The 2022 NC State Wolfpack football team represented North Carolina State University during the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Wolfpack played their home games at Carter–Finley Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina, and competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They were led by head coach Dave Doeren, in his 10th season.
Coaching staff Dave DoerenHead CoachTim BeckOffensive coordinator/quarterbacksTony GibsonDefensive coordinator/linebackersCharlie WilesDefensive LineJoe DeForestSafetiesTodd GoebbelTight Ends/special teamsFreddie Aughtry-LindsayNickelsJohn GarrisonOffensive LineBrian MitchellCornerbacksKurt RoperRunning BacksJoker PhillipsReceiversRuffin McNeillSpecial Assistant to the head coach Source
Roster 2022 NC State Wolfpack football team rosterQuarterbacks 10 Ben Finley – freshman (6'1, 225) 12 Zo Wallace – freshman (6'1, 254) 13 Devin Leary – junior (6'1, 215) 14 Jack Chambers – graduate (5'10, 180) 16 MJ Morris – freshman (6'2, 192) 19 Ethan Rhodes – freshman (6'3, 198)
Running backs 0 Demie Sumo-Karngbaye – sophomore (6'0, 210) 3 Jordan Houston – junior (5'10, 192) 22 Micah Crowell – freshman (6'1, 215) 24 Michael Allen – freshman (5'9, 200) 28 Demarcus Jones II – sophomore (5'10, 210) 34 Delbert Mimms III – sophomore (5'11, 215) 36 Devin Gardner – freshman (5'10, 240)
Wide receivers 4 Porter Rooks – sophomore (6'1, 195) 5 Thayer Thomas – graduate (6'0, 195) 7 Julian Gray – freshman (5'11, 197) 11 Darryl Jones – graduate (6'3, 195) 15 Keyon Lesane – junior (5'11, 190) 21 Jalen Coit – freshman (5'11, 171) 27 Ashton Locklear – freshman (6'1, 170) 29 Christopher Toudle – sophomore (6'4, 240) 31 Dillon Mosley – freshman (6'0, 195) 33 Jackson DeSilva – sophomore (6'1, 200) 35 Michael Fox – sophomore (6'0, 174) 82 Terrell Timmons Jr. – freshman (6'2, 180) 83 Josh Crabtree – freshman (6'3, 200) 84 Jasiah Provillon – junior (6'2, 205) 85 Anthony Smith – sophomore (6'2, 190) 88 Devin Carter – junior (6'3, 215) 89 Jakolbe Baldwin – freshman (6'0, 195)
Tight ends 6 Trent Pennix – junior (6'3, 230) 43 Ezemdi Udoh – freshman (6'5, 247) 44 Yates Johnson – freshman (6'5, 240) 47 Cedd Seabrough – freshman (6'4, 245) 48 Fred Seabrough Jr. – freshman (6'4, 250) 49 Reid Mitchell – freshman (6'4, 220) 87 Kameron Walker – sophomore (6'5, 250)
Punters 90 Shane McDonough – graduate (6'2, 200) 98 Caden Noonkester – freshman (6'6, 200) Offensive lineman 50 Grant Gibson – graduate (6'1, 310) 52 Timothy McKay – graduate (6'4, 315) 53 Derrick Eason – junior (6'4, 315) 54 Dylan McMahon – sophomore (6'4, 305) 55 Rylan Vann – freshman (6'1, 295) 56 Bryson Speas – graduate (6'3, 315) 57 Lyndon Cooper – freshman (6'2, 316) 60 Blair Alexander – freshman (6'2, 248) 61 Corey Ball – freshman (6'2, 265) 62 Jaleel Davis – freshman (6'6, 315) 64 Chandler Zavala – graduate (6'5, 325) 65 Jacarrius Peak – freshman (6'4, 266) 66 Matt McCabe – freshman (6'6, 290) 67 Brendan Lawson – sophomore (6'2, 290) 68 Luke Peters – freshman (6'4, 275) 71 Thornton Gentry – freshman (6'4, 310) 72 Sean Hill – freshman (6'3, 315) 74 Anthony Belton – sophomore (6'6, 330) 75 Anthony Carter Jr. – freshman (6'3, 300) 76 Patrick Matan – freshman (6'4, 310)
Defensive lineman 0 Joshua Harris– sophomore (6'4, 325) 5 C.J. Clark – sophomore (6'3, 300) 9 Savion Jackson – junior (6'2, 290) 44 Brandon Cleveland – freshman (6'4, 290) 45 Davin Vann – sophomore (6'2, 295) 46 Nick Campbell – freshman (6'4, 290) 48 Cory Durden – graduate (6'4, 305) 53 Derrick Eason – junior (6'4, 315) 56 Zyun Reeves – freshman (6'7, 265) 58 Travali Price – freshman (6'4, 265) 91 Jerome Williams – sophomore (6'1, 275) 94 Alec Neugent – sophomore (6'2, 250) 97 Claude Larkins – freshman (6'4, 282) 98 DJ Jackson – freshman (6'1, 290) 98 Aiden Hollingsworth – freshman (6'4, 232) Placekickers 32 Christopher Dunn – graduate (5'8, 179) 90 Collin Smith – sophomore (5'9, 185) 94 Kanoah Vinesett – freshman (6'0, 186) 96 Brooks Sturgeon – freshman (6'2, 187)
