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Dave Doeren’s Weekly Press Conference: Week 1 (BULLETED)

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NC State head coach Dave Doeren hosted his weekly press conference yesterday. Here’s a BULLETED breakdown of his main points.

Previewing Wake Forest

  • NC State vs. Wake Forest is longest continuous ACC rivalry
    • 3rd-longest in the nation.
    • Series began in 1910.
  • Wake has advantage of having played a week.
  • Unique style of zone-read offense with the mesh and the RPO game.
  • Lost a lot of skill on offense.
    • Players they have showed a lot of athleticism against Clemson.
  • Returning tailbacks with lots of stats.
    • Speed and strength.
  • Slot receiver Taylor Morin is a playmaker.
  • Up-tempo offense.
    • One of fastest no huddle offenses they will face.
  • Defense has very experienced Front-7
    • More depth and rotation on D-Line.
    • Lots of respect for RS SR DL Carlos Basham.
  • NC State’s D needs to get them off of the field.
    • Tempo offenses struggle when they can’t get a 1st down.

Isaiah Moore Wearing #1

  • He earned it.
  • Represents team as a person, student and as an athlete.
  • What he’s doing in the community right now.
  • Likes holding people accountable.
  • Speaks from the heart.

Health

  • Have about 95% of guys back

LB Louis Acceus Stepping Away From Playing Football

  • Continuation of injuries he’s been dealing with.
  • Best thing for him was to become a coach.
  • Has tremendous respect from players and coaches.

Tim Beck’s Offense

  • Won’t see whole playbook.
  • Slowed down by COVID set back.
  • Began repping what they needed to begin season with.
  • Will see some formation similarities, but system itself will be a lot different.

Rotating Players

  • Going to be a lot of rotation.
  • Some backups will play as much as starters due to tempo, 1st game, and COVID setback.

“F” Position on Depth Chart

  • Like an H-Back.
  • Will align in a lot of places.
  • Tight Ends have a lot of alignments and assignments in this system.

SAM Linebacker instead of BUCK Linebacker

  • SAM, MIKE and WILL are how Tony Gibson has always done his system.
  • Gibson has cross-trained through camp.
  • Drake Thomas plays multiple spots.

“OR”on Depth Chart

  • Those players have earned the right to be called starters.

Moving Ikem Ekwonu from LT to LG

  • Played G in High School.
  • Wanted to have best 5 blockers on field, and this got Tyrone Riley out there at LT.
  • Can always bounce back to LT if Riley gets tired.
  • Tim McKay has had a great camp.

Empty Stadium

  • Team has to be great in supporting each other.
  • Cutouts of Zach Galifianakis and Bill Cowher in the stands.
  • Fingers crossed there will be fans at the next game, because there isn’t another home game in September.

Porter Rooks

  • Consistent.
  • Makes plays every day.
  • Mature.
  • Learned playbook very quickly.
  • Catches ball naturally.
  • Good route runner.
  • Earned trust because he’s the same every day.

Cornerback

  • Shyheim Battle and Cecil Powell have been very consistent.
  • Teshaun Smith is a proven player who has played a lot.
  • Malik Dunlap played a lot last year.
  • Those are 4 corners we can play and rotate.
  • Freshman Aydan White has done really well in camp.

Chris Ingram

  • Not ready to go. Week-to-week.
  • With NCAA allowing this to be a zero year from an eligibility standpoint, going to see how long it takes for him to get back.

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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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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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NC State Sits in the Top-20 in 247’s Post-Spring 2024 Preseason Poll

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247’s Brad Crawford released his Post-Spring 2024 Preseason College Football Top-25 recently, and NC State moved up 1 spot to #20.

ACC Teams in the Top-25

11. FSU

14. Miami

16. Clemson

20. NC State

24. Virginia Tech

25. Louisville

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