Devin Leary has been prepping a long time for his star turn

There is more attention than usual on NC State football heading into the season, which means we get more excellent national coverage like this profile of Devin Leary by Pete Thamel. The piece does a great job illustrating just how Leary was able to become the great college player he is today, and it has fun anecdotes like this:

Leary comes from a family that takes football — but not themselves — seriously. They delight in telling a story about their son making a serious confession at a family breakfast a few years after arriving at NC State. “I say y’all now,” he declared, before even saying hello one morning.

One of us! One of us!

Among the things that struck me was how much he took from how…