When wide receiver Emeka Emezie decided to take advantage of an extra year of eligibility granted by the NCAA after a season lost to a global pandemic, N.C. State was the beneficiary, returning its top pass catcher from last season. With Emezie back for a fifth season, the Wolfpack returns nine of its top 10 receivers from 2020. The only missing piece - and it's a big one - is 6-foot, 7-inch tight end Cary Angeline, who is currently in preseason camp with the Arizona Cardinals. Angeline caught 27 passes for 410 yards a year ago, a safety blanket for N.C. State quarterbacks in the red zone. Even with Angeline gone, quarterback Devin Leary returns a group of wide outs who combined for 222 of the 252 passes caught last season. That group includes the top three receivers from last season: Emezie (47-738), Thayer Thomas (42-529), and Devin Carter (29-477). - Raleigh News Observer