Junior college defensive end A.J. Prim of Pearl River C.C. in Mississippi shot me a text he will be officially visiting Houston this weekend. He just committed to NC State last Saturday. Speed-dating is not for the faint of heart, for everyone involved.

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NC State offered Grayson Rigdon of Columbus, Texas tonight and he will officially visit this weekend. Wyoming, North Texas and New Mexico also in the mix and could decide Nov. 25 if he feels good about things.

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Looks like hes available now

Scouting video: Four-star tackle Pierre Dean​

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Dean is undersized for college, but he has plenty of time to change that. Ironically, he's the smallest of the five offensive lineman at Clemmons (N.C.) West Forsyth at 250-plus pounds.

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Whatever our NIL budget was this season, we earned a flat “F” in the yield we gained from our investment. I assume Doeren was the final say on whom we targeted and invested in. A Total Failure. You’d be fired on Wall Street.

We bring in talented wide receivers galore and a proven, tough rb. But we never thought to make sure ahead of that we could properly block and tackle. Putting the cart before the horse. Not something you expect a coach to do in his 11th season at the helm. 👎

Matt Barrie will be on play-by-play, Dan Mullen is the analyst and Harry Lyles Jr. the sideline reporter for NC State at Georgia Tech on ESPN on Thursday.

Senior power forward Lauren Hurst of Cleveland (Tenn.) High picks Tennessee over Clemson and NC State. Her brother is a walk-on at UT, and she also plans to play volleyball in college.

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I find this really curious. There is a kid named Zayden Cook, who lives not far from me. He is 6’ 1/2”/ 198lbs. He is the leading rusher in GA and #2 nationally with 2400+ yds. He was runner up in last year’s GA state wrestling championships and 3rd in the state 110 M hurdles. He also plays LB and P for his team. His FBS offer list- Wofford (that’s it). Seems a bit bizarre that the nation’s 2nd leading rusher has no offers. My plant manager is a GA HS referee crew chief and pointed him out to me. He said the kid is bright (3.8 GPA), articulate and seems like a nice guy, who has no behavioral baggage. Very strange
Zayden Cook of Chattooga (Summerville, Ga.) is No. 2 with 2,423 rushing yards. Last week Cook had a career-high 464 yards and six touchdowns in a 56-36 victory. He has rushed for over 200 yards eight times for the 6-3 Indians.

The new Rivals250: https://n.rivals.com/prospect_rankings/rivals250/2025
Biggest risers: https://n.rivals.com/news/rivals-rankings-week-ten-biggest-risers-in-the-rivals250-32
Position-by-position breakdown: https://n.rivals.com/news/tuesdays-with-gorney-new-2025-rivals250-released-8
The Five-Star Countdown: https://n.rivals.com/news/rivals-rankings-week-five-star-countdown-for-2025-class-17
Meet the new five-stars: https://n.rivals.com/news/rivals-rankings-week-meet-the-new-five-stars-8
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Junior OT Jabian Shabazz seeing recruitment take off​

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Fort Wayne (Ind.) Wayne High senior linebacker Kimar Nelson just committed to Purdue on Nov. 4, but NC State offered him Monday.

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Junior post player Ismael Diouf said the inside of his elbow is slightly injured, and freshman point guard Trey Parker was out with a wrist injury from his big fall last week on a drive he got fouled on.

Coach Kevin Keatts essentially called both injuries "deep bruises" and they are day-to-day.

NC State offers Toledo commit Terris Dudley, a senior outside linebacker from Hilliard (Ohio) Bradley High:

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