2012 Wolfpack Football Game 2 NC State (0-1) vs. Connecticut (1-0) Sept. 8, 2012 • Noon East Hartford, Conn. • Rentschler Field (40,000) SERIES INFORMATION Overall: 1-0 (1.000) In Raleigh: 1-0 (1.000) Last Meeting: NC State 31, UConn24 10/11/03 in Raleigh THE WOLFPACK’S RECORD Overall (since 1892): 551-537-55 (.506) Under Tom O’Brien: 33-31 (.516) In Carter-Finley Stadium: 181-97-6 (.648) 2011 RECORDS NC State 0-1 (8-5 overall/4-4 in ACC in ‘11) Connecticut 1-0 (5-7 overall/3-4 in Big East in ‘11) BROADCAST INFORMATION Television Big East Network/ESPN3 Announcers: Eamon McAnaney, Play-by-Play David Diaz-Infante, Analyst Paul Carcaterra, Sideline reporter Radio Wolfpack Capitol Sports Flagship: WRAL-FM, Mix 101.5 (Raleigh) Announcers: Gary Hahn, PxP Johnny Evans, Analyst Tony Haynes, Sidelines Satellite: Sirius 137; XM 193 MEDIA CONTACTS NC STATE Annabelle Myers Phone: 919.515.1181 Email: [email protected]Website: GoPack.com CONNECTICUT Mike Enright Phone: 860.486.5085 Email: [email protected]Website: uconnhuskies.com COACHES NC State Connecticut Tom O’Brien Name Paul Pasqualoni Navy ‘71 Alma Mater Penn State ‘72 108-76 (.590) Overall Record 146-83-1 (.452) 16th year Overall Year 21st year 33-31 (.524) Record at School 6-7 (.440) 6th year Year at School 2nd year 4-0 Vs. Opp. 0-2 NC State is one of just four schools whose football team won a bowl game, men’s basketball team was ranked in the final top-20 and baseball team advanced to a Super Regional in 2011-12. PACK HEADS NORTH For the first time since the 1997 season, NC State is playing its first two games away from home. After opening the season against Tennessee in the Chick-Fil-A Kickoff Game in Atlanta, the Wolf- pack is heading to Connecticut to take on the Huskies. The meeting marks only the second between NC State and the Big East school, with the Pack winning the 2003 contest, 31-24. Tom O’Brien has faced Connecticut four times, winning all four contests, while Huskies coach Paul Pasqualoni is 0-2 against the Pack - losing in 1997 and 1998 as the head coach at Syracuse. O’Brien is also very familiar with the Big East, as he was the head coach at Boston College for 10 seasons, eight of which the Eagles spent in that league. His 2004 squad earned a share of the Big East title. O’Brien holds a 27-19 career record against Big East teams. Since coming to NC State in 2007, O’Brien is 4-4 against teams from the Big East, but has won three of the last four matchups, in- cluding back-to-back bowl wins against Big East foes West Virginia and Louisville. FREDDIE WAS READY NC State and Connecticut may have only met one time on the gridiron, but the first meeting was definitely a memorable one. In 2003, Wolfpack quarterback Philip Rivers’ senior campaign, the Huskies came to Carter-Finley Stadium on Oct. 11. It was UConn’s second season playing in Divi- sion IA and the year before they joined the Big East. Although the Pack had entered the season ranked in the top 20, the game went down to the wire. After a scoreless first quarter, the two teams went into halftime tied at 10. Chuck Amato’s Wolf- pack squad scored first in the third quarter, when linebacker Freddie Aughtry-Lindsay returned a fumble 48 yards for a score. The Pack jumped up 14 points later in the third when quarterback Philip Rivers hit the tight end for a 25-yard scoring strike. UConn came roaring back in the fourth quarter with two TD strikes to tie the game at 24-24. The Huskies got the ball back with 47 seconds left in the game and drove from their 14 to the 42, when Aughtry-Lindsay intercepted a pass and ran it back 56 yards for the winning score. Aughtry-Lindsay is now an assistant coach at Elon, under head coach Jason Swepson, who was the Pack running backs coach in O’Brien’s first four years at State. SUPER SAFETIES NC State’s pair of super safeties were the team’s leading tacklers in the season opener and are two of the most experienced players on the 2012 Wolfpack squad. Brandan Bishop has 38 career starts, the highest mark on the team, while Earl Wolff has 31, which ties as the second-highest mark. Wolff posted a career-high 18 tackles in the season opening loss to Tennessee, including a pair of stops behind the line of scrimmage. Bishop turned in 10 stops, including one for loss, and also caused a fumble on the goalline to prevent a Volunteer score at the end of the first half. Wolff has made 273 career tackles, the highest mark on the squad, while Bishop has 214 career stops to his credit. Those two totals constitute 48% of the career tackles on the 2012 Wolfpack squad.
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NC State ConnecticutTom O’Brien Name Paul PasqualoniNavy ‘71 Alma Mater Penn State ‘72108-76 (.590) Overall Record 146-83-1 (.452)16th year Overall Year 21st year33-31 (.524) Record at School 6-7 (.440)6th year Year at School 2nd year4-0 Vs. Opp. 0-2
NC State is one of just four schools whose football team won a bowl game, men’s basketball team was ranked in the final top-20 and baseball team advanced to a Super Regional in 2011-12.
PACK HEADS NORTHFor the first time since the 1997 season, NC State is playing its first two games away from home. After opening the season against Tennessee in the Chick-Fil-A Kickoff Game in Atlanta, the Wolf-pack is heading to Connecticut to take on the Huskies.
The meeting marks only the second between NC State and the Big East school, with the Pack winning the 2003 contest, 31-24.
Tom O’Brien has faced Connecticut four times, winning all four contests, while Huskies coach Paul Pasqualoni is 0-2 against the Pack - losing in 1997 and 1998 as the head coach at Syracuse.
O’Brien is also very familiar with the Big East, as he was the head coach at Boston College for 10 seasons, eight of which the Eagles spent in that league. His 2004 squad earned a share of the Big East title. O’Brien holds a 27-19 career record against Big East teams. Since coming to NC State in 2007, O’Brien is 4-4 against teams from the Big East, but has won three of the last four matchups, in-cluding back-to-back bowl wins against Big East foes West Virginia and Louisville.
