Football Recruiting
4-Star OT Takhyian Whitset Flips Commitment from Purdue to NC State!
4-Star 2025 Offensive Tackle Takhyian Whitset (6’5″/265) took an Official Visit to NC State last weekend, while he was still verbally committed to Purdue. He committed to the Boilermakers on April 30th earlier this year, but after taking his Official Visit to Raleigh last weekend, Whitset decommitted from Purdue on Wednesday.
— Takhyian Whitset (@TakhyianWhitset) October 10, 2024
Whitset announced that he is committing to NC State today!
1000% committed!!🐺🐺🐺🐺@Coach2J @PackFootball @StateCoachD @CoachAlexFaulk @Coach__Pen @CoachTBarr @AHSBEARS_FB @CoachBroome_7 #1Pack1Goal @SWiltfong_ @ethanmmcdowell pic.twitter.com/55NoCiLolx
— Takhyian Whitset (@TakhyianWhitset) October 12, 2024
Whitset plays for Antioch in Nashville, Tennessee. ON3 ranks him as the #238 overall player nationally, the #20 Offensive Tackle nationally in the 2025 recruiting class, and the #8 player in the state of Tennessee.
According to ON3, Whitset is instantly the 4th highest rated prospect in the Wolfpack’s 2025 17-man recruiting class.
NC State now has Four 4-Star commits in their 2025 recruiting class:
Wide Receiver Jerel Bolder
RB Kentrell Rinehart
OT Takhyian Whitset
DE Colby Cronk