The Wolfpacker: An Independent Magazine Covering NC State Sports
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MARCH/APRIL 2025 ■ 39 WA MT ND MN WI MI OR ID WY SD IA IL IN OH PA NY VT ME CA NV UT CO KS NE MO KY WV AZ NM OK AR TN NC VA TX FL LA MS AL GA SC CT MA 50 Career sacks by defensive line- man COLBY CRONK of Palm Coast (Fla.) Flagler High. Cronk was also credited with 101 tackles for loss. He posted those numbers in 34 games, averaging 1.5 sacks and 3 TFL per contest for his career. 3 , 626 Quarterback WILL WILSON'S total offense yardage during his senior year at Richland Northeast High in Columbia, S.C. In 10 games, Wilson completed 66.7 percent of his passes for 2,482 yards and ran for 1,144 yards on 152 carries (7.5 yards per carry). PHOTO COURTESY WILL WILSON 13 NC State welcomed 13 of its 22 high school and juco recruits to campus in January. Those players, listed below, are participating in winter workouts and will take part in spring practice when it begins on Feb. 25. • WR Je'rel Bolder of Wingate (N.C.) Forest Hills High • RB Deandre Desinor of Delray Beach (Fla.) Atlantic High • OL Michael Gibbs of Wilmington (N.C.) Hoggard High • CB Caden Gordon of Lake Worth (Fla.) Santaluces High • WR Teddy Hoffman of Delray Beach (Fla.) Atlantic High • CB Gerritt Kemp of Grayson (Ga.) Hebron Christian Academy • DL AJ Prim of Pearl River (Miss.) Community College • TE Gus Ritchey of Pittsboro (N.C.) Cary High • OL Spike Sowells of Louisville (Ky.) Male High • CB Cam Strong of Anderson (S.C.) T.L. Hanna High • S Tristan Teasdell of Leesburg (Va.) Tuscarora High • DL Josiah Victor of Loganville (Ga.) Grayson High • QB Will Wilson of Columbia (S.C.) Richland Northeast High BY THE NUMBERS PHOTO COURTESY COLBY CRONK 1 Spike Sowells of Male High in Louisville, Ky., was the No. 1 recruit in his home state, per the On3 Industry Ranking, which takes into account the grades of all four major recruiting web - sites. Sowells was listed as Kentucky's No. 3 prospect by On3's scouts. 14 Taking into account its 10 transfers and 22 high school and junior college signees, NC State landed players from 14 states. North Carolina is home to five of the team's signees, but Florida was even more heavily represented, with seven of the Wolfpack's newcomers hailing from the Sunshine State. • Florida — 7 • North Carolina — 5 • Georgia — 3 • Alabama — 2 • Ohio — 2 • South Carolina — 2 • Tennessee — 2 • Texas — 2 • Virginia — 2 • Illinois — 1 • Kentucky — 1 • Maryland — 1 • Mississippi — 1 • Utah — 1