FREDDIE WAS READYNC State and Connecticut may have only met one time on the gridiron, but the first meeting was definitely a memorable one. In 2003, Wolfpack quarterback Philip Rivers’ senior campaign, the Huskies came to Carter-Finley Stadium on Oct. 11. It was UConn’s second season playing in Divi-sion IA and the year before they joined the Big East.
Although the Pack had entered the season ranked in the top 20, the game went down to the wire. After a scoreless first quarter, the two teams went into halftime tied at 10. Chuck Amato’s Wolf-pack squad scored first in the third quarter, when linebacker Freddie Aughtry-Lindsay returned a fumble 48 yards for a score. The Pack jumped up 14 points later in the third when quarterback Philip Rivers hit the tight end for a 25-yard scoring strike.
UConn came roaring back in the fourth quarter with two TD strikes to tie the game at 24-24. The Huskies got the ball back with 47 seconds left in the game and drove from their 14 to the 42, when Aughtry-Lindsay intercepted a pass and ran it back 56 yards for the winning score.
Aughtry-Lindsay is now an assistant coach at Elon, under head coach Jason Swepson, who was the Pack running backs coach in O’Brien’s first four years at State.
SUPER SAFETIESNC State’s pair of super safeties were the team’s leading tacklers in the season opener and are two of the most experienced players on the 2012 Wolfpack squad. Brandan Bishop has 38 career starts, the highest mark on the team, while Earl Wolff has 31, which ties as the second-highest mark.
Wolff posted a career-high 18 tackles in the season opening loss to Tennessee, including a pair of stops behind the line of scrimmage. Bishop turned in 10 stops, including one for loss, and also caused a fumble on the goalline to prevent a Volunteer score at the end of the first half.
Wolff has made 273 career tackles, the highest mark on the squad, while Bishop has 214 career stops to his credit. Those two totals constitute 48% of the career tackles on the 2012 Wolfpack squad.
2012 Wolfpack Football The Connecticut Game
2012 NC State Schedule/Results Wolfpack LeadersDate St W-L Score Opponent Att./Time TV Rush (Att-Yds-TD) Pass (C-A-Yds-TD-I) Receive (Rec-Yds-TD) Tackle (Tkl)8/31 N L 21-35 Tennessee 55,529. ESPNU Greene (11-53-0) Glennon (27-46-288-1-4) Carter (5-46-0) Wolff (18) 9/8 A Connecticut Noon ESPN39/15 H SOUTH ALABAMA 6 p.m. ESPN3 Education & Youth Sports Day9/22 H THE CITADEL 6 p.m. ESPN3 Military Appreciation Day9/29 A Miami TBA TBA10/6 H FLORIDA STATE TBA TBA Hall of Fame Day10/20 A Maryland TBA TBA10/27 A North Carolina TBA TBA11/3 H VIRGINIA TBA TBA Homecoming11/10 H WAKE FOREST TBA TBA Parents and Families Day11/17 A Clemson TBA TBA11/24 H BOSTON COLLEGE TBA TBA Wolfpack Club DayAll times are eastern; Rankings following opponent are NC State rankings.
Monday Weekly press conference at Mur-phy Center: Call Media Relations Office for call-in info.O’Brien meets with print media at 1:30 and electronic media at 2 pm. Players meet with print media at 2 pm and electronic media at 2:30 pm.
TuesdayPlayers available post-practice at approximately 10:30 a.m.
Player interviews by request and based on class schedules in Media Relations Office.
WednesdayPlayers available post-practice at approximately 10:30 a.m.
O’Brien on ACC Teleconference.
O’Brien radio interviews (call Me-dia Relations Office to schedule).
ThursdayO’Brien available post-practice at approximately 10 a.m.
Injury report released post-prac-tice for conference games.
No player availability
Weekly Media Schedule
NC State University Quick Facts
Location Raleigh, NC 27695Founded 1887Enrollment 34,767Nickname WolfpackColors Red (PMS-186) and WhiteConference Atlantic Coast ConferenceChancellor Dr. Randy WoodsonAthletics Director Deborah A. Yow
NC State Football History
First year of football 1892All-time bowl record 14-11-1Yrs in postseason 26Last postseason app. 2011 Belk Bowl NC State 31, Louisville 24All-time record 551-537-55
NC State Media Relations ContactsOffice Phone (919) 515-2102Fax (919) 515-3624 Football Contact Annabelle Myers Asst AD for Media RelationsCell Phone (919) 819-8302E-mail [email protected]. FB Contact Brian ReinhardtCell Phone (919) 819-8317E-Mail [email protected]
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A record 86 State student-athletes graduated in May of 2012 and a record 10 student-athletes were named Academic All-Americans.
2012 Wolfpack Football The Connecticut GameCoaching Staff
Coach Assignment Yrs. CoachingMike Archer (Miami ‘76) Defensive Coordinator 37thDana Bible (Cincinnati ‘82) Offensive Coor/QB 35thJim Bridge (Wittenberg ‘92) Offensive Line 21stDes Kitchings (Furman ‘00) Running Backs/Tight Ends 9thJerry Petercuskie (Boston College ‘75) Special Teams/Recruiting Coor. 38thMike Reed (Boston College ‘94) Defensive Backs 14th Jon Tenuta (Virginia ‘82) Assoc. Head Coach - Def./LB 32ndTroy Walters (Stanford ‘99) Wide Receivers 4thKeith Willis (Northeastern ‘88) Defensive Line 18th
2012 Team Captains(Voted on by players)
Mike Glennon, QBSterling Lucas, LB
NC State in Overtime8-5 record (since 1997)
Reg. FinalDate Site Opponent Score Result8/30/97 A Syracuse 24-24 W, 32-3111/28/98 N UNC 31-31 L, 34-3710/23/99 A Duke 24-24 W, 31-249/2/00 H Ark. St. (2ot) 24-24 W, 30-23 9/21/00 H Ga. Tech 23-23 W, 30-2311/4/00 A Maryland (2 ot) 21-21 L, 28-359/21/02 A Texas Tech 45-45 W, 51-489/13/03 A Ohio St. (3 ot) 24-24 L, 38-4411/15/03 A Florida St. (2ot) 37-37 L, 44-5010/2/04 H Wake Forest 21-21 W, 27-2111/3/07 A Miami 16-16 W, 19-169/20/08 H East Carolina 24-24 W, 30-2410/16/10 A East Carolina 27-27 L, 27-33
SOMETHING OLD ....In 2012, Wolfpack head coach Tom O’Brien has a luxury that he hasn’t been afforded in previous cam-paigns with the Wolfpack: senior starters. In the season opener, 11 spots on offense and defense were manned by seniors who have starting experience in the past.
