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Grayson McCall threw three touchdowns, Coastal Carolina had a key special teams touchdown, and the Chanticleers rallied past Buffalo 38-26 on Saturday. Coastal Carolina scored three touchdowns in the fourth quarter to erase what was earlier a 19-14 deficit. Jahmar Brown scooped a fumble by the Buffalo punter and returned it 21 yards for a touchdown to give the Chanticleers the lead at 24-19. McCall added two touchdown passes later in the fourth to help Coastal Carolina (3-0) put the game away.

The Chanticleers piled up 504 yards of offense and faced third down only eight times, converting three. Although Buffalo was 5-for-5 scoring in the red zone, the Bulls struggled on third down (8 of 20) and settled for four field goals by Alex McNulty. Buffalo had 337 yards of offense. Both teams had four turnovers. Cole Snyder completed 29 of 48 passes with two touchdowns and two interceptions for the Bulls (0-3). Coastal Carolina's Sam Pinckney caught five passes for 103 yards. - Coastal Carolina/AP College Football

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QB Grayson McCall, North Carolina State
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09/10/22 - Grayson McCall, rSr/2025, North Carolina State, 6-2, 221 (DS#999 QB) + More +

Grayson McCall threw for three touchdowns, including a 7-yard toss to Jacob Jenkins in the fourth quarter, to rally Coastal Carolina past Gardner-Webb 31-27 on Saturday. The FCS Runnin' Bulldogs (1-1) trailed 24-10 midway through the third quarter before scoring 17 straight points, including two short touchdown runs by Bailey Fisher, to take the lead with 10 1/2 minutes left in the game. But McCall led the Chanticleers (2-0) on a 10-play, 84-yard drive, connecting with Jenkins for the go-ahead score with four minutes remaining. The Bulldogs final two possessions ended in interceptions by Lance Boykin. Gardner-Webb also lost two fumbles. McCall was 22-of-30 passing for 308 yards with an interception. Tyson Mobley had a pair of TD catches. Matthew McDoom had a 95-yard kickoff return for a score Fisher was 27-of-37 passing for 403 yards with a touchdown and the two picks. T.J. Luther had 188 yards receiving on five catches. The teams combined for 756 yards in the air and just 93 on the ground. - Coastal Carolina/AP College Football

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QB Grayson McCall, North Carolina State
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09/10/22 - Jordan Waters, rSr/2025, North Carolina State, 6-0, 221 (DS#63 RB) + More +

Jordan Waters had a pair of touchdowns on the ground, Riley Leonard threw for a score and Duke beat Northwestern 31-23 on Saturday. Leonard, who was 13 of 24 for 240 yards and an interception, found Jordan Moore with a short scoring pass early in the fourth quarter to give Duke a 28-16 lead and Brandon Johnson had a late interception in Wildcat territory to set up a field goal with 1:18 remaining. Johnson finished the game by pouncing on Evan Hull's fumble with 12 seconds left. Waters rushed for a career-best 91 yards, including a 42-yard scoring run for the Blue Devils (2-0). Jaylen Coleman added 83 yards and a short touchdown run. Hull caught 14 passes for a career-best 213 yards and a touchdown, and added 65 yards and a score on the ground for the Wildcats (1-1), who trailed 21-0 in the opening 16 minutes. Ryan Hilinski was 36 of 60 for a personal-high 435 yards with two scores and an interception. Northwestern got within 21-10 by halftime and twice cut the lead to five points in the second half. First-year coach Mike Elko won his first road game with Duke despite being penalized seven times for 85 yards. - Duke/AP College Football

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RB Jordan Waters, North Carolina State
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09/05/22 - Trent Pennix, rSr/2024, North Carolina State, 6-1, 234 (DS#8 FB) + More +

North Carolina State tight end Trent Pennix is expected to miss 4-6 weeks with an apparent injury to his left arm, which he suffered in the 13th-ranked Wolfpack's win at East Carolina. Coach Dave Doeren said Monday that Pennix will return this season and won't need surgery for the injury. Doeren didn't specify the nature of the injury. Pennix was hurt on a 10-yard catch with 13:46 left in the third quarter.

He took a hard hit to the left arm from Pirates safety Gerard Stringer and stayed down on the ECU sideline before eventually walking off the field holding his left arm. The Wolfpack also saw linebacker Payton Wilson exit before halftime with an upper-body injury, though Doeren said he was day-to-day. Wilson missed nearly all of last season with injury after ranking among the Bowl Subdivision's top tacklers in 2020. N.C. State hosts Charleston Southern on Saturday in its home opener. - AP College Football

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FB Trent Pennix, North Carolina State
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09/03/22 - Grayson McCall, rSr/2025, North Carolina State, 6-2, 221 (DS#999 QB) + More +

Grayson McCall threw for three touchdowns and added a rushing score with 3:01 remaining as Coastal Carolina held off Army 38-28 on Saturday in an opener for both teams. Army used a 53-second drive to pull within 31-28 after Cade Ballard found Braheam Murphy wide open for a 73-yard score. But McCall led a 10-play, 75-yard scoring drive, capped by his 5-yard sneak up the middle. CCU forced a four-and-out and took over with 1:36 left in front of 21,165, setting a program attendance record at Brooks Stadium. McCall was 12 of 17 for 174 yards. Reese White led the Chanticleers on the ground with 21 carries for 133 yards and a touchdown. CJ Beasley added 91 yards on 19 carries.

