Deebo Samuel, Tyre Brady, and Tabari Hines are three names that will make Wolfpack fans wince. All three cooked the Wolfpack secondary in 2017. Hines and Samuel’s efforts were the lynchpins in wins over the Pack that both definitely should not have been so. The secondary questions were an underrated storyline going into last season. Naturally, everybody wanted to talk about the front four and the limitless potential of that group. A good defense needs to be well-rounded though, and the Pack couldn’t manage to pull that off.
NC State’s defense ranked 97th nationally last season in passing yards per game.