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Dave Doeren’s Press Conference Before Wake Forest: Bulleted

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NC State head coach Dave Doeren met with the media today for his weekly press conference. If you feel like watching thr whole thing, you can do so here, but for those of you that would prefer the cliff notes, here it is in bulleted for.

Boston College

  • Proud of the guys for getting a win at BC. They were averaging 35 points a game. Held them to 14. Wasn’t pretty…but
    • 4 4th down stops
    • 2 takeaways (one in red zone)
    • Blocked a punt that led to 3 points
  • Offense struggles to finish drives. Did well on third down against a team who is good at 3rd down D. Best we’ve done on third in awhile.
  • Played against a challenging offense. Unique system. Basically played goal line defense for 50 plays.
  • Jaylen Samuels and Nyheim Hines both had explosive plays that put us over top.
  • Came our fairly healthy. Know more tomorrow. Trainer Justin Smith felt good about everyone on Sunday.
  • Thought PK Kyle Bambard would have confidence in 2nd half, but didn’t. Can’t go find someone else. Hope he can put it through. Have to get more TD’s in the red zone, and not put him out there unless we have to.
  • Don’t know if the cold impacted Finley more than he’ll ever admit. He was off. Just have to get back in a rhythm and let him play. Don’t think he’s distracted by Mock Drafts. Give the kid a break. He’s human.
  • Happy for Chubb. Gonna have to get a patch with his name and put it in someone’s jersey. To watch him earn the respect of teammates & country. Awesome. Wasn’t a 5-Star Guy, but made himself into one.
  • Gave up a long run play. Linebackers lined up wrong. Huxtable and I were angry.

Wake Forest

  • Averaging 35 points per game. 3 straight weeks over that average. 2nd in ACC in scoring and best in red zone offense. 625 yards against Louisville. 587 against Notre Dame. 734 against Syracuse.
  • QB John Wolford playing really well. Competitive. 20 TD’s & 3 interceptions. Leads ACC in passing efficiency. Runs the ball well. Been injured in past. Healthy now.
  • WR Scotty Washington is averaging 17 yards per catch. Slot Reciver Tabari Hines has her State in the past. Doing the same things.
  • TE Cam Serigne has played all 4 years. Has 8 red zone TD’s.
  • Like us. Played a lot of players that were young that now are veterans.
  • Do a lot systematically that creates one-on-one situations tackling and in coverage.
  • Offense has a lot of tricks. Strong challenge.
  • Defense takes ball away. +5 in Turnover Margin.
  • Duke Ejefor is disruptive. 2nd in ACC in TFL’s behind Chubb.
  • Last ACC Road game for Seniors.
  • Have played well against them the past 2 years. Have had explosive plays. Gotten off to good Starts. Executed well. Prevented them from having explosive plays for scores.
  • We haven’t played well there historically. Want to erase way things used to be.
  • Best Wake team Doeren has faced.

General

  • Excited ro olay Back-to-Back in-State Games.
  • Weve lost three games. Two to top 5 teams and one to a good SEC team. Teams ahead of us have losses to unranked teams. Don’t think they look at that with us for whatever reason. Our strength of schedule is real. We deserve some credit if we win out, and we will see where that puts us. Have to win out first.

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NC State Offers FCS DT Brandon Lane

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May 6, 2024

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NC State offered Stephen F. Austin (FCS) Transfer Defensive Tackle Brandon Lane (6’3″/300) yesterday.

Lane started in 6 of the 11 games he played in for Stephen F. Austin this past season. He finished the year with 44 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks. His PFF Grade was 74.6, which ranked 4th on the Lumberjacks Defense. His 79.9 Run Defense Grade ranked 3rd on the team. In 2022, Lane played 7 games as a reserve for Stephen F. Austin, recording 11 tackles 2.5 tackles for loss and 1 sack.