McCall led back-to-back scoring drives spanning the first-quarter break to give Coastal Carolina a 14-7 lead. McCall found White coming out of the backfield for a 6-yard score and Sam Pinckney later made a diving catch in the end zone from 26-yards out. Coastal Carolina's defensive pressure on Tyhier Tyler on the last play of the third quarter led to a leaping interception by Tavyn Jackson near midfield as the Chanticleers held onto a 24-21 lead. Tyrell Robinson opened the scoring for Amy with a 70-yard touchdown run up the middle. Army's second big scoring play of the game came on a play action as Ay'Jaun Marshall was left wide open and Tyhier Tyler found him for a 54-yard connection. - Coastal Carolina/AP College Football

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QB Grayson McCall, North Carolina State
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09/03/22 - Brennan Armstrong, rSr/2024, North Carolina State, 6-1, 199 (DS#24 QB) + More +

Brennan Armstrong threw for two touchdowns and ran for another and Virginia opened the Tony Elliott coaching era with a 34-17 victory against Richmond in the season-opener for both on Saturday. Armstrong hit Lavel Davis Jr. on a 56-yard touchdown for the Cavaiers' first score and Perris Jones for 11 yards to make it 34-17 early in the fourth quarter. On a career-long 64-yard scoring run in the first half, Armstrong also passed Bryce Perkins (7,910) to become Virginia's career total offense leader. Savon Smith scored on an 8-yard run and caught a 5-yard pass from Maryland transfer Reece Udinski for the Spiders' touchdowns. Richmond, of the Colonial Athletic Association and Championship Subdivision, fell to 3-30-2 in the series. Armstrong finished 21 of 33 for 246 yards and ran for 105 yards on 10 carries. Jones, who ran for 104 yards, also scored on a 15-yard run, and Mike Hollins had a 3-yard scoring burst. Virginia gained 246 passing and 259 rushing. Richmond finished with 330 yards. Armstrong reached 8,071 career yards. - Virginia/AP College Football

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QB Brennan Armstrong, North Carolina State
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09/01/22 - Grayson McCall, rSr/2025, North Carolina State, 6-2, 221 (DS#999 QB) + More +

ESPN TOP 100 PRESEASON 2022 CFB PLAYERS (Selected Aug. 17): No. 35. Grayson McCall, QB, Coastal Carolina, Junior. Notable 2021 stats: 2,873 yards, 27 TDs. Last year's ranking: 31. In two seasons as the pilot of the Chanticleers, McCall has completed 71% of his passes for 5,361 yards, 53 touchdowns and only six interceptions. And he has rushed for 859 yards and 11 scores, too. He might be the most uniquely efficient college QB we've ever seen. - ESPN.com

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QB Grayson McCall, North Carolina State
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08/31/22 - Drake Thomas, rJr/2023, North Carolina State, 5-11, 223 (DS#20 OLB) + More +

ESPN TOP 100 PRESEASON 2022 CFB PLAYERS (Selected Aug. 17): No. 82. Drake Thomas, LB, NC State, Junior. Notable 2021 stats: 99 tackles (48 solo), 6 sacks. Last year's ranking: NR. Thomas has been a stalwart on the Wolfpack linebacker unit -- one that players believe is the best in the country. Headed into his third year as a starter, Thomas led the Wolfpack in tackles last season with 100 (ranking No. 4 in the ACC) and was an All-ACC first-team choice. He's a big reason why NC State is expected to be one of the best defenses in the league in 2022. - ESPN.com

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OLB Drake Thomas, North Carolina State
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08/30/22 - Brennan Armstrong, rSr/2024, North Carolina State, 6-1, 199 (DS#24 QB) + More +

2022 PRESEASON JOHNNY UNITAS GOLDEN ARM AWARD WATCH LIST: Brennan Armstrong, Virginia,...A top-10 finalist for the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm a year ago, Armstrong returns to the awards watch list for the 2022 season. The namesake of the Golden Arm Award has a storied history. Johnny Unitas was an 18-year veteran of the NFL, who played his collegiate career at the University of Louisville before joining the Baltimore Colts in 1958. His career passing figures include 2,830 pass completions for 40,239 yards, 290 touchdowns and throwing a touchdown pass in 47 consecutive games. - Virginia Football

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QB Brennan Armstrong, North Carolina State
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08/30/22 - Grayson McCall, rSr/2025, North Carolina State, 6-2, 221 (DS#999 QB) + More +