Linebackers 1 Isaiah Moore – junior (6'2, 236) 2 Jaylon Scott – sophomore (6'1, 245) 11 Payton Wilson – junior (6'4, 235) 26 Devon Betty – sophomore (6'1, 225) 27 Jayland Parker – freshman (6'1, 215) 28 Aristotle Bowles – junior (5'11, 222) 31 Daejuan Thompson – freshman (6'2, 183) 32 Drake Thomas – junior (6'0, 230) 33 Jordan Poole – freshman (6'0, 222) 35 Jason Scott – freshman (6'3, 220) 36 Patrick Turner – freshman (6'2, 230) 39 Jamie Shaw – sophomore (6'4, 230) 41 Caden Fordham – freshman (6'1, 225) 42 Torren Wright – freshman (6'2, 205) 43 Colby Johnson – freshman (6'0, 210)
Defensive backs 3 Aydan White – freshman (6'0, 178) 4 Cyrus Fagan – graduate (6'1, 197) 4 Cecil Powell – sophomore (6'0, 190) 6 Chris Ingram – junior (5'10, 190) 8 Jalen Frazier – freshman (5'9, 180) 10 Tanner Ingle – senior (5'10, 186) 12 Devan Boykin – sophomore (5'10, 187) 13 Tyler Baker-Williams – senior (6'0, 205) 14 Dreshun Miller – graduate (6'2, 186) 16 Rakeim Ashford – junior (6'1, 190) 19 Joshua Pierre-Louis – sophomore (5'10, 175) 20 Sean Brown – freshman (6'0, 198) 22 Teshaun Smith – junior (6'3, 190) 24 Derrek Pitts Jr. – graduate (6'1, 190) 25 Shyheim Battle – sophomore (6'2, 195) 26 Jackson Vick – freshman (5'11, 172) 29 Jaxon King – freshman (6'2, 185) 30 Isaiah Crowell – freshman (5'10, 175) 30 Darius Edmundson – junior (6'0, 175) 34 Walt Gerard – freshman (6'0, 197) 35 Chase Hattley – freshman (6'3, 215) 35 Christopher Scott Jr. – freshman (6'0, 170) 37 Nicholas Treco – sophomore (5'11, 185) 38 Clay Craddock – freshman (6'0, 210)
Long snappers 91 Joe Shimko – junior (6'0, 220) 92 Alex McLaughlin – freshman (5'10, 230) Source
Schedule
NC State announced its 2022 football schedule on January 31, 2022. The 2022 schedule consists of seven home games and five away games in the regular season. The Wolfpack will host ACC foes Boston College, Florida State, Virginia Tech, and Wake Forest and will travel to Clemson, Louisville, North Carolina, and Syracuse.
The Wolfpack will host three of the four non-conference opponents, Charleston Southern from Division I FCS, Texas Tech from the Big 12 and UConn from FBS Independents, and will travel to East Carolina from the American Athletic Conference.
Game summaries
At East Carolina
Statistics NCSUECU First downs 18 17 Total yards 344 383 Rushing yards 133 109 Passing yards 211 274 Turnovers 2 2 Time of possession 27:42 32:18
Team Category Player StatisticsNC State Passing Devin Leary 17–33, 211 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT Rushing Demie Sumo-Karngbaye 14 carries, 79 yards, 1 TD Receiving Thayer Thomas 4 receptions, 58 yards, 1 TDEast Carolina Passing Holton Ahlers 25–41, 274 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT Rushing Holton Ahlers 4 carries, 48 yards Receiving C.J. Johnson 6 receptions, 90 yards, 1 TD
Charleston Southern
Statistics CHSONCSU First downs 9 32 Total yards 150 538 Rushing yards 36 217 Passing yards 114 321 Turnovers 2 0 Time of possession 24:00 36:00
Team Category Player StatisticsCharleston Southern Passing Ross Malmgren 19–37, 11 yards, 1 INT Rushing Isaiah Bess 6 carries, 37 yards Receiving Seth Anderson 5 receptions, 40 yardsNC State Passing Devin Leary 16–25, 238 yards, 4 TD Rushing Demie Sumo-Karngbaye 7 carries, 70 yards Receiving Anthony Smith 2 receptions, 58 yards, 1 TD
Texas Tech
Statistics TTUNCSU First downs 20 15 Total yards 353 270 Rushing yards 54 111 Passing yards 299 159 Turnovers 4 1 Time of possession 26:56 33:04
Team Category Player StatisticsTexas Tech Passing Donovan Smith 21–36, 214 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT Rushing SaRodorick Thompson 9 carries, 39 yards Receiving Myles Price 4 receptions, 50 yards, 1 TDNC State Passing Devin Leary 15–23, 121 yards Rushing Jordan Houston 13 carries, 57 yards Receiving Demie Sumo-Karngbaye 4 receptions, 93 yards, 1 TD
UConn
Statistics CONNNCSU First downs 8 29 Total yards 160 492 Rushing yards 121 169 Passing yards 39 323 Turnovers 0 1 Time of possession 24:31 35:29
