The 2017 NC State Wolfpack football team represented North Carolina State University during the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Wolfpack played their home games at Carter–Finley Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina and competed in the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They were led by fifth-year head coach Dave Doeren. They finished the season 9–4, 6–2 in ACC play to finish in second place in the Atlantic Division. They received a bid to the Sun Bowl, where they defeated Arizona State.
On December 1, Doeren received a five-year contract extension.
Schedule NC State announced its 2017 football schedule on January 24, 2017. The 2017 schedule consisted of six home games, five away games, and one neutral site game in the regular season. The Wolfpack hosted ACC foes Clemson, Louisville, North Carolina, and Syracuse, and traveled to Boston College, Florida State, Pittsburgh, and Wake Forest.
The Wolfpack hosted two of the four non-conference opponents, Furman from the Southern Conference and Marshall from Conference USA, and traveled to Notre Dame, who competes as an independent. NC State met South Carolina from the Southeastern Conference at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Rankings
Game summaries Vs. South Carolina
Marshall
Furman
At Florida State
Syracuse
Louisville
At Pittsburgh
At Notre Dame
Clemson
At Boston College
At Wake Forest
North Carolina
Arizona State–Sun Bowl
Personnel Coaching staff Dave DoerenHead coachEliah DrinkwitzOffensive coordinator/quarterbacksDave HuxtableDefensive coordinator/linebackers George BarlowAssistant head coach/CornerbacksEddie FaulknerSpecial teams coordinator/tight ends/fullbacksAaron HenrySafetiesDesmond KitchingsAssistant head coach/running backs/recruiting coordinatorDwayne LedfordRun Game coordinator/offensive lineGeorge McDonaldPassing Game coordinator/wide receiversKevin PatrickDefensive line
Roster 2017 NC State Wolfpack football team rosterQuarterbacks 2 Jalan McClendon – junior (6'5, 221) 10 Micah Leon – freshman (6'5, 205) 12 Jory Perkins – freshman (6'0, 145) 13 Matt McKay – freshman (6'3, 200) 14 Woody Cornwell – junior (6'2, 210) 15 Ryan Finley – junior (6'4, 210)
Running backs 1 Jaylen Samuels – senior (5'11, 228) 7 Nyheim Hines – junior (5'9, 197) 21 Erin Collins – freshman (6'1, 200) 24 Nakia Robinson Jr. – freshman (5'11, 193) 25 Reggie Gallaspy II – junior (5'9, 195) 27 Dakwa Nichols – graduate (5'10, 180) 28 Damontay Rhem – sophomore (5'11, 221) 29 Marquise Braxton – sophomore (6'1, 226) 33 Brady Bodine – junior (5'10, 200) 41 Will Eason – freshman (5'7, 173) 46 Logan DeBoer – freshman (6'1, 235)
Wide receivers 3 Kelvin Harmon – sophomore (6'2, 213) 7 Gavin Locklear – senior (5'10, 195) 8 Maurice Trowell – junior (5'11, 196) 11 Jakobi Meyers – sophomore (6'2, 203) 12 Stephen Louis – junior (6'2, 217) 19 C.J. Riley – freshman (6'4, 204) 31 Tyler Dabbs – freshman (5'9, 192) 82 Max Fisher – freshman (6'3, 205) 83 Daeshawn Stephens – freshman (6'1, 214) 85 JuMicheal Ramos – graduate (6'2, 200) 86 Emeka Emezie – freshman (6'3, 209) 87 Thayer Thomas – freshman (6'2, 195)
Tight ends 28 Dylan Parham – freshman (6'4, 224) 42 Dylan Autenrieth – freshman (6'4, 242) 47 Damien Darden – freshman (6'3, 250) 48 Cole Cook – graduate (6'6, 250) 88 Adam Boselli – freshman (6'5, 220) 89 Thomas Ruocchio – freshman (6'3, 245)