That number is almost double the most senior starting experience O’Brien has had during his first five years with the Wolfpack. The number is particularly high on offense, where seven of the 11 starting spots are slated to be filled by seniors with previous starting experience.
Three Pack players ranked among the most experienced returning players in the ACC in terms of career starts heading into the 2012 season: safety Brandan Bishop (5th), OG R.J. Mattes (t9th) and safety Earl Wolff (t9th).
For the 2008 season, there were only two projected starters who were seniors with starting experi-ence. In 2009, there were seven.
Here’s a look at the senior starters in the season opener:
Offense DefensePos Name, Career Starts Pos Name, Career StartsLG R.J. Mattes, 31 RE Brian Slay, 14RT Andrew Wallace, 15 MLB Sterling Lucas, 3C Camden Wentz, 27 FS Brandan Bishop, 34RG Zach Allen, 27 BS Earl Wolff, 31TE Mario Carter, 3 QB Mike Glennon, 14WR Tobais Palmer, 8
..... SOMETHING NEWTen players saw their first collegiate action for the Pack in the opener with Tennessee, including eight red-shirt freshmen and one true freshman. Redshirts Juston Burris (CB), Hakeem Flowers (WR), Carlos Gray (DT), Hakim Jones (S), Dave Mann (DT), Maurice Morgan (WR) and Mike Rose (DT) all saw action from scrimmage, with Burris getting in for a rookie-high 63 snaps. Tight end Benson Browne saw action on special teams, while walk-on Josh Stanley also played in the kicking game.
True freshman Charlie Hegedus was in for 20 snaps at wide receiver, catching one pass for seven yards. Hegedus, whose hometown of Marietta was just 30 miles from the Georgia Dome, played his first collegiate contest on the same field where he played his last prep game. His alma mater, Las-siiter High School, fell in the 5A state semifinals in the Dome in 2011.
SOMETHING BORROWEDThey’re not really borrowed, because we’re not giving them back, but Colorado transfer Forrest West (DE) and JUCO transfers Deylan Buntyn (DT) and Robert Caldwell (LB) also saw action against Ten-nessee. West, who spent the 2011 campaign sitting out but practicing with the Pack, and Buntyn, who joined the team in January, both saw action from scrimmage. Caldwell, who arrived at pre-season camp late, was in on special teams.
That brings the grand total of new players seeing action to 13.
SOMETHING BLUEThere will be a face familiar to the Wolfpack faithful standing on the side of the field with the team in blue on Saturday. Former State linebacker Clayton White is the running backs coach and special teams coordinator for the Huskies. White, who is tied for 11th in school history in career tackles for loss with 33, lettered for the Pack from 1997-2000 under coach Mike O’Cain and Chuck Amato.
A team captain as a senior, White went on to play in the NFL for two seasons for the New York Giants before embarking on a coaching career that has led him to Western Kentucky, Stanford, Western Michigan and Western Carolina.
NC State and its alumni provide $7.3 billion in economic impact annually for North Carolina.
Cam Wentz, C 27Zach Allen, OG 27Earl Wolff, S 27 David Amerson, CB 23Brandan Bishop, S 21James Washington, HB 17
Note: Injury does not count against starting streak
From 2010 to 2012, State’s athletics’ program jumped 52 spots in the Director’s Cup. That two-year jump is the biggest by an ACC school in the history of the Directors’ Cup.
#PICKOFFARTISTWolfpack junior cornerback David Amerson got off to a rough start versus Tennessee, but the return-ing All-American will be looking to get back on track this week at Connecticut.
Amerson’s sophomore interception total was the second-best mark in FBS history and he was the winner of the Jack Tatum Award and and one of three finalists for the Thorpe Award in 2011. A first-team Walter Camp All-American, he tied the ACC single-season INT record with his 11th pick against Clemson on November 19.
Amerson set the school mark against North Carolina on November 5, breaking the record that had been set just a few years before he was born: Art Rooney (of the Pittsburgh Steeler Rooneys) held the record with eight in 1937 and again in 1938!
He returned two picks for scores, also a BCS best, and led the national ranks in INT return yards with 205.
Here’s a look at the all-time FBS leaders in interceptions for a season.
Rank INTs Name, School Year 1. 14 Al Worley, Washington 1968 2. 13 David Amerson, NC State 2011 13 George Shaw, Oregon 1951
WE LIKE MIKEMike Glennon’s entry into the job of starting collegiate quarterback was not a quiet one. A year ago, nobody mentioned his name without also mentioning his predecessor Russell Wilson, who had moved on to Wisconsin.
Despite the controversy and talk swirling around him, Glennon was unflappable in his first year start-ing under center. Now a fifth-year senior, he silenced all critics by throwing 31 touchdown passes, gaining over 3000 passing yards and completing .625 of his throws in 2011. In fact, only three quarter-backs in ACC history have thrown for more TDs in a season. From the jump, Glennon seemed comfortable in his role as the starting quarterback. By year’s end, he was clicking on all cylinders, completing 66% of his passes for 1,043 yards, throwing 11 TDs to only three interceptions, and posting a 141.35 efficiency rating in the last four games of 2011.
Prior to the 2012 campaign, The Sporting News ranked him as one of the top quarterbacks in the country for the upcoming season and with his ability, experience and knowledge of the State play-book, he should battle for all-conference honors in 2012. His stints at the Manning Passing Academy and at the Elite 11 Camp during the summer have put him solidly in the sights of the national media and NFL scouts.