Team Category Player StatisticsUConn Passing Zion Turner 10–12, 39 yards Rushing Victor Rosa 6 carries, 43 yards, 1 TD Receiving Devontae Houston 3 receptions, 22 yardsNC State Passing Devin Leary 32–44, 320 yards, 4 TD, 1 INT Rushing Michael Allen 10 carries, 66 yards Receiving Thayer Thomas 5 receptions, 115 yards, 1 TD
At No. 5 Clemson
Statistics NCSUCLEM First downs 20 20 Total yards 279 358 Rushing yards 34 149 Passing yards 245 209 Turnovers 2 0 Time of possession 26:40 32:27
Team Category Player StatisticsNC State Passing Devin Leary 28–47, 245 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT Rushing Jordan Houston 7 carries, 32 yards Receiving Thayer Thomas 9 receptions, 84 yardsClemson Passing DJ Uiagalelei 21–30, 209 yards, 1 TD Rushing DJ Uiagalelei 14 carries, 73 yards, 2 TD Receiving Jake Briningstool 4 receptions, 54 yards, 1 TD
Florida State
Statistics FSUNCSU First downs 15 19 Total yards 387 307 Rushing yards 206 182 Passing yards 181 125 Turnovers 2 1 Time of possession 26:36 33:24
Team Category Player StatisticsFlorida State Passing Jordan Travis 15–30, 181 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT Rushing Jordan Travis 7 carries, 108 yards Receiving Johnny Wilson 2 receptions, 60 yardsNC State Passing Devin Leary 10–21, 131 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT Rushing Jordan Houston 24 carries, 90 yards Receiving Jordan Houston 2 receptions, 41 yards
At No. 18 Syracuse
Statistics NCSUCUSE First downs 16 20 Total yards 255 389 Rushing yards 95 179 Passing yards 160 210 Turnovers 0 2 Time of possession 35:06 24:54
Team Category Player StatisticsNC State Passing Jack Chambers 18–30, 160 yards Rushing Jack Chambers 19 carries, 58 yards Receiving Keyon Lesane 4 receptions, 39 yardsSyracuse Passing Garrett Shrader 16–25, 210 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT Rushing Sean Tucker 14 carries, 98 yards, 1 TD Receiving Oronde Gadsden II 8 receptions, 141 yards, 2 TD
Virginia Tech
Statistics VTNCSU First downs 10 21 Total yards 293 356 Rushing yards 50 60 Passing yards 243 296 Turnovers 0 0 Time of possession 23:56 36:04
Team Category Player StatisticsVirginia Tech Passing Grant Wells 11–22, 243 yards, 1 TD Rushing Malachi Thomas 9 carries, 21 yards Receiving Kaleb Smith 3 receptions, 141 yards, 1 TDNC State Passing MJ Morris 20–29, 265 yards, 3 TD Rushing Jordan Houston 9 carries, 31 yards Receiving Thayer Thomas 10 receptions, 118 yards, 2 TD
No. 21 Wake Forest
Statistics WAKENCSU First downs 22 24 Total yards 414 325 Rushing yards 17 115 Passing yards 397 210 Turnovers 3 0 Time of possession 26:38 33:22
Team Category Player StatisticsWake Forest Passing Sam Hartman 29–48, 397 yards, 2 TD, 3 INT Rushing Christian Turner 8 carries, 29 yards, 1 TD Receiving A. T. Perry 12 receptions, 159 yards, 1 TDNC State Passing MJ Morris 18–28, 210 yards, 3 TD Rushing Jordan Houston 12 carries, 53 yards Receiving Thayer Thomas 8 receptions, 79 yards
Boston College
Statistics BCNCSU First downs 17 21 Total yards 329 335 Rushing yards -1 200 Passing yards 330 135 Turnovers 3 4 Time of possession 29:43 30:17
Team Category Player StatisticsBoston College Passing Emmett Morehead 29–48, 330 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT Rushing Alex Broome 6 carries, 13 yards Receiving Zay Flowers 7 receptions, 130 yards, 2 TDNC State Passing MJ Morris 12–24, 135 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT Rushing Michael Allen 14 carries, 77 yards Receiving Trent Pennix 2 receptions, 53 yards, 1 TD
At Louisville
Statistics NCSULOU First downs 20 16 Total yards 291 345 Rushing yards 77 192 Passing yards 214 153 Turnovers 1 0 Time of possession 30:34 29:26
Team Category Player StatisticsNC State Passing Ben Finley 16–35, 201 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT Rushing Jordan Houston 8 carries, 41 yards Receiving Darryl Jones 4 receptions, 60 yardsLouisville Passing Brock Domann 12–25, 153 yards Rushing Jawhar Jordan 16 carries, 105 yards, 1 TD Receiving Tyler Hudson 6 receptions, 85 yards
At No. 17 North Carolina
Statistics NCSUUNC First downs 17 23 Total yards 330 351 Rushing yards 59 118 Passing yards 271 233 Turnovers 1 1 Time of possession 25:48 34:12