Cole Motherfucking Nigro

2/4/2015 11:28:00 AM

Unsurprisingly, it looks like many of these guys will have to redshirt by default. Some of them will have to put on 20, 30, 40+ lbs in the weight room before they can be put on the field. The RBs seem to be the exception, but we are stacked there now, so most will get redshirts anyway.

Edit: DTs and Roseboro other exceptions, but the OL all need to to put on a ton of weight or they'll get pushed around like they aren't even there. 6'7" - heck yeah! 260 lb - woah buddy, lets add ~50 lbs to that...

[Edited on February 4, 2015 at 11:33 AM. Reason : .]

2/4/2015 11:30:03 AM

That's one Cole Nigro

2/4/2015 11:30:28 AM

^^Well yeah, that's common, especially the linemen.

But I'd be surprised if more than one of our three new RBs is redshirted (Gallaspy, Frasier and Hines)

2/4/2015 11:33:02 AM

new favorite Nigro right there.

2/4/2015 11:33:07 AM

His name is Nigro!!!!

I assume he's a walk-on?

2/4/2015 11:34:37 AM

[Edited on February 4, 2015 at 11:36 AM. Reason : seriously it's like when I found out terrance oglesby was white]

2/4/2015 11:36:07 AM

I won't be surprised if they move Dayes to WR, since he is so good with routes, hands, and moving in space. RBs will be Thornton, possibly still Dayes and 1 FR maybe 2 if Dayes moves to WR.

2/4/2015 11:36:12 AM

Just looking a the ESPN site and wondering how in the hell UNC recruited so many 4* players.

we also dropped from #27 to #32 recruiting class overnight

2/4/2015 11:36:58 AM

Frazier is most likely of the rbs to redshirt. Gallaspy enrolled in January which helps him, and Hines will probably be a slot wr and kick returner.

2/4/2015 11:38:28 AM

LOLOLOLOLOLOL

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"Lose to Wake last night, but we can brag about the ACC's 5th best recruiting class today. "

2/4/2015 11:42:25 AM

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"^funny you put it that way. Dude apparently plays LF for his high school baseball team. A 6'1 300+ lb left fielder. lol"

Dude is actually good too, hit .490 last year. Amazing for someone that weighs 330-340. I think his 40 time was 5.2 seconds which is another surprising stat.

2/4/2015 11:46:41 AM

http://youtu.be/tS2l-guuNwM?t=24s Holy cow, the speed Roseboro shows at 280+ lbs outrunning DBs

he and the RBs are clearly the cream of this class

2/4/2015 11:48:49 AM

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"^funny you put it that way. Dude apparently plays LF for his high school baseball team. A 6'1 300+ lb left fielder. lo l"

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" Dude is actually good too, hit .490 last year. Amazing for someone that weighs 330-340. I think his 40 time was 5.2 seconds which is another surprising stat."

As long as he spends the spring and summer working with the football team and not doing minor league baseball.

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2/4/2015 11:55:36 AM

2/4/2015 12:09:58 PM

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"Some of them will have to put on 20, 30, 40+ lbs in the weight room before they can be put on the field."

This is a great thing. We're finally getting enough depth where we don't have to start these guys out of need. We'll definitely have a few of the guys playing from week 1 though, like Hines and Roseboro. Typically big-time programs aren't starting true freshman at OT anyway.

2/4/2015 12:37:57 PM

Chanandler Bong?

2/4/2015 12:40:19 PM

We are stocking up on amazingly athletic players. Really excited to see what these kids can do in a few years. Hope the Brandon Barnes days are over.

2/4/2015 12:47:13 PM

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"This Bryant guy is an absolute animal on film. It doesn't even look fair. He had 2.5 sacks in the Shrine Bowl and was said to be virtually unblockable."

Watch some film and he's as good as advertised. Very fast and explosive for his size, and even saw him do a couple of nice runs in the highlights. Imagine tackling a 300+ lb running back!

2/4/2015 1:10:01 PM

I'm just stoked we are trying to "build a fence" around the state

2/4/2015 1:36:31 PM

I mean...we're definitely trying to, but things aren't looking too good for next year. Strong NC class and the big boys are already starting to poach the best guys. We've got our work cut out for us next year if we're going to get close to what we did in-state this year.

