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Five more minutes with Scotty McCreery

There’s a lot going right for Scotty McCreery.

The country singer from Garner had his first No. 1 song (“Five More Minutes”), he has a new album and he’s getting married to Gabi Dugal next month.

About the only thing that hasn’t worked out for McCreery, who is a big fan of both N.C. State and the New England Patriots, was the NFL draft.

McCreery had hoped either Wolfpack stars, Nyheim Hines or Jaylen Samuels, would get picked by his favorite pro team. When McCreery went up to the AFC championship game in Foxboro, Mass.