NC State got out of the USF game without any significant injuries; no doubt it helped to be able to start working reserves into the game relatively quickly. So there’s nothing surprising about the way the depth chart stacks up heading into the Mississippi State game.
You will see the word OR on there a whole bunch since the Wolfpack has what the coaching staff considers co-starters in a number of places. Dave Doeren talked specifically about this regarding the secondary, noting that the staff doesn’t see a drop-off among its top five corners:
I think, with some of these guys, we look at them as starters even though they don’t take the first snap.