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Wolfpack Football Insider Recruiting Update 10/23

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With Riley Nicholson’s retirement from football, we can now take another LB in this year’s class.
On that same note, Target 4* LB Eriq Gilyard is scheduled to announce on October 22nd.

Known LB Targets still left:

4* Keshon Artis
3* Fa’najae Gotay
3* Case Gatlin
4* Payton Wilson
4* Eriq Gilyard

 

Official Visitors Left:

11/4 – LB Keshon Artis
12/9 – WR/S/ATH Joe Wilkins Jr. (see video below)

I think Wilkins could be a steal in this class if we can get him to commit.  His recruitment is blowing up. His team is rated the #27 overall team in the country.


A fellow State fan posed a question to me after the Louisville Game: Who can take over for J-Sam as a multiple position kind of player in the future? Here’s my thoughts:

On Current Roster –

Damontay Rhem – He has the a similar size to J-Sam and was electric with the ball in his hands not only in the spring game but also on film at his prior school.  He is redshirting this year.   Dylan Parham – Converted QB who is playing some at FB/H Back this year.  He made an outstanding catch earlier this year and is used for blocking a lot this year.  He has great size and athleticism (6’4″) and could be a matchup nightmare if he can develop at his current position.

Future Players (2018 class) –

I’m going to go with Josiah Provillon or Daveon Robinson. Possibly add Joe Wilkins to this list if we can get him to commit.  Provillon has the greater speed, Robinson has great size (6’4″), and Wilkins just has tremendous athletic ability.

 

Recruiting Ranking Updates:
Commit DE Joe Babros was just evaluated by Scout.com and he is now the #35 SDE in the country, a very solid 3* (as I thought he would be).   He is also rated a mid-range 3* by Rivals.com.

 

Ritter’s Bold Predictions:
• We will MISS on:  4* LB Eriq Gilyard and he will wind up at Central Florida

• We will HIT on:  4* LB Payton Wilson, 4* LB Keshon Artis, 3* ATH Joe Wilkins, 4* OG Jovaughn Gwyn

• When evaluations are done after this season, we will have at least 6 4-star players in this cycle (Person, Leary, and Provillon are already 4* on at least one site).

 

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3-Star DT Drayden Pavey is Taking an Official Visit to NC State

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3-Star 2025 Defensive Tackle Drayden Pavey (6’3″/305) will be taking an Official Visit to NC State on June 18th. He also has Official Visit’s scheduled for Purdue, Wisconsin and Arizona.

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ON3 ranks Pavey as the #4 player in the state of Kentucky (Robert A. Taft High/Burlington, KY)

NC State has already made quite the impression. They only offered him on April 24th. Getting an Official Visit scheduled a week after offering a player is a good sign.

When Pavey released his Top-8 back in February, NC State was obviously on the list. It consisted of Miami (OH), Toledo, Boston College, West Virginia, Pitt, Cincinnati, Indiana and Purdue. Wisconsin is also new to the scene, offering Pavey on April 21st.

As a Junior, Pavey had 46 tackles 7.5 sacks and 9 tackles for loss.

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4-Star Safety Jordan Young Includes NC State in Top-8

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4-Star 2025 Safety Jordan Young (6’0″/170) revealed his Top-8 schools today, and NC State made the cut along with Alabama, FSU, UNC, Clemson, Michigan, Tennessee and Texas A&M.

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It’s not shocking that Young included the Wolfpack, because back on April 15th he shared that he had locked in an Official Visit to NC State for June 19-21. He also has Official Visits scheduled to Clemson (May 31), FSU (June 14), and Tennessee (June 21).

All 4 recruiting databases rank Young as a Top-200 prospect nationally in the 2025 recruiting class, with ESPN, 247Sports and ON3 ranking him in the Top-35. 247Sports ranks him as the #29 overall player nationally, the #2 Safety and the #2 player in the state of North Carolina.

This past season, Young had 66 tackles, 4 forced fumbles, 5 fumble recoveries, 1 interception and 3 pass breakups for Monroe High School. On the offensive side of the ball, he had 34 receptions for 812 yards and 8 touchdowns.

Young is planning to announce his commitment on October 12th.

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4-Star Safety Jontae Gilbert Has Locked in an Official Visit to NC State

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4-Star 2025 Safety Jontae Gilbert (6’1″/180) confirmed with me that he has locked in an Official Visit to NC State for the weekend of September 27-29, and he plans for it to be his last Official Visit.

Back in July of 2022, Gilbert committed to Ohio St., but last July he decommitted from the Buckeyes.

Gilbert also has Official Visits scheduled for UCF, South Carolina and USC.

At one point, Gilbert was a 5-star prospect, but now he is a consensus 4-star prospect, and a consensus Top-275 player. Rivals ranks him as the #70 overall player nationally in the 2025 recruiting class, and the #8 player in the state of Georgia.

NC State offered Gilbert in April of last year.

Recently, he has taken unofficial visits to, or been visited by Louisville, Auburn, Tennessee, Georgia St., Oregon, Clemson, Texas and South Carolina.

While he doesn’t have an Official Visit set up with Georgia, the Bulldogs are obviously a big player in Gilbert’s recruitment.

Gilbert plays for Douglass High School in Atlanta, Georgia.

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3-Star LB Cameron White Has NC State Official Visit Set

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3-Star 2025 Linebacker Cameron White (6’1″/225) will be taking an Official Visit to NC State on June 19-21, according to a source.

NC State offered White back on March 1st.

While White hasn’t officially released a Top-8, he did say that the 8 schools that are standing out are NC State, Louisville, Tennessee, West Virginia, UCF, Syracuse, Georgia Tech and Utah.

This Spring, he has taken unofficial visits to Tennessee, UCF, Georgia Tech, Syracuse, Louisville, Miami. He’s expected to take an Official Visit to Louisville as well.

Rivals ranks White as the #37 Outside Linebacker nationally in the 2025 recruiting class, and the #79 player in the state of Florida.

This past year, White had 81 tackles, 13 tackles for loss and 5 sacks for Sumner (Riverview, FL).

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