The Wolfpacker: An Independent Magazine Covering NC State Sports
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TRACKING THE PACK NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2024 ■ 19 " He is a unicorn in the best sense. He is very, very unique and very special to coach because he can do so much. I think his greatest gift is that he's never uncomfortable in any place you put him on the floor." — Josh Coley, Arden (N.C.) Christ School boys' basketball coach, on four-star power forward MIKEY WILKINS, who joined Kevin Keatts' 2025 recruiting class in September PHOTO COURTESY MIKEY WILKINS 171 Yards of total offense by NC State in its 24-17 victory over Northern Illinois on Sept. 28. It was the sixth-lowest yardage total in the past 20 years by a winning team that scored 24 or more points. The lowest yardage total in that span was by Missouri in 2014. Mizzou gained only 119 yards versus Florida that year but scored 4 touchdowns on returns (kickoff, punt, fumble, inter- ception) en route to a 42-13 victory. 268 Consecutive extra-point kicks made by NC State placekickers heading into the Pack's matchup against Syracuse on Oct. 12. It was the nation's longest ac- tive streak of made PATs. Prior to its matchup with the Orange, NC State hadn't missed a PAT since the first quarter of its regular-season finale against North Carolina in November 2017, a 33-21 Wolfpack victory in Raleigh. 7 Goals by the NC State men's soccer team in a shutout of Winthrop on Sept. 10 at Dail Soc- cer Stadium. Seven players found the net for the Wolfpack in the team's highest-scoring game since a 7-0 win over Belmont Abbey to open the 1996 season. We still have a goal to finish. Finish the season out, make a bowl game. ... I feel like Tennessee and Clemson showed us where we're at and where we can go." — Freshman quarterback CJ BAILEY on how NC State is approaching the rest of the season after losses to the Volunteers and Tigers