With one of the most dominating performances in Wolfpack history, the 2005 D-Line not only won the game, earning bowl eligibility for the Pack, but essentially sounded the knell towards 2017 in our season-long journey to determine the all-time greatest Pack D-Line.
NOTE: John McCargo did not play in Week 11. I replaced him in the metrics analysis with Renaldo Moses, who was a key contributor in 2005, but not one of the top 5 D-Linemen otherwise. McCargo will return for the bowl game.
Week 11 Individual Stats:
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I didn’t go back through historical stats, so I cannot be sure, but it would be hard to imagine a better performance than the beat-down 2005 put on Maryland, especially since they were a power-conference opponent.