NC State’s Secondary Looks to be Healthy Heading into Clemson

This past Saturday, NC State started the game without All-ACC Senior Cornerback Aydan White, and lost their other starting Cornerback, Sophomore Brandon Cisse, on the 2nd defensive play.

Wolfpack Head Coach Dave Doeren shared at his weekly press conference this afternoon that White will play on Saturday against #21 Clemson, and he expects Cisse to be ready to go as well.

“Aydan will be back this week. Cisse looks like he’ll be fine. So we should be back to full strength on that side of the football.”

With White and Cisse out against Louisiana Tech, Senior Corey Coley and Junior Devon Marshall stepped up in a big way. In fact, Doeren said today that Marshall was their Defensive Player of the Game against the Bulldogs. He also highlighted that Redshirt Sophomore Jackson Vick came in as the Dime Defensive Back, and made some good plays.

You don’t ever want to see your starters go down, but when they do, it gives the next man up a chance to prove they can handle the moment. While it is certainly good news that White will be back against the Tigers, and likely Cisse as well, the coaching staff has to feel good about their depth at Corner heading into the weekend.