There are 111 days until NC State kicks off the football season against Western Carolina under the lights at Carter-Finley Stadium, and the Wolfpack is on the national radar.\u00a0<\/p>\n
NC State, which brought in the seventh-best transfer portal class in On3\u2019s Industry Ranking, was ranked No. 21 in The Athletic\u2019s college football post-spring top 25.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Wolfpack made a huge acquisition at quarterback in landing Coastal Carolina<\/a> transfer Grayson McCall<\/a><\/strong>,\u201d The Athletic\u2019s Ari Wasserman wrote<\/a>. \u201cThey also added former Ohio State wide receiver Noah Rogers<\/a><\/strong>, a North Carolina native and one-time top-50 national prospect. It\u2019ll be hard to overcome the loss of linebacker Payton Wilson,<\/a><\/strong> one of the best defensive players in the country a year ago, and there are plenty of personnel questions in the secondary. But Dave Doeren<\/a><\/strong> always has this team ready to go.\u201d<\/p>\n In addition to McCall and Rogers, the two headliners of the Pack\u2019s transfer portal haul, NC State also added Duke running back Jordan Waters, UConn tight end Justin Joly<\/a><\/strong> and Notre Dame center Zeke Correll <\/a><\/strong>among others. That trio is expected to start for the red and white as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n Tweets of the day<\/strong><\/p>\n NC State is in the running with three-star cornerback Robert Jones III<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n