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The developmental tight end had just visited Rutgers and has shut it down. I believe the third class of 2026 prospect from North Carolina who picked RU, joining tackle Tyrell Simpson and lineman Donovan Johnson.

Cornerback Chase Geter was going to officially visit NC State this weekend at one point, but now won't be. It looks like he'll be at Wisconsin instead, then Penn State and I'll guess Michigan at the end. He is coming off a Duke official visit.

It could explain the push to have Jamareis Conyers visit this weekend and perhaps in the future Kosci Barnes.

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NC State announced that the Kansas game will be Dec. 13 at the Lenovo Center.

Kansas will be built around a projected starting five of:

PG — Melvin Council (St. Bonaventure)
SG — Darryn Peterson
G — Jayden Dawson (Loyola of Chicago)
F — Tre White (Illinois) or Bryson Tiller
C — Flory Bidunga

They’ll be young but dangerous. The X-factor will be athletic guard Elmarko Jackson, who missed last year with an injury. I think they'll be asking Peterson to be a 20 points per game guy right off the bat. I am not sure they have much behind Bidunga at this point, but he's a gifted shot-blocker/rim runner.

I have them at 10 scholarship players, so probably going to try and get a few more this summer. At some point some 2026 recruits will graduate early and look for colleges.

OK, its slow around here and this topic was coming up sooner or later. And it is sports related.

How do our female teams and coaches of our female teams adjust? Or do they adjust at all? Transgender athletes are winning championships. Do the coaches recruit them? Do you scholarship these kids? I guess it could just as easily for a female born individual to change and compete with boys. harvard already has a transgender swimmer. A male that decided to recognize himself or herself as a girl. So what do we do? What are our coaches to do?

Matt,, i'm not discussing politics but if this needs to go to the politics board please go ahead.

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Jacey, I’m curious about any trends you’ve observed with respect to High School recruits committing sooner than they used to.

With the advent of the transfer portal, and the increased recruitment and availability of post High School players, are the HS kids feeling as if they need to secure a spot on a college roster sooner rather than waiting?

NC State had offered senior receiver Tyran Evans on Sept. 13, 2024, but it was going to be a tough battle.

Evans went to Charlotte Chambers his first two years, and was friends with Kevin Concepcion and Arrion Concepcion, but then he transferred to Cornelius (N.C.) Hough, and the friendships weren't the same. He picked Tennessee very early in the process Jan. 5, 2025, and has been relatively quiet about wanting to see other schools. He'll be officially visiting this weekend, so that means some cracks could be in the foundation with the Volunteers. It also helps that the Concepcion brothers are at Texas A&M and James Madison now. He is helped by the same mentor of former West Charlotte linebacker Jaden Smith, who picked Michigan and then ended up at Kentucky.

As a player, great vertical threat. Hough didn't have him as a volume receiver, which would be the next step for him this upcoming season. He's tall, lanky and gets deep. He finished with 36 catches for 980 yards and 14 touchdowns in 13 games played this season.

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NC State ready to host CB Jamareis Conyers of Riverview (Fla.) Sumner High​

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Dana Greenhow was set to visit NC State on June 20.

As we wrote about in The Run Down, the one consistent thing about their recruitments is that they are inconsistent. To that end, both senior outside linebacker Jayden Griffin-Haynes and senior edge rusher Zavion Griffin-Haynes will be announcing at 2:45 p.m. Thursday at Rolesville (N.C.) High. They both squeezed in an official visit to North Carolina this past weekend. Zavion committed to UNC last August, only to keep getting recruited a week later, and then formally decommitting after coach Mack Brown was fired. Jayden was going to offiicially visit NC State this month.

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NC State standing out to DE Anthony Lonon Jr.​

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NC State entered the fray “later” than other colleges on Gastonia (N.C.) Ashbrook linebacker Caleb Gordon, but then Arkansas entered after the Wolfpack a month later. He picked the Hogs after his official visit.

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NC State picks up UConn sophomore guard transfer Qadence Samuels. Her younger brother is junior scoring wing Qayden Samuels, who would be a quality pickup for the men's program.

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Senior safety Lyrik Pettis down to three colleges, visiting NC State​

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Something many are worried about for the ACC is how many key people will be jumping to the security of the Big Ten or SEC.

Georgia Tech athletic director Jason Batt arrived in Atlanta in 2022, and is already on the move to Michigan State. Batt had been at ECU as a associate AD in 2013-17, and then deputy AD at Alabama from 2017-22.

College Baseball Hall of Fame coach Brian O'Connor of Virginia has left Mississippi State, who has been in Charlottesville since 2004. He has a 917-388-2 record and is 54 years, so easily could coach another decade. He won the national title in 2015.

Highest paid punter in NFL!

Senior punter Jimmy Gregg is favoring two colleges​

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