Dennis Smith Jr. is coming to NC State. Those are words that Wolfpack fans have been waiting and hoping to hear for a while now, and they're finally a reality. Smith is a consensus five-star prospect in the 2016 recruiting class, and one of the top 10 players in the nation.
NC State was considered the leader for Smith for a long time, so his verbal doesn't come as a surprise, in that regard. It is a surprise at least in the sense that the Pack has landed a top-10 player, which does not happen often. Or rather, hasn't happened often in the past--maybe Mark Gottfried and his staff are changing things with this addition.