Regardless, I like what our coaches are doing.

2/4/2015 1:40:52 PM

regarding redshirting, we were also pretty lucky last year in terms of injuries, so there could be an RB injury or two during the season or even in the offseason that increases the roles of everyone else

2/4/2015 2:44:41 PM

Walk-On?
Cole Nigro, LB (Raleigh, Sanderson)
Chandler Belk, WR (Winston-Salem, Reagan)
Duncan Musselwhite, LS (New Bern)
Jordan Dawson, QB (Cary) (Legacy)

Gray Shirts
Kyle Bambard, K
A.J. Cole, P

Mid-year Enrollee
Ford Howell, LB

Enrolled
01. Darian Roseboro, DL
02. Reggie Gallaspy, RB
03. TJ McCoy, OL
04. Freddie Phillips, DB
05. Riley Nicholson, LB
06. James Smith-Williams, LB

Letters In
07. Quentez Johnson, DT
08. Johnny Frasier, RB
09. Jakobi Myers, QB
10. Philip Walton, OT
11. Tyrone Riley, DL
12. Aaron Wiltz, OL
13. Tyler Griffiths, LS
14. Emanuel McGirt, OL
15. Eurndraus Bryant, DL
16. Vernon Grier, WR
17. Freddie Simmons, WR
18. Brian Sessoms, WR
19. Jarius Morhead, DB
20. Nyheim Hines, WR
21. Emmanuel Olenga, DE
22. Daris Workman, OL

2/4/2015 2:59:33 PM

YALL = BALLER

2/4/2015 3:07:51 PM

One of my good friends coaches Princeton High and RAVES about Johnny Frasier. Nick Saban even visited him last month...

2/4/2015 3:18:56 PM

tell us more

2/4/2015 3:19:20 PM

I can confirm this.

Source: I'm Nick Saban

2/4/2015 3:25:35 PM

Please please please let Cole Nigro become a starter some day. I gotta hear how announcers handle his name.

2/4/2015 3:45:48 PM

for the record, Doeren pronounced Nigro with a long i, but don't let that ruin things for you

2/4/2015 3:49:34 PM

Official proof. http://www.al.com/alabamafootball/index.ssf/2015/01/alabama_johnny_frasier.html (he ended up canceling the visit three days later)

pic.

I'm not a SOURCES guy unless it is true. haha

2/4/2015 3:58:17 PM

That's my favorite tie.

2/4/2015 4:09:47 PM

^
Hey Nick, how do you feel when people call you Nick Satan?

2/4/2015 4:29:15 PM

Nick, why did you keep this visit secret from everyone except MOODY and this Alabama newspaper that published their article three weeks ago?

2/4/2015 4:31:27 PM

LOL. I didn't say it was secret. Just saying that the big dogs were looking into one of our new RBs. I'm sure it was covered previously, but I haven't been reading.

2/4/2015 4:33:33 PM

Not NC State related but interesting:
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2325565-cordell-broadus-to-ucla-snoop-doggs-4-star-wr-son-commits-to-bruins

2/4/2015 4:42:39 PM

First time since 2002 and 2003 that we've put together back to back top 40 classes (Rivals rankings). That's kinda surprising to me.

2/4/2015 5:27:33 PM

Not to play devil's advocate because I do understand that TOB was awful at recruiting, but everyone is ooooohhhhhing and aaaaaahhhhhing over our class and it is the seventh best in the conference and maybe not even the best in the state. Hardly anything to write home about IMO

2/4/2015 9:41:37 PM

Your knowledge in this subject must be lacking....also you are taking the ranking of a site known to be the worst of its kind in the realm of recruiting.

We havent had a year like this since Amato. Gtfo

[Edited on February 4, 2015 at 10:36 PM. Reason : .]

2/4/2015 10:08:20 PM

^this.

