It didn’t take long for NC State to hire their new Offensive Line Coach after John Garrison left to take a job at Ole Miss yesterday. According to Matt Zenitz of ON3, the Wolfpack will be hiring Virginia’s Offensive Line Coach Garett Tujague.

NC State is expected to hire Virginia’s Garett Tujague as offensive line coach, sources tell @on3sports.

Worked with new NC State OC Robert Anae at both Virginia and BYU. Has been Virginia’s offensive line coach the last seven seasons.https://t.co/r0vSTewM0e

— Matt Zenitz (@mzenitz) December 11, 2022

Tujague was the Offensive Line Coach under newly appointed NC State Offensive Coordinator Robert Anae while he was at Virginia from 2016-21. He also served under Anae when he was the OC at BYU from 2013-15.

The combination of Anae and Tujague were able to accomplish quite a bit together at Virginia.

Check out the the highlights of Tujague’s tenure at UVA from their website:

In 2016, Tujague oversaw a line headed by Rimington Trophy watch list member Jackson Matteo and four-year starter Eric Smith.  Tujague’s line helped make UVA running back Taquan Mizzell become the first player in ACC history with at least 1,500 career rushing and 1,500 career receiving yards.

In 2017 Tujague coached an offensive line that blocked for quarterback Kurt Benkert’s record-breaking season. The UVA senior quarterback became the first player in program history to throw for over 3,000 yards in a season.

Tujague’s offensive line in 2018 assisted in helping block for an offense that scored 370 points in 2018, the fifth-most points scored ever by a Cavalier football team. At the time Perkins shattered UVA’s single-season record for total offense (3,603), which ranked No. 3 in the ACC and No. 21 in the nation. Zaccheaus (1,058 receiving) and Jordan Ellis (1,026 rushing) gave UVA a 1,000-yard receiver and 1,000-yard rusher in the same season for just the second time in program history (1990).

Tujague’s (TOO-jay) offense line blocked for an offense that broke five team records in 2019, which includes most first downs (296), first downs passing (180), completions (337), passing yards (3,748) and points scored (449). UVA also tied the 1990 team for most touchdowns (56), while the UVA offense in 2019 averaged 33.2 points per game, which is No. 2 all-time to Virginia’s 1990 team. UVA amassed over 5,000 yards of total offense in both 2018 and 2019, which marks only the second time in program history UVA has done that in back-to-back seasons. Prior to Mendenhall and Tujague’s arrival, UVA only surpassed 5,000 yards of total offense four times.

Heading Tujague’s offensive line was All-ACC center, Olusegun Oluwatimi, who set the pass protection and had a 97 percent target success rate in five-on-five/six protections, while allowing zero sacks and zero quarterback hits in 2019 on Bryce Perkins. Blocking for Perkins in 2019, Tujague’s line saw the senior quarterback collect the top two spots in the Cavalier record book for single-season and single-game total offense. Perkins’ program record for single-season total offense (4,307) in 2019 ranked No. 6 nationally and No. 1 in the ACC. A second-team All-ACC honoree, Perkins also set the single-season passing record at UVA with 3,538 passing yards in 2019, which ranked No. 16 in the nation and No. 3 in the ACC. 

Under Tujague, the 2020 season boasted one of UVA’s deepest offensive lines since Tujague’s arrival in December 2015. All-ACC offensive guard Chris Glaser and company ranked No. 1 in the ACC and No. 12 in the nation in tackles for loss allowed (4.2), while also ranking No. 2 in the ACC with 2.0 sacks allowed a game. Protecting quarterback Brennan Armstrong, the offensive line helped the UVA signal caller rank No. 3 in the ACC and No. 18 in the nation with 296.6 yards of total offense a game and No. 8 in the nation among non-option quarterbacks with 552 yards rushing.

The 2021 unit blocked for quarterback Brennan Armstrong who broke single season records for touchdown passes (31), passing yards (4,449) and total offense (4,700). Armstrong’s passing yards are the fourth most in the history of the ACC and 145 yards away from breaking the all-time ACC mark. Armstrong is poised to become the first quarter back in ACC history to average over 400 yards per game. No other signal caller in the history of the ACC has averaged over 348.

The 2021 Virginia offense was the first in program history to average over 300 yards passing per game. It’s 396.2 yards per game of offense is the second-highest average in the nation. In 12 games UVA averaged 515.8 yards per game of total offense, one of five programs in the country to average over 500 yards per game in 2021. The 515.8 yards are the most in school history.

Tujague’s units have helped UVA amassed over 5,000 yards of total offense in 2018, 2019 and 2021. Prior to that stretch, UVA only surpassed 5,000 yards of total offense four times in program history. Tujague’s veteran offensive line in 2021 saw three different players named to All-ACC teams including center Olusegun Oluwatimi who earned All-America honors by several organizations and became the program’s first Rimington Trophy finalist. (UVA)