Lane spent his first two collegiate seasons at South Dakota State (2000-21). In 2000, he played in 1 game. In 2021, he played in 3 games as a reserve for the Jackrabbits. The 2000 season was the Covid Year, and the 2021 season was his redshirt year. As a result, Lane still has two years of eligibility remaining.

Around a week-and-a-half ago, Lane committed to Michigan St., but then he decommitted from the Spartans on May 2nd.

I don’t think Michigan St. is necessarily off the table, and he has visited Washington and West Virginia.

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Congrats to NC State Football’s Spring Graduates!

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May 3, 2024

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Congratulations to the 7 NC State Football Players that just graduated this Spring.

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2024 Football Spring Graduates

Linebacker Devon Betty (1 year of eligibility)

Defensive End Davin Vann (1 year of eligibility)

Cornerback Aydan White (1 year of eligibility)

Offensive Guard Anthony Carter Jr. (2 years of eligibility)

Offensive Lineman Matt McCabe (2 years of eligibility)

Offensive Tackle Patrick Matan (2 years of eligibility)

Offensive Lineman Brendan Lawson (no longer on the roster)

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Proposed Bill in the NC House Would Require NC State & UNC To Play One Another, as well as ECU, UNCC and App St.

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May 3, 2024

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A bill has been proposed by members of the North Carolina House of Representatives that would force NC State and UNC to play one another, as well as East Carolina, UNC Charlotte and Appalachian State.

According to House Bill 965, which you can read here in full, NC State and UNC would be required to play one another annually in Football, Men’s Basketball and Women’s Basketball. The Wolfpack and the Tar Heels would also be forced to play a game annually in all three sports against either ECU, UNC-Charlotte or App St. Every six years, NC State and UNC would be required to have played a home and away game against each of the three school in all three sports.

Here’s the exact wording from the proposed bill:

Competition Required. – A high-enrollment institution shall do all of the following in each eligible sport: (1) Every academic year, play at least one home or one away game against (i) another high-enrollment institution and (ii) an eligible constituent institution that is not a high-enrollment institution. (2) Every six academic years, play at least one home and one away game against each eligible constituent institution that is not a high-enrollment institution. A high-enrollment institution shall alternate home and away games that are scheduled against the same eligible constituent institution that is not a high-enrollment institution.

For glossary of terms being referenced above:

For the purposes of this bill, “High-enrollment institutions” = NC State and UNC, while “Eligible constituent institutions” = East Carolina, UNC Charlotte and Appalachian State.

It’s worth noting that NC State already has games schedule against each of these teams home-and-away in Football between now and 2031.

2025 – East Carolina (H)

2025 – @ App St.

2026 – App St. (H)

2028 – @ East Carolina

2030 – Charlotte (H)

2031 – @ Charlotte

What are your thoughts?

For more details, check out this article at WRAL.

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Akron Safety Kerry Martin Jr. will Take an Official Visit at NC State Next Week

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Akron Safety Kerry Martin Jr. (6’1″/195) confirmed with me that he will be taking an Official Visit to NC State next week beginning on May 7th.

After receiving an offer from NC State yesterday, it didn’t take him long to set up the visit.

Martin Jr. is familiar with NC State, because he was recruited by Wolfpack Defensive Coordinator Tony Gibson before he left West Virginia to come to Raleigh. Even though he never coached him, a relationship was established.

Martin Jr.’s connections to NC State are deeper than that. Former NC State Cornerback Derrek Pitts, who is currently a member of the Tampa Bay Bucs, is his cousin.

This past year, Martin Jr. recorded 45 tackles, 2 interceptions and 6 pass breakups for Akron, starting in 9 of the 11 games he played in. His PFF Grade was 68.9.

In 2022, he had 53 tackles, 1 interception and 1 pass breakup, starting in 9 of the 11 games he played in. Martin Jr.’s PFF Grade was 60.9.

In 2019, as a Freshman for West Virginia, Martin Jr. earned PFF Freshman All-American honors, recording a grade of 70.6, with 50 tackles and 3 pass breakups.

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