The Wolfpacker: An Independent Magazine Covering NC State Sports
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TRACKING THE PACK NUMBERS AND QUOTES Sponsored by Colony Tire & Service www.colonytire.com GRAPHIC COURTESY NC STATE FOOTBALL 18 ■ THE WOLFPACKER I'm just glad it ended the way it did. I'm not going to pretend there weren't people calling him, because I know there were. There's a lot of BS that goes on right now in college football. I'm just proud of him for sticking true to his values and where he wanted to be. I'm proud of our school for being able to step up and give him an offer that made it where it made sense." — Dave Doeren on quarterback CJ Bailey's decision to stay out of the portal and return to NC State for his junior season 1 , 103 Total wins by baseball coach Elliott Avent, who retired in May at the conclusion of his 30th season with the Wolfpack. Avent is the winningest coach in NC State athletics history, regardless of sport. 15:54.39 EMILY WISNIEWSKI'S time in the 5,000-meter race at the USATF U20 Outdoor Championships on June 18 in Eugene, Ore. The NC State fresh- man, a native of nearby Corvallis, Ore., shaved more than 11 seconds off her personal best, finishing second to earn a place at the World Athletics U20 Championships, which will take place Aug. 5-9 in Eugene. 6 Consecutive top-25 finishes for NC State in the Directors' Cup. Buoyed by the NCAA-title- winning women's cross country team and five other squads that finished in their re- spective top 10s, the Wolfpack came in 22nd in the all-sports competition with 860 points for the 2025-26 athletic year. NC State finished sixth among ACC teams (with Notre Dame included). Texas won the competition with 1,322 points. 4 Power Four schools whose current head football coach is also their all-time win- ningest coach. With 95 wins in 13 seasons at NC State, Dave Doeren is one of those coaches. The others are Iowa's Kirk Fe- rentz (209 wins), Clemson's Dabo Swinney (187) and Rutgers' Greg Schiano (99). 1 JAYDEN "DUKE" SCOTT'S JAYDEN "DUKE" SCOTT'S jersey number for the 2026 season. The junior running back, who previ- ously wore No. 4, will don the Wolfpack's No. 1 jersey, which goes to a player who has im- pressed the coaching staff with his work habits and leadership. Scott is getting set to take over as NC State's top running back after rushing for 595 yards and 4 touchdowns last season. PHOTO COURTESY NC STATE ATHLETICS