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Ohio State and Penn State. He has visited
all of those schools, including taking mul-
tiple trips to Ann Arbor to check out the
Wolverines.
However, the 6-1, 195-pound Steele —
who some like at safety — is a Raleigh
native and his parents still live there. The
chance to play close to his true home is
alluring to Steele, who visited NC State
twice in the spring and summer, most re-
cently for the Alpha Wolf Showcase.
As a sophomore, Steele registered 43
tackles, nine stops behind the line of scrim-
mage, six sacks and one forced fumble. Ri-
vals.com lists Steele as the No. 5 prospect
in Virginia and the No. 9 safety nationally.
Defensive Back
Three-star cornerback Mario Love Jr. of
Hough High in Cornelius, N.C., has been
one of NC State's most frequent visitors
among the top in-state prospects in the
2021 class. That might be because Love
knows more players on the Wolfpack squad
than any other college.
Off the top of his head, Love rattled off
senior corner Nick McCloud, junior corner
Chris Ingram, redshirt freshman corner
Malik Dunlap and a pair of early enrollees
in nickel Jalen Frazier (his former team-
mate at Hough) and wide receiver Keyon
Lesane as players he knows fairly well on
the NC State roster. He is also friends with
Wolfpack class of 2020 four-star commit
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Bryce Steele of Alexandria (Va.) Episcopal is
being pursued by top schools such as Michi-
gan, Notre Dame, Ohio State and Penn State,
but could still end up at NC State because he
is a Raleigh native.
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