NC State Nickel Tamarcus Cooley Re-Signs With Savage Wolves for 2025

Redshirt Freshman Nickel Tamarcus Cooley has re-signed with Savage Wolves, NC State’s Football NIL Branch (as a part of 1Pack), which means he will be returning in 2025.

This home grown Savage stepped up when we needed him most and finished the year as our 2nd highest rated defender according to PFF. We are thrilled to announce that @CooleyTamarcus has re-signed with Savage Wolves for 2025‼️ pic.twitter.com/H84eja3LhL

— SavageWolves (@SavageWolvesNIL) December 9, 2024

The Wolfpack has done a good job re-signing their essential players defensive players to return in 2025. Starting Linebackers Caden Fordham and Sean Brown, and Cornerbacks Brandon Cisse (starter) and Devon Marshall.

In his first season of college football, Cooley made quite the splash. After transferring from Maryland this offseason, he entered the season as the Wolfpack’s backup Nickel to Senior Ja’Had Carter. The upperclassmen left the program on October 14th, making room for Cooley in the #1 spot, but Cooley was already outplaying him before that.

Cooley was the 2nd highest graded player on NC State’s defense (75.5), and the highest graded Defensive Back.

He finished his Redshirt Freshman season with 30 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 sack, 1 interception, 2 forced fumbles and 6 pass breakups (2nd on the team).

Cooley is the 8th player to re-sign with Savage Wolves.

WR Jonathan Paylor

CB Devon Marshall

LB Caden Fordham 

CB Brandon Cisse

QB CJ Bailey

RB Hollywood Smothers

LB Sean Brown