NC State Newsstand: Sean Brown named finalist for national award
NC State’s 2022 football and basketball seasons are here, and there will be no shortage of news for the rest of the year. 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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The Wolfpacker’s Thursday Morning Newsstand
NC State fielded one of the most consistent special teams squads in the country this year and Sean Brown, one of the stars of that group, picked up national recognition this week as a finalist for National Special Teams Player of the Year.
The redshirt-freshman safety played on 4 special teams units this year and was extremely solid in coverage all season. He made a total of 15 tackles in 2022 while also playing limited snaps as a safety. According to the award announcement, Brown played 238 snaps and recorded a PFF grade of 78.7.
During the Wolfpack’s win over ECU, he recovered a blocked punt in the end zone that drastically changed the momentum of the game. He is 1 of 9 finalists for the award.
Before arriving at NC State, the 6-0 safety was a three-star recruit at Hough High. He made one tackle last year against Wake Forest before emerging into a larger role this fall.
Tweets of the day
NC State vs. UNC drew a large crowd to ABC last week.
Four-star cornerback and NC State commit Brandon Cisse is his high school conference’s special team player of the year.
Wolfpack linebacker Drake Thomas finished third in ACC Defensive Player of the Year voting this year.
A total of 4 NC State athletes made the All-ACC first team— center Grant Gibson, cornerback Aydan White, guard Chandler Zavala and kicker Christopher Dunn.
Per USA Today’s David Thompson, it sounds like both MJ Morris and Ben Finley could be back under center for the Wolfpack next season, while the future of Devin Leary is a bit more uncertain.
Make sure you’re following the most recent college football transfer portal news on On3’s transfer portal wire.
Quote of the day
Today’s quote is from recent NC State running back commit Kendrick Raphael sharing his thoughts on Wolfpack running backs coach Kurt Roper.
“Coach Roper coaches you tough, but it’s all love,” Raphael said in June. “As I see him in the camp coaching tough, he loves detail and coaches you to perfection.”
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