Penn State five-star quarterback commit Justin Fields recently re-opened his recruitment. Why is that important to NC State? It’s the nature of college football recruiting, for one; for another, it’s the specific nature of recruiting quarterbacks.
As Bud Elliott outlines here, quarterback recruiting tends to have a significant domino effect, usually to the luxury of prestige programs and the detriment of the rest of us. When Fields decommitted from PSU, the Nittany Lions began looking elsewhere for a quality QB prospect, and their heavy attention has been drawn to Wolfpack commit Devin Leary, who has done nothing but distinguish himself since committing to NC State in the spring.