1. The month of June has become everything in football recruiting, with players facing a time crunch of wanting to decide before the start of their senior years, combined with reserving a roster spot before transfer season comes next November.
Some schools have loaded up with official visitors this weekend, but NC State has elected to not use that strategy. It will be interesting if any of NC State’s key targets become “one visit and done” this weekend. Clemson and South Carolina are two regional schools that loaded up this weekend for visitors.
Last week’s The Run Down mentioned how NC State, likely on purpose, got at least five cornerbacks and safety commit Tristan Teasdell to come visit June 7-9 and figure out over the weekend who wants to grab a slot or not.
The other half of visitors is the recent wave of defensive lineman that NC State has offered and quickly lined up for visits.
Of the group, NC State has put in the most time for Caleb Bell of Alpharetta (Ga.) Milton High. Bell attended the Notre Dame at NC State game last Sept., and his dad is former NFL linebacker Kentrell Bell, who went to Middle Georgia Junior College and Georgia. Bell got drafted in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft to the Pittsburgh Steelers, where he played from 2001-04, and was the NFL defensive rookie of the year and he was second-team all-pro in 2001. Bell retired with 338 tackles, 20.5 career sacks and 62 tackles for loss.
Bell has offers from NC State, Colorado, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Georgia Tech, Indiana, Kansas, Louisville, Missouri and SMU from P4 conferences. Bell also has Coastal Carolina, East Carolina, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, Liberty and South Florida.
Bell, Alabaster (Ala.) Thompson’s Nikolas Alston’s and Gainesville (Fla.) Newberry High’s Mykah Newton are slotted for defensive end.
Makhi Williams-Lee of Atlanta (Ga.) Lakeside High and London Simmons of Flowood (Miss.) Hartfield Academy are both being looked at nose tackle.
NC State has been in a offering frenzy in April and May in trying to build up the defensive line board. It has been offer first and get to know the player afterwards, sans Caleb Bell, similar to how transfer recruiting has gone.
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The lone offensive lineman expected to officially visit NC State on June 7-9 is massive Toby Mealer of Lehi (Utah) High, who is 6-5 and 320 pounds. He has already verbally committed to Arizona and Arizona State, but is wide open now. A coach at Lehi High knew NC State offensive line coach Garett Tujague from when the latter was at BYU.
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2. NC State’s busy official visit season has led to a shortening of camp season in June.
NC State has one day camps on this Saturday, June 7, June 14 and June 21. The specialist camp is June 20 and the 7-on-7 event is June. Having four one-day camps is down from probably at least nine in the past.
The era of finding safety Earl Wolff, running back Jaylen Samuels, defensive lineman B.J. Hill or defensive back Tyler Baker-Williams in June going into their senior years has lessoned. With an increase of recruiting staff members combined with accessibility of HUDL video, having players arrive unknown is getting harder, but it can still happen.
The camp season is still good as the quarterbacks usually always swing through to work with quarterbacks coach Kurt Roper. It is everything for a punter, kicker or long snapper.
That will put a premium on players that NC State wants to physically “size up” to attend on those days. Getting real heights, weights, 40-yard dashes, vertical jumps, etc., is everything at the camps. Good 40-yard dash times led to Rolesville (N.C.) High running back Isiah Jones and Wake Forest (N.C.) High linebacker Zane Williams getting scholarships. They quickly accepted within a week or two.
Also from the Wolfpack's class of 2024, Ona (W.Va.) Cabell Midland linebacker Cannon Lewis was another player who helped by his camp experience. Wide receiver Keenan Jackson earned his Wolfpack offer a week after coming to camp, and he eventually landed at NC State after verbally committing to North Carolina.
The class of 2023 was aided by cornerback Brandon Cisse confirming his speed with a 4.5-second 40-yard dash, and the Wolfpack coachers got to meet tackle Rico Johnson of Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) Dillard, who was on a bus tour of players.
One player that I could see impressing this camp season based on watching him perform at the Under Armour Camp in Charlotte is under valued rising senior offensive lineman Zyon Guiles of Hemingway (S.C.) Carvers Bay. The 6-5, 280-pounder has offers from Wake Forest, Virginia Tech, Coastal Carolina, Old Dominion, The Citadel and South Carolina State.
Some schools have loaded up with official visitors this weekend, but NC State has elected to not use that strategy. It will be interesting if any of NC State’s key targets become “one visit and done” this weekend. Clemson and South Carolina are two regional schools that loaded up this weekend for visitors.
Last week’s The Run Down mentioned how NC State, likely on purpose, got at least five cornerbacks and safety commit Tristan Teasdell to come visit June 7-9 and figure out over the weekend who wants to grab a slot or not.
