NC State Newsstand: Pack solidifies top 10 transfer class
It’s officially the offseason for NC State football and basketball, but there will be no shortage of news between now and August. Our daily ‘Newsstands’ will be a way for our readers to catch up on what they missed from the day before.
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TheWolfpacker.com’s Wednesday Morning Newsstand
NC State’s men’s basketball roster appears complete for the 2023-2024 season after the program welcomed six transfers to the team. Most recently, the Wolfpack landed a commitment from Michael O’Connell— a 6-2 point guard who started 28 games for Stanford last year.
With the roster seemingly full at 12 scholarship athletes, NC State holds the No. 8 transfer class in the country. The program added Butter guard Jayden Taylor, Arizona State guard DJ Horne, Missouri big man Mohamed Diarra, Kansas wing MJ Rice, Clemson big man Ben Middlebrooks and O’Connell this offseason.
Wake Forest is the only ACC program ahead of the Pack on On3’s transfer portal class rankings, sitting at No. 3 after replacing 3 transfers with an average player rating of 62.33 with a trio of athletes who hold a player ranking of 90.67.
The Wolfpack’s incoming transfers average out to an 84.50 ranking, but that number is skewed considering Diarra has not been ranked yet. NC State also lost five outgoing transfers— Jack Clark, Greg Gantt, Ebenezer Dowuona, Dusan Mahorcic and Isaiah Miranda. Clemson, who landed a commitment from Clark earlier this spring, is the next ACC team in the rankings at no. 14.
Tweets of the day
Priority class of 2024 four-star wide receiver Alex Taylor set his commitment date.
A total of 10 North Carolina sophomores landed in the updated On300 class of 2025 rankings.
Former NC State running back Demie Sumo-Karngbaye committed to Kentucky.
Wolfpack football’s athletes can choose to be included in the next EA Sports college football video game starting in 2024.
NC State quote of the day
This quote is from Drew Miller, the No. 1 punter in the 2024 class who is heavily considering the Wolfpack, talking about special teams coordinator Todd Goebbel.
“He’s a person-first type of guy,” Miller said. “He’ll put me first before football… He always takes interest in my personal life, not just how I’m doing with football, and I really appreciate that.”
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