4-star linebacker Payton Wilson from Hillsborough, NC has committed to NC State. He decommitted from UNC-Chapel Hill last week and is the newest member of the Pack’s 2018 class. He picked the Pack over Notre Dame and Virginia Tech, while Ohio State and Clemson were thought to maybe get a visit, but never did.
He is a consensus top-100 player and the 65th overall player in the country according to 247. According to 247’s all time player rankings (they go back to 2000), he is the 9th best player ever to commit to the Pack, right in between AJ Davis and Tramain Hall, and the highest ranked player of the Dave Doeren era, right in front of Johnny Frasier.