Need > Stahhhhhs

2/4/2015 10:09:33 PM

Ratings-wise, I'll agree that it sometimes doesn't look amazing (depending on service), so I can kinda see where he's coming from. I was looking at PP's signing day central page (http://northcarolinastate.scout.com/story/1509961-signing-day-central?s=178) today and was kinda surprised with how low some of our guys are in the positional ratings.

That said, though, it sounds like our staff got a lot of the guys they really wanted, and I think a lot of us are banking on them having similar success to what they had in last year's class in terms of identifying guys that are a good fit at State and often under the radar recruits (Bo Hines, Tony Adams, Jaylen Samuels, BJ Hill, Airius Moore, etc.). I think most of those guys were 3 stars (Samuels and Moore were 2s, iirc) but were solid contributors as freshmen, while we're still waiting to see what some of the more highly regarded guys (Street, McClendon, Richardson, etc.) can really do.

Also, like dmspack said, this is the best (ratings-wise) we've done in terms of stacking two talented classes back-to-back in over a decade, so there is some reason to believe that we have some momentum. Don't forget that Doeren couldn't really even sell these kids on a winning program until the last month or so of the season, so it's pretty impressive we could get this kind of haul coming off a 3-9 (0-8) record.

tl;dr: go pack

2/4/2015 10:25:50 PM

too late to edit, but just saw this

2/4/2015 11:20:06 PM

To be fair we HAVE had a year better than this since Amato. The year we landed Glennon, Terrell Manning, RJ Mattes, our class was ranked #28 in the nation and had 5 4* commits.

Actually ranking wise, this is the 3rd best class since Amato left.
2008 - #28
2014 - #26
2015 - #38
2009 - #39

So if you really look at it:
TOB's first 2 classes: #28, #39
DD's first 2 classes: #26, #38

We're about the same level of recruiting that TOB had his first 2 years, it's really all about the 3rd and 4th year. It's easy to sale a new program with plenty of PT and being an "up and comer". But the difference is you have to prove that you can actually continue to recruit when you can't promise PT and your team is consistently winning and improving.

That being said, DD has been killing it already for 2016 recruiting, so hopefully he'll be able to keep the momentum going on the field.

2/5/2015 10:06:54 AM

http://insider.espn.go.com/college-sports/recruiting/football/story/_/id/12280668/florida-state-seminoles-lead-acc-recruiting-classes

can anyone post. plz

2/5/2015 3:32:33 PM

7. NC State Wolfpack
National rank: 33
The Wolfpack are in the top 40 with a class headlined by ESPN 300s Johnny Frasier (No. 80), Nyheim Hines (No. 155) and Darian Roseboro (No. 184). Joining them are four-star tackle Emanuel McGirt and three-star running back Reggie Gallaspy from within the state lines. Georgia three-star defensive tackle Quentez Johnson is a key out-of-state grab. Three-star receivers Vernon Grier, Jarius Morehead and Freddie Phillips all bring different skill sets to the position.

2/5/2015 3:40:29 PM

Thanks for posting.

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"Three-star receivers Vernon Grier, Jarius Morehead and Freddie Phillips all bring different skill sets to the position."

ESPN really showing its recruiting knowledge on that one. Morehead and Phillips played both ways in high school, but most of the schools recruiting them (including us) wanted them as DBs. Always possible they could switch down the road, though.

That aside, here's another awesome signing day pic of one of our signees (Philip Walton):

2/5/2015 4:33:25 PM

http://northcarolinastate.scout.com/story/1510273-audio-doeren-excited-about-2015-class