Here’s a look at where some of Glennon’s numbers rank in the Wolfpack record books:
Category Single Game Season (2011) CareerPassing Yards NA NA 3,054 t5th 3,668 11thCompletions 36 (Md) t5th 283 3rd 343 7thAttempts 55 (Md) t6th 453 3rd 551 9thPass TDs 5 (Md) t1st 31 t2nd 33 5th 4 (SA) t7thComp. % NA NA .625 6th .622 2nd300-yd games NA NA 3 t6th 3 6thEfficiency NA NA 136.39 5th 125.66 7th Total Offense NA NA 2,944 7th 3,558 15th
NO BACKERS BACKWithout question, the linebacking corps took the biggest hit of any unit on the Wolfpack squad fol-lowing the 2011 campaign. Two of the starters from last season, Audie Cole and Terrell Manning, are fighting for position on NFL squads. D.J. Green, who started seven contests before being sidelined by an injury, was declared ineligible in the spring for the entire 2012 season.
The result is that there will be group of not-so-familiar faces at the linebacker spots in 2012. The grand total of snaps from scrimmage played in 2011 by the six players listed listed the opening depth chart
2012 Wolfpack Football The Connecticut GameHead Coach Tom O’Brien108-76 overall, 33-31 at NC State16th year overall, 6th at NC State
√ Posts best bowl winning percentage in his-tory of bowl system for coaches with 10 or more bowl games coached (.800).
√ Ranks 21st among active coaches with 107 career wins.
√ Served nine years in the Marines following graduation, serving tours of duty at Quantico, Japan, and California.
√ Reached rank of major in Marine Corps Reserve.
√ Led Boston College to eight consecutive win-ning seasons and seven consecutive bowl victories (his team won the 2006 Meineke Car Care Bowl after he had come to NC State).
√ Posted more wins (75) than any head coach in BC history.
√ Led 2004 BC team to AFCA Academic Achievement Award for posting nation’s high-est GPA, team earned honorable mention seven other times.
√ On Board of Directors for Marine Corps’ Toys for Tots Foundation.
COACHING EXPERIENCE2007-pres. NC State Head Coach1997-06 Boston College Head Coach1994-96 Virginia Off. Coor/OL1991-94 Virginia Off. Coor/QB1982-90 Virginia Gds/Centers1975-81 Navy Tackles/TE
PLAYING EXPERIENCECollege - Three-year starter at defensive end for Navy (1968-70); High School - Played at St. Xavier HS in Cincinnati.
EDUCATIONGraduated from St. Xavier HS in Cincinnati in 1967; Earned a BS in management from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1971.
PERSONAL DATAMarried to the former Jennifer Byrd of San Di-ego. Three children: Colleen, an associate pro-ducer at ESPN; Daniel, who is an assistant foot-ball coach at Elon, and Bridget Jean, museum coordinator for Historic Charleston Foundation.
BOWL QUALIFICATIONAt NC State: 2011 Belk Bowl, 2010 ChampsSports Bowl, 2008 Papajohns.com Bowl; At Boston Col-lege: *2006 Meineke Car Care Bowl, 2005 MPC Computers Bowl, 2004 Continental Tire Bowl, 2003 Diamond Walnut San Francisco Bowl, 2002 Motor City Bowl, 2001 Music City Bowl, 2000 Aloha Bowl, 1999 Insight.com Bowl; At Virginia: 1996 Carquest Bowl, 1995 Peach Bowl, 1994 In-dependence Bowl, 1993 Carquest Bowl, 1992 Ga-tor Bowl, 1991 USF&G Sugar Bowl, 1990 Florida Citrus Bowl, 1987 All-American Bowl, 1984 Peach Bowl; At Navy (1-2): 1981 Liberty Bowl, 1980 Gar-den State Bowl, 1978 Holiday Bowl * - team qualified for bowl under O’Brien’s guid-ance, but he did not coach actual bowl game.
NC State is one of 12 BCS teams that have won a bowl game each of the past two years.
of 2012 was only 24 snaps. That’s an average of four snaps per man. That snap total was a little higher in the preseason before sophomore Michael Peek, who was battling for a starter’s job, suffered a season-ending knee injury.
Sterling Lucas is the only established veteran in the linebacking corps, although the Tennessee game was his first action since December of 2010. He was injured at the beginning of the 2011 campaign and ended up red-shirting. A veteran of 36 career contests, 459 career snaps and two starts prior to last season, Lucas played 74 snaps and tallied nine tackles in the season opener.
The other starters for the season opener were Brandon Pittman, who played just five snaps from scrimmage last season as a true freshman, and Ricky Dowdy, who had played one snap for his career prior to last Friday.
BOWLED OVERIn the history of college bowl games, no head coach has ever posted a winning percentage better than NC State head coach Tom O’Brien. During his 15 years as a head coach at Boston College and NC State, O’Brien has won .800 of his bowl games, posting an 8-2 postseason slate.
That stat from Sports-Reference.com includes coaches at major schools from 1869 - 2011. Here’s a list of the top 10 in that category:
Rk Coach School(s) Bowl Rec. Pct. 1. Tom O’Brien Boston College, NC State 8-2 .800 2. Pat Dye ECU, Wyoming, Auburn 7-2-1 .750 3. Barry Alverez Wisconsin 8-3 .727 4. Bob Devaney Wyoming, Nebraska 7-3 .700 Dan Devine Ariz St, Missouri, Notre Dame 7-3 .700 Tommy Tuberville Ole Miss, Auburn, Texas Tech 7-3 .700 7. Bobby Dodd Georgia Tech 9-4 .692 8. Bobby Bowden West Virginia, Florida State 22-10 .687 9. Don James Kent State, Washington 10-5 .667 *Joe Paterno Penn State 24-12-1 .662*Paterno’s bowl record now stands at 18-8-1 for a .685 mark
THE SECOND NOELWolfpack sophomore linebacker Rodman Noel is a talented young player who saw action at strong side linebacker in the season opener. If pedigree is any indication, he will have a long and successful career on the gridiron.
