NC State’s Spike Sowells Jr. Earns PFF All-Freshman Team Honors

NC State Offensive Guard Spike Sowells Jr. was named to the PFF All-True Freshman Team today.

Offense

QB: Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele, California
RB: Caleb Hawkins, North Texas
WR: Malachi Toney, Miami (FL)
WR: Andrew Marsh, Michigan
TE: Kaelan Chudzinski, Boston College
FLEX: Dakorien Moore, Oregon
LT: Michael Fasusi, Oklahoma
LG: John Mills, Washington
C: Paul Bowling, Troy
RG: Spike Sowells Jr., NC State
RT: Michael Carroll, Alabama

Defense

DI: Elijah Griffin, Georgia
DI: Jahkeem Stewart, USC
EDGE: London Merritt, Colorado
EDGE: Jayden Woods, Florida
LB: Mason Posa, Wisconsin
LB: Charlie Christopher, Ohio
CB: DJ Pickett, LSU
CB: Dijon Lee Jr., Alabama
S: Bryce Fitzgerald, Miami (FL)
S: Rylon Dillard-Allen, Washington
FLEX: Shawn Lee Jr., Pittsburgh

Special Teams

K: Trey Butkowski, Pittsburgh
P: Billy Gowers, Hawaii
RS: Tristian Gentry, Texas Tech
ST: Scott Taylor, UCLA
LS: Mitch Weisenborn, Missouri State

(PFF)

Sowells Jr. has played in 9 games this season for the Wolfpack. After playing in his first three appearances as a reserve, Sowells Jr. has served as the starting Right Guard in his last 6 appearances.

His Overall PFF Grade for the season is 68.4, which is the 2nd highest grade on NC State’s Offensive Line, sitting one spot behind Redshirt Junior Jacarrius Peak.

Sowells Jr. is the first True Freshman to start a game on the Offensive Line for the Wolfpack since Ickey Ekwonu in 2019.

Spike was the highest ranked player in NC State’s 2025 recruiting class according to Rivals, ranking the 4-Star prospect as the #145 overall player nationally, the #9 Interior Offensive Lineman and the #1 player in the state of Kentucky.