Quote :

"Seriously? Maybe you mean in 2011, but I don't see how you could possibly think he would get on the field quicker at State with Jarvis Williams, Owen Spencer, T.J. Graham, etc. all coming back. Not to mention with Tony Creecy coming in. Jherranie Boyd is good and everything, but you must be retarded to think he has a better chance to play at State next season with our WR corp coming back."

Yes, I do mean in 2011. He was likely to redshirt next year at either school since he'll be making the transition from QB. State's top 3 WRs (Williams, Spencer, Davis) all graduate after next season and playing time will be available. On the other hand, UNC's top receivers are freshmen this year with the exception of Little. Not to mention, Wilkins is on the record saying "It just seems like it’s going to be hard for me to get on the field and get touches" in regard to his decommitment from UNC.



[Edited on December 10, 2009 at 11:36 PM. Reason : ]

12/10/2009 11:34:55 PM

also, he'll have a real QB throwing to him. not some fag

12/10/2009 11:41:17 PM

the fact that they think some dude named "Bryn" is their savior says it all

12/11/2009 12:14:36 AM

looks like we have some more scholarships opening up

Morgan, Bowens and Ruiz have been kicked off the team apparently

12/11/2009 11:57:43 PM

whaaaaaat?

12/12/2009 12:03:03 AM

feel bad for bowens but morgan can't tackle and ruiz can't kick so I'm not too upset

12/12/2009 12:05:47 AM

Quote :

"six yard punt"

12/12/2009 12:17:03 AM

Ehh Morgan's a waste, Bowens will never be the same as pre-injury and Ruiz rugby punts were figured out.

12/12/2009 12:27:46 AM

nothing official has been posted about this yet

12/12/2009 12:58:06 AM

What do you guy's think of our class so far? What positions should we try to fill our last spots with and who would you like to fill them with. It seems like we'd like to get a RB, either James White or Mustafa Greene. I'd be happy with either one.

12/12/2009 2:35:42 AM

Honestly - I'm excited about every player we have in the class except maybe Rich. Rich seems like a project, especially based off of film I saw on Pack Pride yesterday.

If we could get another CB like AJ Marshall, I'd be pumped.

12/12/2009 11:04:46 AM

We landed a DE transfer from Northeastern... David Akinniyi

12/13/2009 6:12:44 PM

just to follow up ^

scout.com says

NC State has landed a commitment from Northeastern (MA) defensive end David Akinniyi who elected to transfer to the ACC school after taking an official visit over the weekend.

12/13/2009 6:28:29 PM

doesn't have to sit out a year because northeastern is discontinuing its football program

12/13/2009 6:28:53 PM

oops i meant to put this from rivals

Quote :

"In November, Northeastern announced that the football program there was being discontinued. That meant all players at Northeastern were free to transfer to other schools without having to sit out another year. David Akinniyi will transfer to NC State. One of the best defensive players at Northeastern was defensive end David Akinniyi The 6-foot-4, 250-pounder from Rocklin, Cal., had 11 career sacks in his first three years at Northeastern and 22 tackles for losses, including two against Boston College this year. When the program dissolved, Northeastern coaches set about to find homes for their players, including Akinniyi. "Our coaches have been trying to get us scholarships, and I thank for them that," Akinniyi noted. "I guess some coaches here had connections there and contacted NC State. They liked my film and they decided to give me an opportunity." Akinniyi made his official visit to NC State this weekend, and he has decided that he will close out his collegiate career in Raleigh. "I have decided to go to school there and come in January, and the visit was good," Akinniyi said. "The facilities were great, the food was great. I got a real good vibe from the place. "There were some other schools. The University of Buffalo was trying to get me up there. Maryland was talking to me a little bit. University of Central Florida was talking to me a little bit as well. I had other options but I felt NC State was a great place for me and a great place to compete." Akinniyi lined up at linebacker his first two years at Northeastern before moving to defensive end this season. He will likely line up at defensive end for NC State, too. He will enroll in January and participate in spring drills. He will have one season of eligibility for the Pack. "They told me that there's a great chance to compete, that there was a great chance to come in and make an impact if I do everything right, so I'm just looking for a place to compete," Akinniyi said. "I'm going to go out there and give it everything I got." For Akinniyi, this weekend made Northeastern's decision to dissolve the football program a bittersweet moment. "Personally it gives me a better chance to my ultimate goal of making it to the NFL one day, but the families and the people that are affected I wish that would never happen," Akinniyi noted. "A lot of my teammates will not get an opportunity elsewhere that are hurt from this." "

12/13/2009 6:31:24 PM

Wilkins taking an official to UNC

12/13/2009 7:00:58 PM

^the dude who just decommited from unc to commit to us is taking an official visit to unc?