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""Signing Day is a celebration of a bunch of young men and their family joining our family." "PACK15 quickly becomes 1PACK1GOAL with the rest of our team." "You can recruit to create the competition that you like to have on the roster." "We want to be the best developmental staff with young men." "We finished our season as strong as anybody in the country with our play." "In all there were 16 players joining the team in-state. That's something I take a lot of pride in." "It was our goal, our mission, to keep the best players home. I think we've done everything we can to show that wasn't just lip-service." "We never quit. There were seven guys in this class committed to somebody else and many of them were in-state players." "An overall look, we had two Top 100 commits which is the first time since 2005 in a recruiting class." "We had 12 players in postseason all-star games." "The three tailbacks we signed (Johnny Frasier, Reggie Gallaspy, and Nyheim Hines) in their high school careers when you add up their yardage rushed for 20,115 yards and 298 touchdowns. Pretty amazing. I'm very excited about what those guys bring to the table." "Debbie, she is as active an athletic director in recruiting that I've been around." Doeren on Chandler Belk: Chandler Belk was in our camp last summer and he's one of those guys you can't stop watching. He did a tremendous job at camp. Doeren on Eurndraus Bryant: Big E was a late pickup for us. We've known about him for a while. He was 6'1.5 and 360 pounds on his visit, we'll get him down to 330. He's a big man and can play both A gaps by himself. We're excited about that. Doeren on Johnny Frasier: We recruited him for a long time. He has a great family that wanted to be a part of the experience. He made the decision that he wanted to stay home. Doeren on Reggie Gallaspy: He's already on campus doing great things. Doeren on Vernon Grier: He's a great young man from a great program. Doeren on Tyler Griffiths: He may be the most important guy in this deal. We have to replace a senior snapper. Doeren on Quentez Johnson: Quentez is a great kid... Really focused. Doeren on Nyheim Hines: Very versatile kid. He can play RB, WR, Returner, punt retuener, and Wildcat. He has five lotto tickets for us. Doeren on TJ McCoy: He was in our camp... Has great leadership skills, was very competitive. Doeren on Emanuel on McGirt: He committed to the school down the road and we stayed on him. We didn't feel it was the right fit and he came to his senses. Doeren on Jakobi Meyers: I think he's one of the biggest steals in the country. We had to battle hard to get this young man. Doeren on Jarius Morehead: He played a lot of positions for his team. He was the center of attention for Eastern Guilford. Doeren on Riley Nicholson: He has many options. I felt we had to get this kid in our program. He is tough and could be an early contributor. Doeren on Cole Nigro: We are excited he's joining us. We have great tradition with local walkons. Doeren on Emmanuel Olenga: Excited about his upside. He's raw but a great athlete from a neat family. His upside is through the roof. Doeren on Freddie Phillips: Versatile and does a lot of things... He can play all three of our safety positions. Doeren on Tyrone Riley: He looks almost identical to Pharoah McKever. He's a long athlete and we are excited to get him. Doeren on Darian Roseboro: We are excited to get the best defensive player in the state for the 2nd year in a row. He can play early. Doeren on Brian Sessoms: He had four times under 4.3 in our camp. He has great speed... Can really make plays as a returner too. Doeren on Freddie Simmons: He is very good after the catch... A long kid who can make plays. Doeren on James Smith-Williams: He can fly. We are really excited to get him. He's a 4.5 kid who nearly broad jumped 11 feet at camp. Doeren on Philip Walton: He's raw but he really has a chance. He will have to develop but he has unbelievable tools. Doeren on Aaron Wiltz: He's tremendously athletic and a great wrestler. Great student who comes from a terrific program. Doeren on Daris Workman: He was a bball player in high school... He will be here in the summer and is a great athlete with upside."

2/6/2015 1:10:22 PM

http://www.sbnation.com/college-football-recruiting/2015/2/5/7985377/college-football-recruiting-rankings-2015-most-improved-classes

2/6/2015 4:30:27 PM

thats a little embellished. theyre basically taking the worst of TOB and comparing it to this season

chuck pulled in good recruiting classes and even TOB had success his first couple years before he went into semi-retirement. our "true" recruiting level is probably mid 40s so doeren is doing a good job so far but he's not bringing in sick recruits to some dump like corvallis

2/7/2015 11:02:06 AM

but it's not like they looked at State specifically and went "oh, let's use the worst of TOB's years," they used the average of last 4 years for all the schools on that list. have our recruiting classes historically been ranked around 55th? no, but we have had some like that very recently and we're still dealing with the effects of that.

2/7/2015 11:15:33 AM

Exactly. It's a big improvement over recent history for us. Sure, it's a bit skewed because TOB's recruiting was so bad in his last few years. But it's a good class for us regardless

2/7/2015 11:36:12 AM