2022 PRESEASON MANNING AWARD PRESEASON WATCH LIST: Grayson McCall, Sr., Coastal Carolina,...McCall set a new NCAA Division I FBS record in passing efficiency rating at 207.6 last season in 2021, eclipsing the previous two records set by Alabama's Mac Jones (203.1) in 2020 and LSU's Joe Burrow (202.0) in 2019. He enters the 2022 season as the active career leader in all of NCAA Division I FBS in career passing efficiency at 196.09. - Coastal Carolina Football

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QB Grayson McCall, North Carolina State
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08/29/22 - Brennan Armstrong, rSr/2024, North Carolina State, 6-1, 199 (DS#24 QB) + More +

2022 PRESEASON MANNING AWARD PRESEASON WATCH LIST: Brennan Armstrong, Sr., Virginia,...Armstrong threw for 4,449 yards and 31 touchdowns while accumulating 4,700 yards of total offense in 2021, all UVA single season records. He averaged 404.4 yards passing per game, the most ever in a single season by a UVA quarterback and was just 145 yards shy of breaking the league's single season passing record in just 11 games played. - Virginia Football

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QB Brennan Armstrong, North Carolina State
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08/21/22 - Chandler Zavala, rSr/2023, North Carolina State, 6-4, 316 (DS#10 OG) + More +

N.C. State had one of the worst rushing attacks in the ACC last year. Wolfpack head coach Dave Doeren thinks the return of left guard Chandler Zavala, who missed the final seven games last season with a back injury, will help remedy part of N.C. State's struggles with its ground game. "I do think the loss of Chandler Zavala was a bigger loss than probably people thought at the time," Doeren said. "He is a very good run blocker for us. Having him and Ickey (former N.C. State left tackle Ikem Ekwonu) next to each other presented a pretty good challenge to the defense as we were playing." Having Zavala back will certainly help, but there are more holes to fill to boost a running game that finished at No. 13 in the 14-team conference with two NFL running backs and a left tackle, Ekwonu, who went sixth overall in the draft. Zonovan Knight and Ricky Person combined for 1,389 rushing yards last season and 275 of the team's 372 rushing attempts. The team rushed for 11 touchdowns, the lowest total in the ACC. How N.C. State replaces Knight, Person and Ekwonu is a question players like running back Jordan Houston have grown tired of hearing all offseason. "But at the same time, it's a valid question," Houston said. - Raleigh News Observer

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OG Chandler Zavala, North Carolina State
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08/12/22 - Cory Durden, rSr/2023, North Carolina State, 6-4, 290 (DS#21 DT) + More +

2022 PRESEASON ROTARY LOMBARDI AWARD WATCHLIST: Cory Durden, North Carolina State, Rs Sr DT/DE,...In his first season at NC State last year, Durden was named a first-team All-ACC performer on the official league team and on the AP squad. He also earned the team's Carey Brewbaker Award for Top Defensive Lineman. He was the Pack's starter in the last seven games of the season at defensive tackle, with a top game against Clemson - tallied six tackles, 1.5 sacks and had a QB pressure in that contest. - NC State Football

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DT Cory Durden, North Carolina State
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08/10/22 - JaHad Carter, rSr/2025, North Carolina State, 6-1, 206 (DS#999 SS) + More +

The Syracuse football program is still waiting to hear about the injury status of safety Ja'Had Carter, who was taken away from practice by ambulance Tuesday morning. "We precautionarily took him to the hospital," coach Dino Babers said after practice. "He's got feelings in all his limbs and stuff. We're still waiting to get a report back on exactly what's going on." Carter started 18 games at safety through two seasons with the Orange. He had 35 total tackles through eight games last year - 24 of which were solo - despite missing four weeks due to injury. In 2020, he grabbed two interceptions and forced and recovered a fumble. - The Post-Standard

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SS JaHad Carter, North Carolina State
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08/10/22 - Payton Wilson, rSr/2024, North Carolina State, 6-4, 233 (DS#2 OLB) + More +

When Payton Wilson took the field this past week for the first time with his teammates, his raw emotions bubbled to the surface. His latest injury, and the time spent in recovery, has allowed Wilson to reset himself mentally going into the 2022 season. "He's in a really good place mentally right now," Wolfpack head coach Dave Doeren said. "From the team standpoint, everybody's pulling for him. He's one of the best players in the country when he's healthy, so it's nice to have him back." One place he's centered his energy is increasing his football intelligence through film study. Wilson started to understand other teams' tendencies in addition to his own, and he worked on understanding his role on a given play call, and where opponents' weak spots are.

But he's not planning on letting that more cerebral approach dampen his high-energy pace for which he's been known on the field. "It's always good to have a guy like him back out there on our field, especially with his type of energy," Ingle said. "Payton brings a different type of fire to our defense." Wilson said he is elated to have the opportunity to play with his teammates again. With 17 returning starters - 10 on defense - N.C. State has high hopes for a program that hasn't won an ACC championship since 1979. Wilson's return - and his continued health - will be a big piece of that puzzle. "I don't really look forward," Wilson said. "I've learned that due to injuries. They happen when they happen, and you can't control them. If you just take it one day at a time and try to do what you're doing that day the best you can. That's all you can do." - Raleigh News Observer

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OLB Payton Wilson, North Carolina State
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