Punters 90 A. J. Cole III – junior (6'4, 230) 99 Trenton Gill – freshman (6'3, 185) Offensive lineman 50 Tony Adams – senior (6'2, 315) 52 Kendall Brown – freshman (6'5, 290) 53 Tyler Jones – junior (6'3, 300) 54 Will Richardson – junior (6'6, 322) 56 Kollin Byers – freshman (6'4, 276) 59 Liam Ryan – freshman (6'2, 300) 60 Grant Pacanovsky – freshman (6'2, 265) 62 Bryson Speas – freshman (6'4, 265) 64 Peter Daniel – graduate (6'6, 305) 65 Garrett Bradbury – junior (6'3, 298) 66 Joshua Fedd-Jackson – freshman (6'3, 336) 67 Justin Witt – freshman (6'6, 296) 68 Charles Fletcher – freshman (6'2, 273) 70 Terronne Prescod – junior (6'5, 331) 71 Joe Sculthorpe – freshman (6'3, 307) 72 Philip Walton Jr. – sophomore (6'7, 305) 73 Justin Chase – freshman (6'5, 290) 74 Emanuel McGirt Jr. – sophomore (6'6, 300) 76 Harrison Gee – freshman (6'3, 301) 78 Aaron Wiltz – sophomore (6'5, 307) 79 Ben Kaiser – senior (6'3, 292)
Defensive lineman 9 Bradley Chubb – senior (6'4, 275) 27 Justin Jones – senior (6'2, 312) 35 Kentavius Street – senior (6'2, 287) 39 James Smith-Williams – sophomore (6'4, 247) 42 Danny Blakeman – freshman (6'2, 227) 44 Bryan Smith – graduate (6'2, 259) 45 Darian Roseboro – junior (6'4, 287) 52 Ibrahim Kante – freshman (6'5, 235) 54 Davion Allred – senior (6'0, 228) 55 Devonte Holden – junior (6'4, 247) 69 Evin Bellamy – sophomore (6'2, 220) 73 Grant Gibson – freshman (6'1, 300) 90 Ben Frazier – freshman (6'3, 316) 91 Eurndraus Bryant – junior (6'1, 325) 92 Larrell Murchison – junior (6'4, 277) 95 Tyrone Riley – sophomore (6'6, 285) 96 Dante Johnson – freshman (6'3, 264) 97 Xavier Lyas – freshman (6'4, 215) 98 B. J. Hill – senior (6'4, 315) Placekickers 38 Carson Wise – graduate (5'10, 170) 92 Kyle Bambard – junior (5'8, 190) 93 Noah Giroux – freshman (6'0, 205)
Linebackers 3 Germaine Pratt – junior (6'3, 235) 4 Jerod Fernandez – senior (6'0, 227) 10 Louis Acceus – freshman (6'0, 216) 29 Raven Saunders – freshman (6'1, 220) 32 Riley Nicholson– junior (6'0, 237) 36 Brock Miller – freshman (6'3, 231) 41 Isaiah Moore – freshman (6'3, 224) 43 David Pierson – freshman (6'0, 232) 44 Fredrick Strickland – sophomore (6'2, 202) 49 Matt Stevens – freshman (6'0, 228) 58 Airius Moore – senior (6'0, 235)
Defensive backs 2 Mike Stevens – senior (5'11, 190) 5 Johnathan Alston – senior (6'0, 210) 10 Freddie Phillips Jr. – junior (6'1,210) 11 Stephen Griffin – junior (6'2, 205) 13 Stephen Morrison – junior (5'11, 201) 14 Dexter Wright – junior (6'2, 232) 15 Chris Ingram – freshman (6'0, 180) 19 Bryce Banks– freshman (6'2, 192) 21 Nick McCloud – sophomore (6'1, 189) 22 Isaiah Stallings – freshman (6'4, 220) 24 Shawn Boone – senior (5'10, 206) 26 Nicholas Lacy – senior (5'7, 182) 30 James Valdez – freshman (5'11, 193) 31 Jarius Morehead – sophomore (6'1, 217) 33 Dalton Counts – freshman (6'0, 211) 34 Tim Kid-Glass – sophomore (6'1, 202) 36 William Brown III – sophomore (5'10, 192) 37 Vernon Frier – sophomore (5'10, 180) 38 Will Dabbs – freshman (5'10,192) 47 Cayman Czesak – freshman (6'2, 200)
Long snappers 50 Jackson Quiggle – freshman (5'10, 205) 57 Tyler Griffiths – junior (6'2, 230)
2018 NFL draft The Wolfpack had seven players selected in the 2018 NFL draft, which was a program record.
Player Team Round Pick # Position Bradley Chubb Denver Broncos 1st 5th DE B. J. Hill New York Giants 3rd 69 DT Justin Jones Los Angeles Chargers 3rd 84 DT Nyheim Hines Indianapolis Colts 4th 104 RB Kentavius Street San Francisco 49ers 4th 128 DE Will Richardson Jacksonville Jaguars 4th 129 OT Jaylen Samuels Pittsburgh Steelers 5th 165 FB
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