NC State Watched 4-Star Center Roosevelt Wheeler Yesterday

NC State’s coaching staff was up in Virginia yesterday watching 2021 4-Star Center Roosevelt Wheeler (6’10″/220).

Rivals ranks Wheeler as the #49 overall player nationally in the 2021 recruiting class, and 247Sports ranks him as the #3 player in the state of Virginia.

The Wolfpack have been on Wheeler for some time now, offering the big fella back on August 20th of last year. He also holds offers from Florida, Hampton, Old Dominion and VCU.

Wheeler was in attendance for NC State’s 94-74 victory over Wake Forest in Raleigh this year.

NC State’s roots in Virginia run deep, with every single coach spending time in the Commonwealth.

Kevin Keatts was a coach at Hargrave Military Academy for 10 years. He also was a teammates at Ferrum College with Assistant Coach James Johnson, who also went on to serve as the head coach at Virginia Tech. Assistant Takayo Siddle played for Keatts at Hargrave, and coached under him there. Assistant Roy Roberson was the head coach at E.C. Glass High School in Lynchburg, Virginia, for 12 years.

In two years, Keatts has brought in both Braxton Beverly and DJ Funderburk, who both played at Hargrave, as well as 2019 signee Dereon Seabron, who played for Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, VA).

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