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.

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

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

Redshirt Sophomore Right Tackle Jacarrius Peak – 77
Redshirt Senior Right Guard Timothy McKay – 77
Redshirt Junior Left Guard Anthony Carter Jr. – 77
Redshirt Senior Left Tackle Anthony Belton – 76
Redshirt Senior Center Zeke Correll – 75
Freshman Quarterback CJ Bailey – 70
Sophomore Wide Receiver Kevin Concepcion – 55
Junior Tight End Justin Joly – 55
Junior Wide Receiver Wesley Grimes – 39
Junior Tight End Dante Daniels – 37
Redshirt Senior Running Back Jordan Waters – 37
Freshman Wide Receiver Keenan Jackson – 36
Sophomore Running Back Kendrick Raphael – 35
Redshirt Freshman Wide Receiver Noah Rogers – 32
Freshman Wide Receiver Terrell Anderson – 26
Redshirt Junior Jakolbe Baldwin – 17
Redshirt Senior Quarterback Grayson McCall – 7
Redshirt Senior Running Back Demarcus Jones II – 6
Redshirt Junior Tight End Reid Mitchell – 4
Redshirt Junior Wide Receiver Jalen Coit – 4
Redshirt Senior Center Dawson Jaramillo – 3
Sophomore Tight End Juice Vereen – 2

NC State Cornerback Aydan White met with the media for a postgame press conference after the Wolfpack’s 30-34 loss to Wake Forest this afternoon. You can watch the video ABOVE, and read the transcript BELOW.

What happened defensively in the 4th Quarter?

I think we just stopped playing together and we stopped just communicating. That’s what ended up happening on the last couple of downs.

There’s no communication by us. And they end up making the plays that we should have made.

What’s the key to bouncing back to a heartbreaking loss like this one?

Everybody’s got to stick together and just know what we want at the end and just keep chasing what we can do.

Just making sure we keep staying together and no outside noise from anybody.

Is there a specific message that you’re giving to your teammates?

We just got to finish. That’s what we didn’t do.

Up by 10 points in the fourth quarter and didn’t finish the game. I mean, that’s what it comes down to. We just got to finish as a whole.

What did the defense do early to try to support CJ Bailey?

Yeah, just letting CJ know he young. Just got to instill that confidence in him that we got your back.

If you make a play, you don’t make a play. The defense is going to go out there and play the same if Grayson was out there or not. So just telling CJ we got his back no matter what happens.

What was the message to him afterwards, given the way that things ended?

Just knowing that we still got your back no matter what. You came in the game, you end up leading us back to taking the lead. We got your back no matter what.