NC State Football Preview: The Secondary

Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty ImagesIt’s not exactly a hot take to say that the secondary has been the weakest link for the Wolfpack over the majority of Dave Doeren’s tenure at NC State. After a decent outing in 2015, the pass defense tumbled downhill in a hurry, bottoming out with a couple horrid efforts in 2018 and 2019.

If NC State could have put something merely serviceable on the field, it almost certainly wins 10 games and is playing in a NY6 bowl game in 2018. It probably does the same in 2017 with a better season as well. Alas, it did not do that, and State’s defense was taken apart by anybody who could throw an accurate deep ball. It continued in 2019 but you may not have noticed…