NC State football report card: Grading the Wolfpack after a 23-21 loss to Virginia Tech

Unlike last weekend’s loss at Duke, it never felt like NC State was in control against Virginia Tech, a team with an interim coach and several key players missing to preserve a year of eligibility. And it showed as the Wolfpack wasn’t able to find a way to hold a large enough lead to withstand the Hokies’ offense that was aided by a successful rushing attack that gashed NC State’s defense in a 23-21 result on Saturday night at Carter-Finley Stadium. Let’s take a look at each phase of the Wolfpack’s game and how they did in the loss. Here are the week’s grades for NC State’s offense, defense and special teams.