Jaylen Samuels, Jerricho Cotchery, Torry Holt.
With six catches against Arizona State in the Sun Bowl on Friday, that would be the order of the names in the N.C. State record book for career receptions.
Cotchery and Holt are two of the best receivers in ACC history and played a combined 23 years in the NFL.
Then there’s Samuels, known to everyone after an outstanding four-year career with the Wolfpack, simply as “JaySam.”
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But the legend of “JaySam” almost never happened.