The Wolfpacker: An Independent Magazine Covering NC State Sports
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24 ■ THE WOLFPACKER TRACKING THE PACK 11 Overall ranking for former NC State defensive tackle DeMario Pressley in the class of 2004 by Rivals.com, making him the highest-rated Wolfpack recruit since Rivals began in 2002. 71.6 Percentage of production returning for NC State men's basketball team, which ranks eighth in the country among Power Five teams. Westgate has NC State's odds of making the Final Four at 50/1. 98.7 Percentage of seats filled at Carter- Finley Stadium (57,583), which tied for 11th in the country and No. 1 in the ACC with national champion Clemson for the 2018 football season. 102 Career wins for retiring United States' women's soccer coach Jill Ellis, who was an NC State assistant coach from 1988-90. Ellis went 102-7-18 and won two women's World Cups, including the most recent one this summer. 118 Average opponent RPI for the NC State women's basketball squad's non-con- ference schedule. Eight of the teams played in the postseason a year ago, including Texas and Maryland. Grade for NC State redshirt junior guard Joe Sculthorpe as a run blocker last year, which is second among returning ACC interior linemen per Pro Football Focus. Sponsored by Colony Tire & Service www.colonytire.com ■ BY THE NUMBERS 10 ACC players, which included NC State redshirt junior cen- ter DJ Funderburk, who were pegged as breakout perform- ers by college basketball writer Jon Rothstein. He also picked NC State to finish sixth in the league. PHOTO BY KEN MARTIN 77.8 PHOTO BY KEN MARTIN 17 Consecutive years NC State football has sold at least 33,000 season tickets, with more than 34,000 sold through July 27. 6,784 Receiving yards for former NC State star Torry Holt during his first five years with the St. Louis Rams, which is the most in NFL history for any receiver in his first five seasons. He topped Randy Moss by 41 yards over that span and finished his career with 920 receptions, 13,382 receiving yards and 74 scores.