The Wolfpacker: An Independent Magazine Covering NC State Sports
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MARCH/APRIL 2022 ■ 33 2 Signees with older brothers that play at NC State. Kerners- ville (N.C.) East Forsyth defensive back Isaiah Crowell's older sib- ling Micah Crowell is a redshirt freshman who has moved from receiver to running back, and Cary (N.C.) High center RYLAN VANN'S brother Davin Vann is a sophomore defensive lineman. 10th Is where NC State's class ranked in the ACC per the On3 Consensus, but the small size of high school signees (12) influenced the rating. The Wolfpack tied Pittsburgh, which had the 12th-best class in the ACC, for fewest signings in the league. Among the Atlantic Division teams, NC State had the fifth-best class, ahead of Wake Forest and Syracuse. However, if you used average rating per player as the metric, NC State's class is fifth in the ACC and third in the Atlantic, trailing only Clemson and Florida State, who both had national top-20 classes. NC State Recruiting Classes Under Dave Doeren Year ACC Rank Division Rank Average ACC Rating Rank Average Division Rating Rank 2022 10th 5th 5th 3rd 2021 7th 3rd 8th 3rd 2020 6th 3rd 7th 3rd 2019 5th 3rd 5th 3rd 2018 7th 4th 7th 4th 2017 9th 4th 9th 4th 2016 9th 4th 9th 4th 2015 8th 4th 9th 4th 2014 6th 3rd 9th 4th 3 Signees who had family members that played wide receiver in the NFL: • Kernersville (N.C.) East Forsyth defensive back Isaiah Crowell's father, Germane, starred for the Detroit Lions before injuries shortened his career. He caught 81 passes for 1,338 yards and seven touchdowns in 1999 with the Lions and finished with 184 recep- tions for 2,722 yards and 16 scores. • On3 Consensus four-star defensive lineman Brandon Cleveland from Tampa (Fla.) Carrollwood Day has a cousin, Tyrie Cleveland, who played the past two seasons with the Denver Broncos, primarily as a member of its practice squad. • Greensboro (N.C.) Northern Guilford receiver TERRELL TIMMONS JR.'S cousin is Keenan Allen, a star with the Los Angeles Chargers. Allen, a fellow Greensboro native and also a product of Northern Guilford, has exceeded 1,100 yards receiving in four of his past five seasons in the NFL. 12 Players who are not transfers from major col- lege programs signed with NC State, which rep- resents — by a significant margin — the fewest in a single class under head coach Dave Doeren. The previous low was 20 in the 2017 class. 6 - 1.83, 208.75 pounds Average height and weight of the signees based on measurements provided by the official release from NC State. PHOTO COURTESY ON3.COM