The Pack’s Noel is the second of the three sons of Haitian immigrants Yonel and Dorcina Noel. His older brother, Jim, is a senior at Boston College this season, where he is projected to start at strong safety for the third straight season. While Jim and Rodman have earned their stripes on the gridiron, their younger brother, Nerlens, has gained stardom on the hardwood. One of the most highly-recruited prep basketball players in the country last year, he is currently a freshman for reigning national champion Kentucky.
BEYOND THEIR YEARSJust over a year ago, the Wolfpack’s starting unit at placekicker, punter and long snapper were all attending their high school proms. This season, the trio of Nik Sade, Wil Baumann and Scott Thompson all have a season of collegiate playing time under their belts.
NC State was the only school in the FBS ranks with a true freshman handling placekicking and punting duties in 2011. All three turned in solid, relatively mistake-free performances, despite their lack of experience last year. Add a spring practice to that full season and the unit should be one of the team’s strong points for the upcoming season.Sade kicked 46 extra points last season - the second-best mark in school history. He connected at a .979 clip on extra points and was 11-16 on field goals. He has made 45 consecutive PATs, the sixth-longest streak in school history.
Baumann averaged 37.5 yards on 67 punts last season, but forced 31 fair catches and placed 21 inside the opponent’s 20 yardline. He posted a 41.5 yard average in the season opener.
Thompson was a steady performer at long snapper and a top defender on the return teams.
2012 Wolfpack Football The Connecticut Game
Media Services
Press ConferencesTom O’Brien’s regular weekly press conference/conference call will be held on Mondays at 1:30 pm throughout the season in the media room of the Murphy Center. Two players will also be avail-able. If you wish to dial into the conference, please contact Media Relations for the number.
ACC Coaches TeleconferenceThe 12 ACC football coaches will be featured on a weekly tele-conference each Wednesday from 10:30 a.m., to 12:30 p.m., (8/31 - 11/22). Audio files of the teleconference are available at theacc.com shortly after its conclusion.
Frank Spaziani, Boston College 10:30 amDabo Swinney, Clemson 10:40 am Jimbo Fisher, Florida State 10:50 amRandy Edsall, Maryland 11:00 amTom O’Brien, NC State 11:10 amJim Grobe, Wake Forest 11:20 amPaul Johnson, Georgia Tech 11:30 amLarry Fedora, North Carolina 11:40 amMike London, Virginia 11:50 amFrank Beamer, Virginia Tech 12:00 pmDavid Cutcliffe, Duke 12:10 pmAl Golden, Miami 12:20 am
Media Phone Number: 913-312-1514
ACC Video Clip ServiceBroadcast media outlets will be able to access ACC football highlights and press conference excerpts via the ACC Video Clip Service (AVCS) throughout the football season. This video content will only be available for download in a digital file format that can be accessed on the AVCS. To register for this service contact Scott McBurney, Assistant Commissioner/ACC Advanced Media, at [email protected] or call 336.851.6067.
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Tom O’Brien Radio ShowMondays from 7 - 8 p.m., live from The Backyard Bistro. Callers can ask questions by dialing: 919.890.6278 or 1.800.849.6278
Tom O’Brien TV ShowShown on Sunday evenings throughout the state. Check for times and stations at GoPack.com. The show also can be seen on Fox Sports South on Mondays at 11:00 a.m. and Tuesdays at 6:00 p.m.
With over 34,000 students, NC State is the largest four-year institution in the state of North Carolina.
‘WATCH’ OUTNC State players are all over the preseason ‘watch’ lists for various honors and awards for 2012. Here’s a list of some of the honors that Wolfpack players are in the running for as the season begins:
David Amerson, CB Mike Glennon, QB Camden Wentz, C Brandan Bishop, SBednarik Maxwell Rimington Senior BowlNagurski O’BrienThorpe ManningWalter Camp PoY Senior Bowl
DEVELOPING LEADERSDuring his 15 years as a head coach, Tom O’Brien has mentored 23 assistant coaches. Seven of those have gone on to become collegiate head coaches.
Three of his former protégés are now head coaches in the Atlantic Coast Conference: Al Golden at Miami, Mike London at Virginia and Frank Spaziani at Boston College. In other words, the Tom O’Brien coaching tree makes up a third of the entire league.
Here’s a look at former assistant coaches under O’Brien who have gone on to the head coaching ranks:
Name Head Coach, School Yrs under O’BrienAl Golden Miami, 2011-pres. 1997-99 (LB)Jeff Jagodzinski Boston Coll, 2007-08 1997-98(OC/OL)Mike London Virginia, 2010-pres. 1997-00 (Def. Line)Bob Shoop Columbia, 2003-05 1999-02 (Secondary)Frank Spaziani Boston Coll, 2009-pres. 1997-06 (DC/RB)Jason Swepson Elon, 2011-pres. 1999-10 (RB)Don Treadwell Miami (Ohio), 2011-pres. 1997-98 (Co-OC)
TOBingNobody is doing it at weddings like the Macarena or the Electric Slide and it isn’t quite the national phenomena that TEBOWing was a year ago, but the art of TOBing is something that those in Wolf-pack nation know all about.
TOB is the nickname for Wolfpack head coach Tom O’Brien. The Marine major is known as having a somewhat stoic demeanor on the Wolfpack sideline, usually standing with his arms crossed. Wolfpack fans have nicknamed that stance TOBing. Google it!
PACK IS PICK-YThe Wolfpack set a school record and led the nation with 27 interceptions last season, a tally that tied as the second best mark in ACC history. The best news for the Pack is that 23 of those 27 picks were made by players who are back for 2012. In addition to cornerback David Amerson, who led the nation with 13, safety Brandan Bishop had five, Earl Wolff had three while Darryl Cato-Bishop and C.J. Wilson each had one.
The only players with picks who will not compete this season are linebackers Terrell Manning and D.J. Green. Manning, who pulled down three INTs last year, declared early for the draft, while Green, who had one, is ineligible.