12/13/2009 7:12:14 PM

Butch probably sent him pictures of the girls he could bang on his official visit.

[Edited on December 13, 2009 at 7:24 PM. Reason : .]

12/13/2009 7:23:50 PM

Wilkins mentions that he never totally took UNX out of the picture, just that he had to reschedule due to SAT/ACT stuff and he liked State on his unofficial so much he switched commitments (that's when we beat them).

He's also got an official scheduled for Louisville and said..

Quote :

"“As of now, it’s probably State,” Wilkins said of where he will sign. “If the official visits go different, then I’ll have my mind made up by February.”"

12/13/2009 11:51:36 PM

gd high schoolers

12/13/2009 11:56:12 PM

Hopefully he's just doing this to get some free visits to some other colleges and have the full experience. I doubt he goes back to UNC after quickly turning to State after decomitting from them, but I don't know. Also Louisville is in a coaching transition so I'm sure how much he'd really want to go to a team in major transition.

12/14/2009 2:55:09 AM

anyone with a scout account care to post more about

Quote :

"Pack Pride has the latest on Dayton (OH) offensive lineman Andy Jomantas following his official visit to NC State this weekend."

12/14/2009 1:43:39 PM

We're his leader - wants to decide before Christmas.

Coaches putting on the hard sell - "need to commit because spots are running out"

12/14/2009 1:45:21 PM

Quote :

"Pack hosts Jomantas for official visit Matt Carter TheWolfpacker.com Editor Talk about it in The Wolves' Den NC State is trying to move quickly on offensive tackle Andy Jomantas from Chaminade-Julienne High in Dayton, Ohio. A little over a week after offering Jomantas, they brought the 6-foot-8, 255-pounder in for an official visit. "We saw all the facilities and stuff, the weight room and the locker room," Jomantas said. "We got to take a tour of the campus. I just liked everything. I liked the atmosphere. I could see myself playing there." Jomantas admits the thought of committing did cross his mind. "I thought about. I think I just want to take a couple of more days to think about it," Jomantas said. He was hosted on his trip by rising sophomore center Camden Wentz. Jomantas said his favorite part of the trip was when he got a preview of a Saturday ritual. "They led us into the locker room, and they had our jersey, or what would be our jersey, and I liked when we tried those on," Jomantas said. Jomantas also got to spend some time with the coaches, especially offensive line coach Don Horton who is recruiting Jomantas to NC State. "Actually me and Coach Horton sat for about an hour looking at game film and stuff, talking about what they are going to do there and what maybe I could do," Jomantas said. "Actually one of the things they were saying, I'm not sure completely about this, they were saying maybe when I'm younger because I am probably going to be redshirted, and I understand that, they were talking about maybe putting me in at tight end. Then develop me from that." What's next for Jomantas is up in the air. Kansas, which has offered, and Maryland, who is showing serious interest, may get official visits. "I might be visiting other visits, I'm not sure where right now" Jomantas said. "There's a couple of places I might go. I don't know. I just have to think about it.""

12/14/2009 6:29:43 PM

If that guy can actually catch and run at all, a 6'8 255 lb TE would be disgusting

12/15/2009 2:48:15 AM

i'd bet he runs a good sub 5.0 40 and if he put 50 more lbs on over the course of 2-3 years, he'd be a nasty tackle too.

12/15/2009 3:15:33 AM

Mikel Overgaard, JuCo OT with 2 to play 2, has probably committed

12/15/2009 12:13:45 PM

got 'em

12/15/2009 2:28:10 PM

Doesn't West Point have a 6'10" TE?

12/15/2009 2:31:16 PM

Rivals currently has us at #24 in their team rankings. With the Overgaard (what a fitting name for an o-lineman) commitment we have 18 commits and look to be adding more. It'd be great to add either James White or Mustafa Greene. Both are very good RBs.


Mikel Overgaard
Offensive tackle
Ephraim, Utah
Snow College
Ht:6'7"
Wt:270 lbs

Schools Interested
North Carolina State
Middle Tennessee State
New Mexico
Southern Illinois
Southern Utah

Overgaard was originally at Washington State as a preferred walk-on. He went to a small school in Idaho and was overlooked as a result. His town only had about 5,000 people in it. Coming out of HS he only had a few offers from smaller schools. He transferred down to Snow College a JuCo to gain experience and the coaches there switched him from a TE to OT due to his excellent footwork, frame, and blocking. Snow College finished the season 9-2 and ranked in the top 10 nationally among JUCO programs. It's the same JUCO that the staff got Paul Peterson when they were at BC. Overgaard has a 3.8 GPA so he'll be good to go and should enroll in January.

