When NC State peeled itself off the mat after its disastrous 2019 season and surged back into the upper echelon of the ACC, which it had inhabited the two years prior, it did so on the back of a youth movement that paid off faster than expected. Now that core of talented underclassmen returns with high aspirations, but with one stark contrast to the last time the Pack generated some preseason excitement.
This figures to be Doeren’s most complete football team. In 2017, NC State had the likes of Bradley Chubb, Nyheim Hines, Ryan Finley, Kelvin Harmon, Jakobi Meyers, Will Richardson, B.