NC State brought in 14 True Freshmen from the high school ranks in 2023. Four of them aren’t eligibile to redshirt, because they have played in 5+ games. Eight of the 14 have seen the field, leaving five that didn’t. Nine True Freshmen are able to redshirt this season.
If a player plays in 5 games in a season, they are no longer eligible to redshirt the year, but playing in a bowl game doesn’t count towards that number. As a result, it will be interesting to see if any True Freshman see the field in the Wolfpack bowl game that haven’t seen it thus far, or see snaps from the line of scrimmage, instead of strictly Special Teams.