12/15/2009 3:07:52 PM

from pp

Quote :

"Rob Fronk (JC Tight End) is going to walk-on with the Wolfpack! "

12/15/2009 3:29:42 PM

^i think that poster is confused.......the only Rob Fronk in the database is a Post Grad TE from Hargrave....not a JC

12/15/2009 3:36:36 PM

there's a 2007 youtube video of a rob fronk from apex

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrK7AuY83o4

[Edited on December 15, 2009 at 3:58 PM. Reason : and apparently he did prep at Hargrave]

12/15/2009 3:54:59 PM

Quote :

"Rivals currently has us at #24 in their team rankings."

Stupid Overgaard hurting our ranking...

Or really, stupid Rivals for counting him as a zero-star (actually zero, not null or omitted, but 0*) recruit.
If he was a 2* we'd be bumped up to 22nd (1196 points). If he was a 3* we'd be bumped to 20th (1250 points). But as a 0* we are 24th (1152 points).

12/15/2009 3:55:41 PM

Hell yeah to a huge ass O-Line!!! Russell will have more time to look down field instead of running for his life this past season! Keep it up O'brien and company keep reeling them fuckers in!!!

12/16/2009 3:21:50 AM

segment on david amerson:

http://rivals.yahoo.com/video/recruiting-football/AMP-Shrine-Bowl-day-1-recap-58384

12/16/2009 6:30:53 PM

^lol at the "is that barry or ron jaworski" comment below that vid.........i thought the exact same thing

12/16/2009 8:57:06 PM

and O'brien with all of these GREAT recruits coming for the 2010 season....GET RID OF MIKE ARCHER so he doesnt have a chance to taint them with his faulty ass coaching techniques!!


GET RID OF MIKE ARCHER O'BRIEN!!! FUCKING NOW!!!!

12/17/2009 11:45:08 AM

Andy Jomantas just committed. We are either going to use him as an OT or a TE from what I've heard.

Offensive tackle
Dayton, Ohio
Chaminade-Julienne
Ht: 6'7"
Wt: 255 lbs
Forty: 5.0 secs

Schools Interested (known offers in italics)
North Carolina State
Kansas
Ball State
Akron
Bowling Green
Central Michigan
Cincinnati
Connecticut
Indiana
Maryland
Michigan State
Ohio State

12/18/2009 10:49:12 PM

it feels like we have taken a shitload of high school OT's with these 2 most recent classes

12/18/2009 10:53:42 PM

I've heard that O'Brien likes to have at least 18 or more scholarship o-linemen on the roster.

12/18/2009 10:54:38 PM

i think its 16 which with this guys commitment, puts us right there.

who knows but at least he recruits them unlike chuckles

12/18/2009 11:16:25 PM

Does anybody know anything on the running backs James White and Mustafa Greene? I hope we land one of them. The Shrine Bowl will be broadcasted on ESPNU three times over the next month and Greene will be in it. He'll probably be second on the depth chart after Lattimore though, who's one of if not the top RBs in the nation.

12/18/2009 11:53:51 PM

Overgaard got evaluated on Rivals as a 3* prospect. That bumped us up to #21 on their team rankings. We're currently third in the ACC according to their rankings (FSU #12 and Miami #15) and just ahead of Clemson who is ranked #22. The Tigers have 20 commits to our 18, well 19 once they add in Jomantas who will probably be a 2* prospect.

12/19/2009 1:35:07 AM

I know we're top 2 for both of them. I think White is supposed to be a slight Wisconsin lean right now, while we're expected to get Greene?

12/19/2009 2:09:23 AM

we're neck and neck with rutgers for greene (has family up there), with some other schools trying to get into the game late

12/19/2009 2:38:26 AM

Our non-conference schedule for 2010 is looking wicked!! Cincinnati...ECU, Central Florida...whose our 4th non conference opponent??


About time we stop playing two cupcakes in the con conference schedule!

12/21/2009 6:27:09 PM

^cincinatti isn't gonna be NEARLY as good as they were this year i don't believe.......don't they lose something crazy like 15 or 16 starters off of this years team?

12/21/2009 6:30:35 PM

I believe so. I remember one of their players saying that all of the seniors would carry them to a bowl game victory when their coach got hired by ND.

12/21/2009 6:44:29 PM

just looked at the first post of this thread, and found this golden gem.

Quote :

"I suspect Donte Moss to be one of our first commitments. Just a hunch."

12/21/2009 7:07:13 PM