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3-Star CB Shyheim Battle Breaks Down Last Weekends Visit to NC State

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This past weekend 3-star 2019 Cornerback Shyheim Hines (6’2”/168) took a visit to Raleigh to take in the Wolfpack’s game against the Clemson Tigers. He is ranked as the 20th best player in the class of 2019 in North Carolina by Rivals. I had the chance to catch up with him, and he gave me his thoughts on the experience, and on NC State’s recruitment of him.

On the experience of being in Carter-Finley for the Clemson game…

I wish I could’ve arrived earlier to see warm ups. I arrived in time to see kickoff though. I loved every moment of the game, it even felt like I was playing in the game. It was that intense. I caught the chills a few times from the crowd when State made a big play. Since State has been recruiting me I’ve been keeping a eye on #5 Jonathan Austin. Coach Barlow told me to keep an eye on him, because he’s one of the top, if not the top DB state has. I take mental reps on how he plays and try to pick up on it and use it in practice. In his press man he’s patient and waits on the receiver to make his move and react to it. He plays real calm and relaxed like me. That’s something similar we have in common. If he gets beat he doesn’t hang his head. He gets back set for the next play and goes back to work. Overall Austin had a good game from me watching from the stands. I don’t believe he gave up over 3 receptions. I enjoyed the game and I was in-and-out of my seat every time State made a big play. I’ll be back visiting again when UNC comes to State.

On NC State’s recruitment of him…

State has been recruiting me since the winter of my sophomore season. Coach Barlow came to visit me at school and talked to me, and asked me questions about my personal life, school and football life. Coach Barlow told me to come up to one of the camps in the summer and on June 24 I came up to camp and he saw me doing well and told me to stay after so I could tour and stufff. So I stayed and toured the football facility and had a photo shoot in the locker room, it was really cool. A few minutes later I went up stairs to Coach Doeren’s office. While my father and I were talking to him, he offered me a full scholarship to play at NC State. Since September 1st, NC State has been sending me mail about 5-6 days out of the week, often more than one letter a day, which shows to me they have a lot of interest in me. Coach Doeren also came to one of practices to see me and we spoke a little about leadership. He has texted me a few times also. Mainly it’s Coach Barlow texting me, checking up on me about once a week. State shows a lot of interest my way.

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

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April 26, 2024

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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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April 23, 2024

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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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3-Star Edge Nik Alston Has Locked in an Official Visit to NC State

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According to a source, 2025 3-Star Edge Nik Alston (6’3″/260) has locked in an Official Visit to NC State for June 7-9.

Alston plays for Thompson High School in Birmingham, Alabama, and is ranked as the #40 overall player in the state in the 2025 class according to 247Sports.

Back on April 6th, Alston was in attendance for NC State’s 2024 Spring Game, and he walked away with an offer. He also holds offers from Minnesota, Washington, Liberty, Georgia Tech and Tulane.

He also has Official Visits scheduled for Washington, Minnesota, Liberty and Tulane. Honestly, some of the dates that I have found overlap at this point, but these were all reported at one time.

This past season, Alston had 37 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, 2 forced fumbles and 2 fumble recoveries.

When I spoke with Alston in the past, he said NC State would be at the top of his list.

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3-Star CB Robert Jones III Includes NC State in His Top-10

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April 21, 2024

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2025 3-Star Cornerback Robert Jones III (6’2″/170) recently revealed his Top-10 schools, and NC State made the cut along with Auburn, Kentucky, Miami, Louisville, Illinois, South Florida, UCF, Missouri and Florida.

ON3 ranks Jones III as the #59 overall player in the state of Florida in the 2025 recruiting class.

You can watch his highlights from the 2023 season here. He only played 7 games due to injury. Jones III had 9 pass breakups and 2 interceptions as a Junior.

Jones III has a commitment date set for May 28th, with an Official Visit to Illinois scheduled in June.

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