the Wolfpack is 14-17 between 3-4pm since 2013.

2023

Virginia Tech – 35-28 (W)

2022

Syracuse – 9-24 (L)

Boston College – 20-21 (L)

UNC – 30-27 (W) (2OT)

2021

Clemson – 27-21 (W)

FSU – 28-14 (W) (4pm)

Syracuse – 41-17 (W) (4pm)

2020

Duke – 31-20 (W)

Georgia Tech – 23-13 (W) (4pm)

2018

Clemson – 7-41 (L)

FSU – 47-28 (W)

2017

South Carolina – 28-35 (L) (3pm)

Notre Dame – 14-35 (L)

Clemson – 31-38 (L)

UNC – 33-21 (W)

Arizona St. – 52-31 (W) (3pm)

2016

Wake Forest – 33-16 (W)

2015

Clemson – 41-46 (L)

UNC – 34-35 (L)

Miss St. – 28-51 (L)

2014

South Florida – 49-17 (W)

FSU – 41-56 (L)

Clemson – 0-41 (L)

Boston College – 14-30 (L)

Louisville – 18-30 (L)

Wake Forest – 42-13 (W)

2013

Central Michigan – 48-14 (W)

Wake Forest – 13-28 (L)

Syracuse – 10-24 (L)

FSU – 17-49 (L)

Duke – 28-30 (L) (4pm)

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NC State vs. WFU: Offensive PFF Grades Report

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October 7, 2024

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NC State lost to Wake Forest 30-34 on Saturday in Carter-Finley Stadium. Here’s a PFF Grade Report for the Wolfpack Offense in Week 6.

Freshman Quarterback CJ Bailey – 84.8
Redshirt Senior Left Tackle Anthony Belton – 77.9
Junior Tight End Justin Joly – 75.7
Sophomore Running Back Kendrick Raphael – 71.9
Redshirt Freshman Wide Receiver Noah Rogers – 68.0
Redshirt Junior Left Guard Anthony Carter Jr. – 67.3
Freshman Wide Receiver Keenan Jackson – 63.9
Redshirt Sophomore Right Tackle Jacarrius Peak – 63.0
Redshirt Senior Center Zeke Correll – 62.7
Freshman Wide Receiver Terrell Anderson – 61.8
Junior Wide Receiver Wesley Grimes – 61.4
Redshirt Senior Running Back Jordan Waters – 59.9
Sophomore Wide Receiver Kevin Concepcion – 57.3
Redshirt Junior Wide Receiver Jakolbe Baldwin – 54.1
Redshirt Senior Right Guard Timothy McKay – 53.3
Junior Tight End Dante Daniels – 39.7

Notes

  • This was the highest grade of CJ Bailey’s career.
  • This was Anthony Belton’s highest grade of the season, and the 2nd highest grade of his career.
  • This was Kendrick Raphael’s highest grade of the season, and the 3rd highest grade of his career.
  • Wesley Grimes started instead of the injured Dacari Collins.

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NC State vs. WFU: Defensive PFF Grades Report

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NC State lost to Wake Forest 30-34 on Saturday in Carter-Finley Stadium. Here’s a PFF Grade Report for the Wolfpack Defense in Week 6.

Redshirt Freshman Nickel Tamarcus Cooley – 77.8
Senior Safety Bishop Fitzgerald – 77.3
Senior Defensive End Davin Vann – 69.6
Redshirt Junior Safety Rente Hinton – 69.3
Junior Nose Tackle Brandon Cleveland – 69.0
Redshirt Junior Defensive End Travali Price – 67.9
Senior Linebacker Devon Betty – 65.9
Redshirt Freshman Defensive End Isaiah Shirley – 65.7
Senior Cornerback Aydan White – 61.9
Senior Nose Tackle Chazz Wallace – 61.4
Senior Safety DK Kaufman – 61.3
Redshirt Freshman Linebacker Kamal Bonner – 58.9
Redshirt Senior Defensive End Noah Potter – 58.9
Redshirt Junior Linebacker Caden Fordham – 55.2
Redshirt Junior Linebacker Sean Brown – 54.9
Junior Cornerback Devon Marshall – 48.8
Senior Nickel Ja’Had Carter – 44.1
Redshirt Senior Safety Kerry Martin Jr. – 42.1

Notes

  • Tamarcus Cooley started for the 2nd straight week at Nickel, despite the return of Ja’Had Carter.
    • This was the highest grade of his career.
  • Bishop Fitzgerald returned to his starting position at Strong Safety (KJ Martin started last week).
    • This was his highest grade of his career.
  • NC State only had 2 defensive players with a grade of 70+.
  • This was Rente Hinton’s highest grade of his career.
  • Travali Price returned to his starting job at Defensive End (Isaiah Shirley started last week).
    • This was Price’s highest grade of the season, and his highest grade since Week 9 last year against Clemson.
  • Devon Marshall started in place of the injured Brandon Cisse, rather than Corey Coley Jr.
    • Unfortunately, he posted a grade of 48.8, which is the lowest grade of his career.
  • This was Ja’Had’s 2nd lowest grade of his college career.

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NC State vs. WFU: Defensive Snap Count Report

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October 7, 2024

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NC State lost to Wake Forest 30-34 on Saturday in Carter-Finley Stadium. Here’s Snap Count Report for the Wolfpack Defense in Week 6.

Redshirt Junior Linebacker Sean Brown – 66
Redshirt Junior Linebacker Caden Fordham – 66
Senior Cornerback Aydan White – 66
Junior Cornerback Devon Marshall – 62
Senior Defensive End Davin Vann – 57
Junior Nose Tackle Brandon Cleveland – 53
Senior Safety DK Kaufman – 52
Senior Linebacker Devon Betty – 51
Senior Safety Bishop Fitzgerald – 48
Redshirt Freshman Nickel Tamarcus Cooley – 44
Redshirt Junior Defensive End Travali Price – 38
Redshirt Senior Defensive End Noah Potter – 27
Senior Nickel Ja’Had Carter – 20
Redshirt Freshman Isaiah Shirley – 18
Redshirt Senior Safety KJ Martin Jr. – 18
Redshirt Junior Safety Rente Hinton – 14
Redshirt Freshman Linebacker Kamal Bonner – 9
Senior Nose Tackle Chazz Wallace – 7
Redshirt Sophomore Cornerback Jackson Vick – 5
Senior Cornerback Corey Coley – 5

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