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NC State Football Recruiting Update – August 29th

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NC State Football Recruiting Update – August 29th

Season Statistic Updates:

Through Week One of the Season (Mostly NC talent), there have been some great performances, perhaps the best were by underrated Wide Receiver Commit Stephen Gosnell and underrated DT Commit Davin Vann.

WR Porter Rooks – 3 catches for 55 yards in a 42-0 win over Olympic HS

OT Austin Blaske – 9 knockdown blocks in a 62-27 win over Long County HS, Blaske’s team ran for 362 yards in the victory.

WR Nate McCollum – 3 catches for 114 yards, 38 yards rushing (152 all purpose yards total) and 2 Touchdowns in a 47-27 win over Langston Hughes HS

S Nehki Meredith – One INT returned for a touchdown in a 54-18 win over Norfolk Christian HS

ATH Devan Boykin – 4 catches for 77 yards, 4 rushes for 5 yards, 2 tackles (1.5 for loss) in a 33-14 win over Southern Guilford HS

DT Davin Vann – 11 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, 2 forced fumbles,  2 fumble recoveries, and a 5 yard touchdown run in a 29-6 win over Southeast Raleigh HS

WR Stephen Gosnell – 7 catches for 205 yards, at least one 30+ yard run, 2 touchdowns in a 69-7 win over East Wilkes HS

TE Ezemdi Udoh – 3 catches for 37 yards and a touchdown in a 45-0 win over Lumberton HS (Udoh only had 4 catches for 30 yards all season last year)

 

QB Ben Finley, CB Aydan White, DT Pheldarius Payne, and OT Patrick Matan all start their season games this week.

 

Highlight Videos from Week One:

Gosnell:

McCollum:

Vann:

Target Athlete Joshua Pierre Louis:

Upcoming Official Visit:

4* LB Devon Betty will be officially visiting Raleigh on September 6th.

Target 3* RJ Adams will not be taking an official visit to Raleigh and sounds like he has shut down his recruitment.

 

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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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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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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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