MOVING MATTESR.J. Mattes gets around. The senior offensive lineman started at left guard in the season opener with Tennessee - the fourth different OL position of his career. And his starts haven’t been in a fill-in capacity due to injury or the like, but have been for multiple games.
Mattes started 12 games last season at left tackle. In 2010, he came back from injury to start 10 games at right tackle. As a redshirt freshman in 2009, he started eight games at right guard before suffering a season-ending injury.
Research has uncovered a couple of BCS players - Alabama’s Barrett Jones (RG, LT, C) and Wake Forest’s Garrick Williams (C, LG, RG) - who will be starting at their third position on the OL in 2012,
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but none that will be starting their fourth.
RISING STOCK-ERObviously, the Wolfpack is set at the starting quarterback position. There is some concern in some quarters about what would happen if starting signal caller Mike Glennon were injured or had to miss snaps for any other reason.
Glennon’s projected backup for 2012, Tyler Brosius, left school this summer, leaving true freshman Manny Stocker as the No. 2 at quarterback. Tom O’Brien calls Stocker a ‘half-a-redshirt’ freshman, since he decided to graduate from high school early and has been at State since January.
Stocker, who just attended his senior prom in June and is still in braces, went through spring prac-tice with the team. He passed for almost 2,000 yards as a senior at Coatesville Area High School in Pennsylvania, throwing for 20 scores and running for 10 more.
SAME OLD LINEWolfpack fans might get a feeling of deja vu when they watch the 2012 version of the offensive line. All five projected starters on the OL have started games during their careers, while four plus a pro-jected backup have been season-long starters. The players returning on the line have combined to start 112 games in their careers, three are redshirt seniors and one is a true senior.
Here are some notes on the experience of the offensive line:√ The last time that any one other than senior Zach Allen started at right guard and senior Cam
Wentz started at center was November 28, 2009. That duo has started every game of the past two seasons at their respective positions.
√ Senior R.J. Mattes has started 31 contests at four different positions - 12 at right tackle, eight at left guard, 10 at left tackle and one at left guard.
√ Andrew Wallace started every game of the 2010 regular season at right guard (and two in 2009) before suffering a knee injury in practice for the Champs Sports Bowl. Last season he played in just two games for a total of eight snaps as he continued to recover. He started at right tackle in the opener.
√ Although junior Rob Crisp is the youngest member of the starting five on the offensive line, he is the only player on the line who started a game as a true freshman. Crisp got the nod in the season opener of 2010 - his first collegiate contest at left tackle, where he also started last week.
√ Backup right guard Duran Christophe also has starting experience - he’s gotten the nod in 13 career games, including 12 last season at left guard
√ The five starters on the OL have combined for 8,053 snaps from scrimmage in their careers.
FULL AT HALF(BACK)A position of depth for the ‘12 Pack is the halfback spot, with talent four and five deep. The most experienced returnee is senior James Washington, who had started 17 straight games at the position over the past two seasons prior to the season opener. Washington rushed for 897 yards last season, the highest total for a Pack player since T.A. McLendon gained 1,101 yards in 2002. He has 77 career receptions, the fourth-highest mark among returning BCS players.
NC State has boasted a higher number of ACC postgraduate scholars than any other league school.
Redshirt sophomore Tony Creecy saw increased action over the second half of 2011, tallying over 100 all-purpose yards off the bench in the last game of the regular season vs. Maryland. He has also emerged as one of the Pack’s top performers in the weight room and got the starting nod in the opener.
Mustafa Greene, now a redshirt sophomore, made a long-awaited return to the field in the opener. Greene was the team’s leading rusher in 2010, even though he came off the bench in all but one contest, rushing for 597 yards and catching 30 passes for another 272 yards. Greene suffered a foot injury in spring practice of 2011 and missed the entire 2011 campaign. He missed most of spring drills this year and part of preseason camp as he got his academics in order, but ended up leading the team in rushing in the opener, despite being the third back in the game.
AMONG THE ELITENC State head coach Tom O’Brien is in some elite company, as he enters the 2012 season ranked 19th among the winningest active coaches in the BCS ranks. In his 16th campaign as a head coach, O’Brien posts a career record of 108-75. Eleven of his 15 teams have advanced to postseason bowls.
Only 27 of the 120 coaches in the BCS have posted at least 100 career wins. Here ‘s a list of the winningest coaches in the nation heading into 2012:
Rk. Coach Yrs W-L-T 1. Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech 32 251-121-4 2. Mack Brown, Texas 29 228-114-1 3. Chris Ault, Nevada 27 227-103-1 4. Steve Spurrier, South Carolina 23 198-75-2 5. Brian Kelly, Notre Dame 22 188-67-2 6. Mike Price, UTEP 31 174-175 7. Larry Blakeney, Troy 22 165-91-1 8. Bill Snyder, Kansas State 21 161-82-1 9. Gary Pinkel, Missouri 22 158-91-3 10. Nick Saban, Alabama 17 148-54-1 11. Paul Pasqualani, Connecticut 21 147-83-1 12. Paul Johnson, Georgia Tech 16 141-58 13. Bob Stoops, Oklahoma 14 140-34 14. Terry Bowden, Akron 19 139-64-2 15. Tommy Tuberville, Texas Tech 17 124-72 16. Rich Rodriguez, Arizona 19 121-84-2 17. Jerry Kill, Minnesota 19 120-71 18. Gary Patterson, TCU 13 109-30
Kirk Ferentz, Iowa 17 109-87 Frank Solich, Ohio 14 109-59 21. Tom O’Brien, NC State 16 108-76 22. Mark Richt, Georgia 12 107-38 23. Urban Meyer, Ohio State 11 105-23 24. Les Miles, LSU 12 104-39 25. George O’Leary, UCF 17 103-84 26. Jim Grobe, Wake Forest 18 102-100-1 27. June Jones, SMU 14 100-70
NO RETURNSMuch has been said about the Pack’s lack of experience at the wide re-ceiver and linebacker positions heading into 2012, but one huge gap to be filled is at the kickoff and punt return spots.
