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Head Coach Dave Doeren held a press conference at yesterday’s 2018 Media Day. Part 1 of the presser is below, with a BULLETED breakdown underneath.

  • Year 1 did a position study of every position group in the ACC. Average heights and weight. We were shorter than we wanted to be in the receiver room. Put a premium on length and speed in recruiting at that position. Coach MacDonald has done a good job not only recruiting that type of player, but developing them. Teaching them to be tough. Fun group to watch. Not only strong group on our team, but in the conference.  It’s not just a couple of them that are strong, but the depth…to see what RS SO CJ Riley and SO Emeka Emezie are doing behind JR Kelvin Harmon and GR Steph Louis, and the emergence of RS JR Jakobi Meyers…going from QB to WR over the past year…just a completely different player. Coach MacDonald deserves a lot of credit, and so do the players
  • Freshman nickelback Tanner Ingle is probably Top-5 football aptitude that I’ve ever been around. His ability to comprehend information and apply it in the live play is uncanny. His application of knowledge at his age is real impressive. Very physical…a striker. Definitely a guy who is going to play as a freshman, and will have a big role for us on special teams and as we work through the defensive install, we will have to see if he hits a wall at some point.
  • Talk a lot about eliminating distractions and ignoring the hype. He congratulates them when they make a watch list, but then reminds them they don’t win anything by being on a watch list. It’s helpful to see how it was with Bradley Chubb.
  • Junior cornerback Kishawn Miller has had some good days for us.
  • Was really excited about Freshman running back Trent Pennix early, but he’s been out a few days now with an ankle. He’s ahead of where we thought he would be.
  • Redshirt Freshman Damien Darden has shown a lot of improvement.
  • Redshirt Freshman Ibrahim Kanrte has made some good plays.
  • Freshman place kicker Chris Dunn has continued to do good things. Made a game-winning field goal in the stadium yesterday. Was a 45-yarder, so it was great to see that.
  • As long as we are going from graduating seniors to players with experience behind them, I think that’s the recipe. For instance, now it’s time for Senior DE Darian Roseboro, Senior DE James Smith-Williams, Senior RB Reggie Gallaspy, Senior DT Eurndraus Bryant. Players with experience and age like RS SO TE Cary Angeline and RS SO DT Val Martin. With that being said, health his a huge factor. After losing a lot of players, you don’t want to run out 7 or 8 guys with no experience. We don’t know where we will be game 1 in regards to health.
  • Yesterday had 5 different running backs practicing. Coach Kitchings just rolled them out there. Every three plays, a new guy. None of these are long term things. The timing of yesterday wasn’t good. Redshirt freshman Nakia Robinson was a little banged up. Happened the day before the scrimmage, so we weren’t going to put him in that position. Looks like he’ll be back tomorrow. Freshman Ricky Person is pretty close to coming back. Looking forward to getting him back out there. He’s been patient, but frustrated. Wants to get out and play. Freshman Trent Pennix is close. He ran today on the side. I would think in the next 5-7 days we will have that full health backfield, but right now it’s just a bunch of tough guys helping out the team. RS SR Nickel Stephen Morrison, FR Safety Tyler Baker-Williams, RS SO WR Tyler Dabbs, RS SO RB Will Dabbs, GR RB Brady Bodine are all playing running back right now to help us out until everyone else gets back.

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Colorado DT Transfer Chazz Wallace is Taking an Official Visit to NC State Tomorrow

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NC State has offered Colorado Defensive Tackle Transfer Chazz Wallace (6’2″/295), and he confirmed with me that he will be taking an Official Visit to Raleigh tomorrow.

Wallace played in 10 games for Coach Prime this past season, starting in 4. He finished with 11 tackles and 1.5 sacks. His PFF Grade was 56.4.

Prior to Colorado, Wallace spent his first three years at Old Dominion.

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NC State Offers FCS DT Brandon Lane

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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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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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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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