The Wolfpacker: An Independent Magazine Covering NC State Sports
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2012 FOOTBALL PREVIEW and speed at 6-3 and 182 pounds. Morgan played multiple positions in high school, while Flowers concentrated at receiver. "Both are very, very fast and have good size, and in Maurice's situation unique size," Bible said. "We have to get them up to speed as far as their command of what we're doing. They both have talents that we need to take advantage of." Flowers has already caught Glennon's eye during the spring. "I think Hakeem could potentially be the best of them all," Glennon said. "The sky's the limit with him. If he works hard, he could be a really good player." "I think Rashard is just really versatile, coming from defense. He's kind of the guy that'll do whatever to help the team. This spring game he played both ways. He just wants to play football. "Morgan, physically you look at him and he's big, strong. He's young and kind of green, but he has potential to be a real good player." NC State typically likes to play six wide receivers and sometimes even seven to keep the players fresh. Hegedus or Grif- fin will get the chance to play right away if they handle the adjustment to college smoothly. "We really like them," Bible said. "I can't speak to what they can and can't do. I'm just going off the video, but we're ex- cited about them joining us." ■ ||||||| QUICK FACTS Position Coach: Troy Walters (1st season) and Jay Smith (15) Projected Starters: Tobais Palmer (7) and Quintin Payton Top Reserves: Bryan Underwood, Rashard Returning Starters: None Starters Lost: T.J. Graham (22 career starts) Redshirt junior receiver Quintin Payton, the tallest wideout on the roster at 6-4, 210 pounds, caught seven passes for 107 yards last season. PHOTO BY ERIC LUSK tight end group No. 6 in the ACC … Phil Steele's 2012 College Football Preview ranked the receivers unit No. 10 in the ACC … Redshirt junior Rashard Smith started three games and played in all 13 last year, mostly at cornerback … Smith played wide receiver during the first three games of sea- son, but the former prep quarterback moved back to cornerback full-time in October … Redshirt freshman Hakeem Flowers had a 38-inch vertical jump and ran the 40-yard dash in 4.54 seconds at Simpsonville (S.C.) High, and earned second-team all-state honors after catching 41 passes for 986 yards and 12 touchdowns his senior year … Rivals. com ranked Flowers as a three-star prospect, the No. 24 player in South Carolina and the No. 87 wide receiver in the country … Redshirt freshman Mau- rice Morgan played multiple positions at La Grange (N.C.) North Lenoir High, won the 3A state title in the high jump (6 feet, 6 inches) his senior year, and also finished sixth in the 100-meter dash (11.09) … Rivals.com ranked true freshman Charlie Hegedus as a three-star prospect after he caught 69 passes for 1,156 yards and 12 touchdowns his senior year at Marietta (Ga.) Lassiter High … Hegedus played with NC State freshman cornerback Niles Clark at Lassiter, which also produced Wolfpack senior center Camden Wentz … Rivals.com ranked true freshman Xavier Griffin as a two-star prospect and the No. 3 player in Delaware after he helped Newark (Del.) High go 12-1 and finish second in the state. gedus Moved In: Rashard Smith from cornerback Moved Out: None Other Departure: Steven Howard (graduated) FYI: Athlon projected NC State's wide receivers/ JULY 2012 ■ 51 Smith (6 at cornerback), Hakeem Flowers and Maurice Morgan Waiting Their Turn: None Newcomers: Xavier Griffin and Charlie He-