T.J. Graham, now with the Buffalo Bills, ended his career as the ACC’s all-time leader in kick return yards with 3,153 for his career, while his 628 yards on punt returns was the fifth-highest mark in school history.
Those spots may be manned by committee in 2012, with Tobais Palmer, David Amerson, , Rashard Smith et al performing the duties. Smith re-turned two punts last season, while Palmer had three KORs. In the opener, Palmer returned three kickoffs, while Smith had two punt returns.
STATE TO INDUCT FIRST HALL OF FAME CLASSNC State has elected its inaugural Athletics Hall of Fame Class and the induction ceremonies will be held on Friday, Oct. 5 in Reynolds Coliseum. Three former football players were elected to the class of 10: QB Roman Gabriel, C Jim Ritcher and RB Ted Brown.
WOLFPACK UNLIMITEDJust days after Deborah A. Yow was introduced as NC State’s Director of Athletics in June of 2010, the annual Directors’ Cup standings were re-leased. In that metric, which recognizes all-sports success in collegiate athletics, NC State was ranked 89th - an all-time low. Nine Pack teams scored points in the competition and only one was ranked in the top 25.
When the 2012 standings were announced in June of 2012, the Wolfpack stood at 37th - it’s highest mark in six years and a jump of 52 spots in just two years. That two-year jump is the biggest by an ACC school in the his-tory of the Director’s Cup.
2012 Wolfpack Football The Connecticut Game
CHAMPIONS IN THE CLASSROOM. CHAMPIONS IN THE COMMUNITY. CHAMPIONS ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD.When Tom O’Brien was named Wolfpack head coach in December of 2006, he vowed to field a program whose goal was to become champions in three areas: the classroom, the community and the football field. He and his staff use this mantra in recruiting and each member of the Wolfpack squad knows that this is what they strive for - individually and as a team.
In the Classroom: 79 players have graduated in the last nine ceremonies, including a high of nine in the spring of 2012. Three players were named to the Academic All-ACC squad last year (Mike Glennon, Mikel Overgaard, McKay Frandsen) in 2011 and there are four post-graduates on the 2012 squad. The team’s single-year APR for 2011-12 is going to be the highest in school history.
In the Community: The Wolfpack has raised over $200,000 for the Marine Corps Toys for Tots program and more than $100,000 for the Kay Yow Cancer Fund and scholarship endowment. O’Brien is on the Board of Directors for Toys for Tots and the team has embraced that charity, going on an an-nual shopping spree to buy toys with fan donations every December. The Pack has also worked with Habitat for Humanity, made numerous trips to visit the Wounded Warriors at Camp LeJeune, worked with tornado cleanup in downtown Raleigh and makes frequent appearances at schools and after-school programs.
On the Football Field: In 2010, the Wolfpack posted the second-highest win total in school history. Three of O’Brien’s five squads have earned post-season bowl bids and NC State is one of just 12 teams nationally that have won bowl games the past two seasons. The Pack is ranked 25th in the preseason by Sports Illustrated.
According to the Wall Street Journal, NC State ranks 19th nationally in preparing graduates for employment.
2012 WOLFPACK BY THE NUMBERS
0 Coaches in the history of the bowl system who have a better career bowl winning percentage than Tom O’Brien. 1 Players in Wolfpack history with more TD passes in a season than Mike Glennon’s 31 in 2011 (Philip Rivers had 34 in 2003 2 Jersey number of Rashard Smith and the number of positions he played in two contests last year (wide receiver and cornerback) 3 C.J. Wilson’s career interceptions and number of his career interceptions returned for touchdowns 4 Players who joined the program in January: freshmen Bryce Kennedy, Quincy McKinney, and Manny Stocker and transfer Deylan Buntyn 4 Assistant coaches on the 2012 staff who have been with Tom O’Brien for 10 or more years 4 Number of schools that won a bowl game, advanced to the Sweet 16 in men’s basketball and advanced to a Super Regional in baseball in
2011-12 (NC State, Florida, Florida State and Baylor) 5 Coaches on Wolfpack staff who have been in the coaching profession for more than 30 years 6 Touchdowns Mike Glennon was responsible for in the regular-season ending win over Maryland. He threw for five and ran for one to tie the
school record 7 Former Tom O’Brien assistant coaches who have gone on to be collegiate head coaches 9 Members of the football team who graduated in the spring of 2012 12 Schools who have won bowl games each of the past two years - the Pack is included in that number. 13 Interceptions David Amerson pulled down in 2011 - an ACC record and the second-highest mark in FBS history. 16 Years Associate Head Coach for Defense Jon Tenuta has been a defensive coordinator at seven different schools 16 Where former Pack standout and No. 1 pick in the 2006 NFL draft Mario Williams ranks on the Forbes list of highest paid international ath-
letes. 21 Tom O’Brien’s rank in total wins among current FBS coaches 21 Punts placed inside the 20 yardline by then-freshman Wil Baumann last season 22 Assistant coaches under O’Brien in his 15 years as a head coach 30 Quarterback pressures by defensive end Art Norman in 2011. 34 Career Starts for senior safety Brandan Bishop - team leader in that category. That mark ranks fifth among all returning ACC players. 42 Top-12 Wolfpack single season offensive marks the Pack has posted under head coach Tom O’Brien 43 Combined career snaps from scrimmage played last year by the seven players listed on the preseason depth chart at linebacker. 52 Spots NC State’s athletic program jumped in the Directors’ Cup standings from 2010 to 2012 - the highest two-year jump in ACC history 79 Pack players who have earned their degrees in the past nine graduation ceremonies 80 Tom O’Brien’s winning percentage in bowl games for his career - the best mark ever for an FBS coach. 117 Combined career starts for the starters on the offensive line 246 Years of combined experienced for State coaching staff .300 Percentage of the top 10 most experienced returning players in the ACC who play for the Wolfpack in terms of career starts. Brandan
Bishop ranks fifth with 34, while R.J. Mattes and Earl Wolff are tied for ninth with 31. .583 The winning percentage of O’Brien against nationally-ranked teams in his five seasons at NC State (7-5) 1999 Year that assistant coach Troy Walters won the Biletnikoff Award as a player at Stanford. 8.053 Combined career snaps for the five starters on the offensive line 100,000+ Dollars raised for cancer research in three years since spring game has been renamed the Kay Yow Spring Football game 200,000+ Dollars raised for Toys for Tots campaign under Tom O’Brien.
