2019 NC State Wolfpack Season

The 2019 NC State Wolfpack represents North Carolina State University in the 2019 CFBHC Season. The team is coached by ImposterCauster and plays its home games at Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina. They are a member of the Atlantic division of the ACC.
With coach deandean1998 taking the job at Washington, NC State hired Central Michigan head coach and NC State-alumnus ImposterCauster. Coach Causter led the Chippewas to a 6-7 record and an appearance in the New Mexico Bowl in his first season in Mount Pleasant, and Wolfpack faithful hoped that he could do the same with a team that had gone a combined 1-23 over the past two seasons. The Pack opened with a rather daunting game with the Utah Utes in Raleigh, but a strong first performance from true freshman running back Keith Harley and an electrifying punt return by Omari Ruff in the 4th quarter led the Pack to a 35-28 win. Junior quarterback Blake Fry led the Wolfpack to a 31-21 win over eventual C-USA champions Rice, giving State their 2nd win, one more than they had achieved over the past two seasons combined. A 42-0 shellacking in Tallahassee followed, but a 3rd win came when State beat Old Dominion 28-13 in Norfolk. A 3-game losing streak to Indiana, Clemson, and Louisville darkened faint hopes of a bowl appearance in Raleigh, but two gritty defensive performances in a row led to wins over Georgia State and hated rivals North Carolina, raising their record to 5-4. A blowout loss to Heisman-winning QB Dylan Bishop and the Syracuse Orange, followed by a tough loss to defending-ACC Atlantic champs Boston College dropped State to 5-6, meaning that the Pack needed to beat rivals Wake Forest to clinch an unprecedented bowl game birth. Three field goals from Brayden Shafer put the Pack up 9-0 in Winston-Salem, but a screen pass from Hemana Toma to Kyle Palmer went 60 yards for a score, cutting State's lead to two at the half. State spotted Wake two touchdowns in the third before Harley ran into the endzone with three minutes left in the quarter. State trailed 21-16 entering the fourth, and hopes seemed to fade as the offense stalled. Fry broke the silence with a pass in the flat to tight end Dwayne Lawton, who then took it up the sideline for the 20-yard score and the 23-21 lead. Disaster soon struck when Wake drove down the field and hit the go-ahead field goal with 93 seconds remaining, putting Wake up 24-23. Not to be outdone, however, State's offense was able to move the ball to the 24-yard line, setting up Shafer with arguably the biggest kick of his life. A slightly-botched snap did not affect the young kicker, and Shafer sank the kick through the uprights as time expired, giving State the 26-24 win and an unprecedented sixth win of the season.
The Wolfpack were unable to claim a win over rivals East Carolina in the Military Bowl in Annapolis, although State did almost recover from a 31-0 deficit, only to lose 38-28. The six wins achieved over the course of the season was the most since the 2016 season (8 wins and an appearance in the Mile High Bowl).
== Schedule ==
===Regular Season===
Week 	Opponent 	Rank	Location 	Result	Record	Conference Record
1 	Utah 	- 	Raleigh, NC 	35-28 	1-0 	0-0
