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NC State Snap Count Leaders: BOSTON COLLEGE (with notes)

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Below is a breakdown of how many snaps each NC State player played at each position last week against Boston College in the Wolfpack’s 45-25 loss to the Eagles.

Linebacker

Redshirt Sophomore Isaiah Moore (S) – 46
Junior Louis Acceus (S) – 44
Redshirt Junior Brock Miller (S) – 41
Redshirt Freshman Payton Wilson – 36
Redshirt Freshman C.J. Hart – 34 (season high)
Freshman Drake Thomas – 32 (season high)

Notes

  • Freshmen C.J. Hart and Drake Thomas both played the most snaps of their career.

Tight End

Redshirt Junior Cary Angeline – 43 (season high)
Redshirt Junior Dylan Parham – 21

Notes

  • Technically NC State didn’t start the game with a Tight End, running a 4-Wide Receiver set

Nickel

Redshirt Senior Stephen Griffin (S) – 39
Sophomore Tyler Baker-Williams – 36

Notes

  • Despite the fact that Griffin has started 6 of 7 games at Nickel, Baker-Williams has played 17 more snaps on the year.

Wide Receiver

Redshirt Freshman Devin Carter (S) – 65
Redshirt Sophomore Thayer Thomas (S) – 54
Junior Emeka Emezie (S) – 38
Redshirt Freshman Jasiah Provillon – 24 (season high)
Freshman Keyon Lesane – 23 (season high)
Graduate Redshirt Senior Tabari Hines (S) – 12

Notes

  • Carter leads Wide Receivers with the most snaps on the season. Emezie hasn’t been the player he was expected to be, or NC State needed him to be thus far. It appears he lost some reps to Provillon, who played the most snaps of his career. Lesane also played the most snaps of his career high. Hines technically started, but only played 12 snaps.

Offensive Tackle

Graduate Redshirt Senior Emanuel McGirt (S) – 50
Freshman Ikem Ekwonu (S) – 48

Offensive Guard 

Redshirt Junior Joe Sculthorpe (S) –72
Junior Joshua Fedd-Jackson  – 69
Redshirt Sophomore Bryson Speas (S) – 49

Notes

  • Sculthorpe and Gibson were the two players to play 100% of the offensive snaps. Despite the fact that Speas started at Right Guard, Feed-Jackson played all but 3 snaps. Speas has moved all over the line all year, and basically played 50-50 with Ekwonu and McGirt.

Strong Safety

Graduate Redshirt Senior Jarius Morehead (S) – 51
Freshman Jakeen Harris – 30 (season high)

Notes

  • Outside of playing 5 snaps against Western Carolina, Harris hadn’t played from the line of scrimmage in any other game, before playing 30 against Boston College. De’Von Graves was the backup at Strong Safety, but was moved to the starting job at Cornerback due to injuries there.

Defensive End

Redshirt Sophomore Ibrahim Kante (S) – 55
Freshman Savion Jackson – 21
Redshirt Freshman Joseph Boletepeli – 20
Redshirt Sophomore Xavier Lyas – 3
Graduate Redshirt Senior Deonte Holden – 2

Notes

  • Starter James Smith-Williams was out due to injury.

Running Back

Freshman Zonovan Knight (S) – 29
Redshirt Freshman Trent Pennix – 26 (season high)
Freshman Jordan Houston – 17

Notes

  • Sophomore Ricky Person was out for the 2nd straight game.

Free Safety 

Sophomore Tanner Ingle (S) – 61
Redshirt Junior Isaiah Stallings – 13 (season high)

Notes

  • Ingle normally doesn’t miss a snap, but had to leave the game temporarily due to injury, but returned.

Cornerback

Sophomore De’Von Graves (S) – 78 (season high)
Redshirt Freshman Malik Dunlap (S) – 39 (season high)
Senior Kishawn Miller – 37

Notes

  • Graves and Dunlap both started the first games of their careers.
  • Senior Nick McCloud missed his 6th straight game, but a return hasn’t been ruled out.

Nose Tackle

Sophomore Alim McNeil (S) – 50 (season high)
Freshman Josh Harris – 26 (season high)

Notes

  • Redshirt Junior Val Martin missed the game due to injury, leading to Harris to both McNeil and Harris playing season highs.

Quarterback

Redshirt Freshman Devin Leary – 49 (season high)
Redshirt Sophomore Bailey Hockman (S) – 19
Redshirt Sophomore Matt MccKay – 4

Defensive Tackle 

Redshirt Senior Larrell Murchison (S) – 58
Redshirt Sophomore Dante Johnson – 3 (season high)

Center

Redshirt Sophomore Grant Gibson (S) – 72

DNP (noteworthy)

Freshman Cornerback Shyheim Battle (Special Teams the week before)
Freshman Defensive End Terrell Dawkins (Special Teams the week before)
Redshirt Freshman Offensive Tackle Derrick Eason
Redshirt Sophomore Wide Receiver Max Fisher
Freshman Wide Receiver Cecil Powell

Injured

Redshirt Junior Tight End Dylan Autenrieth (Out for Year)
Freshman Defensive Tackle C.J. Clark
Junior Cornerback Chris Ingram (Out for Year)
Freshman Safety Khalid Martin
Redshirt Junior Defensive Tackle Val Martin
Senior Cornerback Nick McCloud
Redshirt Freshman Cornerback Taiyon Palmer (Out for Year)
Sophomore Running Back Ricky Person
Redshirt Junior Wide Receiver C.J. Riley (Out for Year)
Graduate Redshirt Senior Offensive Tackle Tyrone Riley (Out for Year)
Sophomore Cornerback Teshaun Smith (Out for Year)
Graduate Redshirt Senior Defensive End James Smith-Williams
Redshirt Junior Offensive Tackle Justin Witt (Out for Year)

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FAU Transfer Defensive Tackle Decarius Hawthorne is Taking an Official Visit to NC State Next Week

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FAU Defensive Tackle Transfer Decarius Hawthorne (6’2″/295) confirmed with me that he is taking an Official Visit to NC State next week, beginning on Tuesday. Arkansas is expected to host him on Sunday.

Hawthorne entered the Portal on April 26th.

This past season, Hawthorne had 18 tackles, 7 tackles for loss and 4.5 sacks in 12 games for the Owls. All of those numbers were career highs for Hawthorne.

ON3 ranks Hawthorne as a 3-Star prospect in the Transfer Portal, and the #46 Defensive Lineman in the Portal.

NC State is in desperate need for depth at Nose Tackle. They return Junior Brandon Cleveland and Redshirt Sophomore DJ Jackson, and True Freshman Justin Terrell will arrive in the Fall.

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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

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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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