The other half of visitors is the recent wave of defensive lineman that NC State has offered and quickly lined up for visits.
Of the group, NC State has put in the most time for Caleb Bell of Alpharetta (Ga.) Milton High. Bell attended the Notre Dame at NC State game last Sept., and his dad is former NFL linebacker Kentrell Bell, who went to Middle Georgia Junior College and Georgia. Bell got drafted in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft to the Pittsburgh Steelers, where he played from 2001-04, and was the NFL defensive rookie of the year and he was second-team all-pro in 2001. Bell retired with 338 tackles, 20.5 career sacks and 62 tackles for loss.
Bell has offers from NC State, Colorado, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Georgia Tech, Indiana, Kansas, Louisville, Missouri and SMU from P4 conferences. Bell also has Coastal Carolina, East Carolina, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, Liberty and South Florida.
Bell, Alabaster (Ala.) Thompson’s Nikolas Alston’s and Gainesville (Fla.) Newberry High’s Mykah Newton are slotted for defensive end.
Makhi Williams-Lee of Atlanta (Ga.) Lakeside High and London Simmons of Flowood (Miss.) Hartfield Academy are both being looked at nose tackle.
NC State has been in a offering frenzy in April and May in trying to build up the defensive line board. It has been offer first and get to know the player afterwards, sans Caleb Bell, similar to how transfer recruiting has gone.
TheWolfpackCentral - NC State making strong push for junior NT London Simmons
Connections are everything in recruiting and a recent hire by NC State could lead to landing a much-needed nose tackle.
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TheWolfpackCentral - Junior DE Mykah Newton impressed with NC State
The last time NC State had a player from Gainesville (Fla.) Newberry High, it worked out well.
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TheWolfpackCentral - Junior defensive end Nikolas Alston excited to see NC State
NC State has made a strong early impression on Hoover (Ala.) Spain Park junior defensive end Nikolas Alston.
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TheWolfpackCentral - Defensive lineman Makhi Williams-Lee intrigued by NC State
NC State has been working hard to identify junior defensive lineman the last month, and have zeroed in on another.
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The lone offensive lineman expected to officially visit NC State on June 7-9 is massive Toby Mealer of Lehi (Utah) High, who is 6-5 and 320 pounds. He has already verbally committed to Arizona and Arizona State, but is wide open now. A coach at Lehi High knew NC State offensive line coach Garett Tujague from when the latter was at BYU.
TheWolfpackCentral - Junior OL Toby Mealer focused in what he wants
Junior offensive lineman Toby Mealer is a mauler at the point of attack.
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2. NC State’s busy official visit season has led to a shortening of camp season in June.
NC State has one day camps on this Saturday, June 7, June 14 and June 21. The specialist camp is June 20 and the 7-on-7 event is June. Having four one-day camps is down from probably at least nine in the past.
The era of finding safety Earl Wolff, running back Jaylen Samuels, defensive lineman B.J. Hill or defensive back Tyler Baker-Williams in June going into their senior years has lessoned. With an increase of recruiting staff members combined with accessibility of HUDL video, having players arrive unknown is getting harder, but it can still happen.
The camp season is still good as the quarterbacks usually always swing through to work with quarterbacks coach Kurt Roper. It is everything for a punter, kicker or long snapper.
That will put a premium on players that NC State wants to physically “size up” to attend on those days. Getting real heights, weights, 40-yard dashes, vertical jumps, etc., is everything at the camps. Good 40-yard dash times led to Rolesville (N.C.) High running back Isiah Jones and Wake Forest (N.C.) High linebacker Zane Williams getting scholarships. They quickly accepted within a week or two.
Also from the Wolfpack's class of 2024, Ona (W.Va.) Cabell Midland linebacker Cannon Lewis was another player who helped by his camp experience. Wide receiver Keenan Jackson earned his Wolfpack offer a week after coming to camp, and he eventually landed at NC State after verbally committing to North Carolina.
The class of 2023 was aided by cornerback Brandon Cisse confirming his speed with a 4.5-second 40-yard dash, and the Wolfpack coachers got to meet tackle Rico Johnson of Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) Dillard, who was on a bus tour of players.
One player that I could see impressing this camp season based on watching him perform at the Under Armour Camp in Charlotte is under valued rising senior offensive lineman Zyon Guiles of Hemingway (S.C.) Carvers Bay. The 6-5, 280-pounder has offers from Wake Forest, Virginia Tech, Coastal Carolina, Old Dominion, The Citadel and South Carolina State.
