It’s been a good several days for NC State on the recruiting front, as the Wolfpack flipped Vanderbilt commitment Kelvon McBride last week and today added running back Kendrick Raphael to its 2023 class.
Raphael had been an Iowa commit until mid-September, but he also had visited NC State in June, so no doubt State’s staff maintained a relationship on the chance that Raphael accidentally saw Iowa’s offense in action and changed his mind.
Raphael, who is listed by 247Sports at 5’11 and 180, is a consensus four-star prospect and top-400 player nationally.