2 	Rice 	- 	Raleigh, NC 	31-21 	2-0 	0-0
3 	#2 Florida State 	- 	Tallahassee, FL 	0-42 	2-1 	0-1
4 	Old Dominion 	- 	Norfolk, VA 	28-13 	3-1 	0-1
5 	Indiana 	- 	Bloomington, IN 	3-38 	3-2 	0-1
6 	#5 Clemson 	- 	Raleigh, NC 	6-34 	3-3 	0-2
7 	Bye 	Bye 	Bye 	Bye 	Bye 	Bye
8 	Louisville 	- 	Raleigh, NC 	17-24 	3-4 	0-3
9 	Bye 	Bye 	Bye 	Bye 	Bye 	Bye
10 	Georgia State 	- 	Raleigh, NC 	20-14 	4-4 	0-3
11 	North Carolina 	- 	Chapel Hill, NC 	23-20 	5-4 	1-3
12 	Syracuse 	- 	Syracuse, NY 	21-55 	5-5 	1-4
13 	Bye 	Bye 	Bye 	Bye 	Bye 	Bye
14 	#20 Boston College	- 	Raleigh, NC 	20-42 	5-6 	1-5
15 	Bye 	Bye 	Bye 	Bye 	Bye 	Bye
16 	Wake Forest 	- 	Winston-Salem, NC	26-24 	6-6 	2-5
Military Bowl	East Carolina 	- 	Annapolis, MD 	28-38 	6-7 	2-5
==Game Summaries==
===Utah Utes===
 	1	2	3 	4	Total
Utah 	7	7	7 	7	
NC State	7	7	14	7	
Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0-0 	N/A 	N/A
===Rice Owls===
 	1	2 	3	4 	Total
Rice 	0	14	7	0 	
NC State	0	14	7	10	
Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0-0 	N/A 	N/A
===Florida State Seminoles===
 	1	2 	3	4 	Total
NC State 	0	0 	0	0 	
#2 Florida State	7	14	7	14	
Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0-6 	2018 	FSU, 38-7
===Old Dominion Monarchs===
 	1	2 	3 	4	Total
NC State 	0	14	14	0	
Old Dominion	0	3 	10	0	
Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0-0 	N/A 	N/A
===Indiana Hoosiers===
 	1	2 	3 	4	Total
NC State	3	0 	0 	0	
Indiana 	0	17	14	7	
Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0-0 	N/A 	N/A
===Clemson Tigers===
 	1 	2 	3	4	Total
#5 Clemson	14	13	0	7	
NC State 	3 	0 	3	0	
Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3-3 	2018 	Clemson, 24-3
===Louisville Cardinals===
 	1	2 	3 	4	Total
Louisville	7	14	0 	3	
NC State 	3	0 	14	0	
Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2-3 	2018 	Louisville, 19-7
===Georgia State Panthers===
 	1	2	3	4	Total
Georgia State	0	7	7	0	
NC State 	7	6	7	0	
Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0-1 	2018 	Georgia State, 23-0
===North Carolina Tar Heels===
 	1 	2 	3 	4	Total
North Carolina	0 	10	10	0	
NC State 	10	3 	7 	3	
Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2-4 	2018 	North Carolina, 48-14
===Syracuse Orange===
 	1 	2 	3 	4 	Total
NC State	0 	7 	7 	7 	
Syracuse	21	14	10	10	
Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3-3 	2018 	Syracuse, 48-24
===Boston College Eagles===
 	1 	2 	3	4	Total
Boston College	21	14	7	0	
NC State 	0 	10	3	7	
Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0-6 	2018 	Boston College, 80-0
===Wake Forest Demon Deacons===
 	1	2	3 	4 	Total
NC State 	3	6	7 	10	
Wake Forest	0	7	14	3 	
Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4-2 	2018 	Wake Forest, 31-14
==Military Bowl==
===East Carolina Pirates===
 	1 	2 	3 	4 	Total
East Carolina	14	14	3 	7 	
NC State 	0 	0 	14	14	
Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2-0 	2018 	East Carolina, 48-14
==Personnel==
===Key Personnel===
Name 	Position 	Season atNorth Carolina State	Season in current role
ImposterCauster 	Head Coach 	1st 	1st
Blake Fry 	Quarterback 	3rd 	2nd
Keith Harley 	Running Back 	1st 	1st
Omari Ruff 	Wide Receiver 	3rd 	2nd
Kenneth Stanford	Defensive End 	3rd 	2nd
Isaac Holley 	Defensive Tackle	1st 	1st
===Position key===
