On the second play of NC State's win over Georgia Tech last fall, Payton Wilson separated his left shoulder. The bone jarred loose from the socket, slipping down through his arm pit, a grizzly detail he reenacts with less emotion than if he were giving directions to the post office. A dull pain pulsed through his shoulder, he said, but he found that if he kept his arm lowered, it didn't hurt. Wilson played on.
A few series later, just before halftime, Wilson delivered another hit -- this time with his right shoulder.