Back 	B 		Center 	C 		Cornerback 	CB		Defensive back	DB
Defensive end 	DE		Defensive lineman	DL		Defensive tackle 	DT		End 	E
Fullback 	FB		Guard 	G 		Halfback 	HB		Kicker 	K
Kickoff returner	KR		Offensive tackle 	OT		Offensive lineman	OL		Linebacker 	LB
Long snapper 	LS		Punter 	P 		Punt returner 	PR		Quarterback 	QB
Running back 	RB		Safety 	S 		Tight end 	TE		Wide receiver 	WR
===Pre-Season Roster===
===Depth chart===
==Awards==
Keith Harley - RB
* NC State Offensive Player of the Year
* NC State Freshman of the Year
Blake Fry - QB
* NC State MIP (Most Improved Player)
Kamari Cheatham - CB
* ACC Defensive Player of the Week (Week 2)
Isaac Holley - DT
* NC State Defensive Player of the Year
* 1st Team All-ACC
Omari Ruff - KR/PR
* ACC Special Teams Player of the Week (Week 1)
* 1st Team All-ACC
Brayden Shafer - K
* NC State Special Teams Player of the Year
==Season Stats==
===Passing Stats===
POS	NAME 	HGT	WGT	ATTRIBUTE	SKILL	POT	YEAR	GAMES	COMP	ATT	YARDS	TD	INT	QBR
QB 	Blake Fry	6-1	225	Hybrid 	3.0 	3.5	Jr 	13 	195 	356	2209 	13	9 	113.89
===Rushing Stats===
POS	NAME 	HGT	WGT	ATTRIBUTE	SKILL	POT	YEAR	GAMES	ATT	YARDS	TD	FUM	YPC
RB 	Keith Harley	5-6	200	Speed 	1.0 	4.0	Fr 	13 	301	1111 	9 	2 	3.69
QB 	Blake Fry 	6-1	225	Hybrid 	3.0 	3.5	Jr 	13 	59 	143 	4 	0 	2.42
===Receiving Stats===
POS	NAME 	HGT 	WGT	ATTRIBUTE	SKILL	POT	YEAR	GAMES	ATT	YARDS	TD	YPR
WR 	Omari Ruff 	6-1 	157	Speed 	3.5 	4.0	Jr 	12 	39 	569 	4 	14.59
WR 	Jasiah Raji 	6-5 	207	Target 	2.0 	3.0	(Fr)	12 	40 	474 	4 	11.85
TE 	Oliver Sherrill 	6-3 	199	Blocking 	3.5 	4.5	Jr 	10 	32 	401 	3 	12.53
WR 	Maxwell Tagaloa 	5-11	172	Speed 	2.5 	2.5	Sr 	11 	27 	346 	1 	12.81
WR 	Ibrahim Singleton	6-4 	234	Target 	2.5 	2.5	Sr 	3 	6 	64 	0 	10.67
TE 	Dwayne Lawton 	6-1 	227	Blocking 	2.5 	5.0	(Fr)	4 	8 	94 	1 	11.75
===Defensive Stats===
POS	NAME 	HGT 	WGT	ATTRIBUTE 	SKILL	POT	YEAR	GAMES	TKL	SACKS	FF	FR	INT	TD	SAFETY
ATH	Kamari Cheatham 	5-10	221	Man Coverage 	3.5 	5.0	(So)	3 	11 	0.0 	0 	0 	1 	1 	0
FS 	Jose Stewart 	6-0 	189	Zone Coverage	3.5 	3.5	(Sr)	7 	29 	0.0 	0 	0 	5 	0 	0
DE 	Kenneth Stanford	5-11	258	Blitz 	4.5 	4.5	Sr 	4 	15 	3.0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
ILB	Randy Zambrano 	6-1 	219	Will 	3.0 	3.5	Jr 	7 	47 	0.0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0
DT 	Isaac Holley 	6-5 	297	1-Gap 	3.0 	4.0	Jr 	9 	45 	8.0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
OLB	Avery Ellis 	6-3 	245	Blitz 	2.5 	2.5	Jr 	7 	40 	0.5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
CB 	Eddie Ruffin 	5-11	198	Man Coverage 	3.0 	3.5	Jr 	2 	7 	0.0 	0 	0 	1 	1 	0
OLB	Noah Whitley 	6-3 	219	Coverage 	2.5 	2.5	Jr 	6 	36 	0.0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
SS 	Jake Leyva 	6-0 	191	Zone Coverage	1.0 	4.0	Fr 	3 	12 	0.0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0
DE 	Caleb Cheatham 	6-2 	251	Contain 	2.5 	2.5	Jr 	2 	10 	0.0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
===Kicking Stats===
POS	NAME 	HGT	WGT	ATTRIBUTE	SKILL	POT	YEAR	GAMES	FGM	FGA	FG% 	LONG
K 	Brayden Shafer	5-8	164	Accuracy 	2.0 	3.0	So 	9 	15 	18 	83.33%	41
===Return Stats===
POS	NAME 	HGT	WGT	ATTRIBUTE	SKILL	POT	YEAR	GAMES	PRTD	KRTD	YARDS
WR 	Omari Ruff	6-1	157	Speed 	3.5 	4.0	Jr 	1 	1 	0 	77
==Recruiting==
===High School===