2012 Wolfpack Football The Connecticut Game
Player Yrs. @ NCSU Current TeamAndre Brown, RB 2005-08 New York GiantsJerricho Cotchery, WR 2000-03 Pittsburgh SteelersLeroy Harris, OG 2003-06 Tennessee TitansSteven Hauschka, K 2007 Seattle SeahawksNate Irving, LB 2007-08, 10 Denver BroncosTed Larsen, C 2006-09 Tampa Bay BucaneersManny Lawson, LB 2002-05 Cincinnati BengalsSean Locklear, OT 2000-03 N.Y. GiantsPhilip Rivers, QB 2000-03 San Diego Chargers
Stephen Tulloch, LB 2003-05 Detroit LionsMario Williams, DE 2003-05 Buffalo BillsAdrian Wilson, S 1998-00 Arizona CardinalsRussell Wilson, QB 2008-10 Seattle SeahawksWillie Young, DE 2006-09 Detroit Lions
2012 NFL NEWCOMERSPlayer Position Current TeamAudie Cole LB Minnesota VikingsT.J. Graham WR Buffalo BillsMarkus Kuhn DT N.Y. GiantsTerrell Manning LB Green Bay PackersJ.R. Sweezy OG Seattle Seahawks
WOLFPACK PLAYERS ON 2012 NFL ROSTERS
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92 Darryl Cato-Bishop DE 6-4 278 *Jr. 1VL Groton, Mass.
93 Rogers Clark DE 6-1 235 Fr. HS Woodberry Forest, Va.
94 Dave Mann DE 6-3 249 *Fr. RS Fairburn, Ga.
95 Art Norman DE 6-1 242 *So. 1VL Stone Mountain, Ga.
96 Sylvester Crawford DE 6-4 240 *Jr. SQ Charlotte, N.C.
97 Forrest West DE 6-1 270 *Jr. TR Canton, Conn.
98 McKay Frandsen DE 6-3 255 Sr. 1VL American Fork, Utah
99 Joe Wright DE 6-7 235 Fr. HS Greenville, N.C.
* - Indicates red-shirted one season
SCHEDULE/RESULTSDate St W-L Score Opponent Att./Time TV Rusher (Att-Yds-TD) Passer (C-A-Yds-TD-I) Receiver (Rec-Yds-TD) Tackler (Tkl)8/31 N L 21-35 Tennessee 55,529 ESPNU Greene (11-53-0) Glennon (27-46-288-1-4) Carter (5-46-0) Wolff (18)9/8 A Connecticut 12 p.m. ESPN39/15 H South Alabama 6 p.m. ESPN39/22 H The Citadel 6 p.m. ESPN39/29 A Miami TBA10/6 H Florida State TBA10/20 A Maryland TBA10/27 A North Carolina TBA11/3 H Virginia TBA11/10 H Wake Forest TBA11/17 A Clemson TBA11/24 H Boston College TBANote: Rankings are listed after opponent - NC State/Opp
TEAM STATISTICS
TEAM STATISTICS ST OPPSCORING 21 35 Points Per Game 21.0 35.0FIRST DOWNS 22 23 Rushing 8 7 Passing 13 14 Penalty 1 2RUSHING YARDAGE 119 191 Yards gained rushing 149 213 Yards lost rushing 30 22 Rushing Attempts 32 38 Average Per Rush 3.7 5.0 Average Per Game 119.0 191.9 TDs Rushing 2 2PASSING YARDAGE 288 333 Comp-Att-Int 27-48-4 27-41-0 Average Per Pass 6.0 8.1 Average Per Catch 10.7 12.3 Average Per Game 288.0 333.0 TDs Passing 1 2TOTAL OFFENSE 407 524 Total Plays 80 79 Average Per Play 5.1 6.6 Average Per Game 407.0 524.0KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 4-94 2-45PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 2--3 1-5INT RETURNS: #-Yards 0-0 4-38KICK RETURN AVERAGE 23.5 22.5PUNT RETURN AVERAGE -1.5 5.0INT RETURN AVERAGE 0.0 9.5FUMBLES-LOST 3-0 1-1PENALTIES-Yards 4-40 6-35 Average Per Game 40.0 35.0PUNTS-Yards 4-166 5-193 Average Per Punt 41.5 38.6 Net punt average 40.2 39.2KICKOFFS-Yards 5-312 7-432 Average Per Kick 62.4 61.7 Net kick average 46.4 37.6TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 28:13 31:473RD-DOWN Conversions 6/16 9/19 3rd-Down Pct 38% 47%4TH-DOWN Conversions 1/3 0/2 4th-Down Pct 33% 0%SACKS BY-Yards 1-3 1-18TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 3 4FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 0-1 2-2ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 0-0RED-ZONE SCORES (3-3) 100% (3-4) 75%RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (3-3) 100% (1-4) 25%PAT-ATTEMPTS (3-3) 100% (3-4) 75%
SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TotalNC State 7 7 0 7 21Opponents 22 0 10 3 35
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/GGreene, M. 1 11 53 0 53 4.8 0 13 53.0Creecy, T. 1 10 48 0 48 4.8 1 16 48.0Washington, J. 1 5 14 2 12 2.4 1 4 12.0Glennon, M. 1 6 34 28 6 1.0 0 14 6.0Total.......... 1 32 149 30 119 3.7 2 16 119.0Opponents...... 1 38 213 22 191 5.0 2 67 191.0
Player,Pos #Gentry, Z., LB 20Bishop, B., S 17Burris, J., CB 16Johnson, D., CB 16Pittman, B., LB 16Stanley, J., CB 16Winkles, L., FB 16Wolff, E., S 15Amerson, D., CB 15Palmer, T., WR 12Noel, R., LB 11Payton, Q., WR 11Baumann, W., P 9Chandler, T., OT 8Rose, M., DE 8Sade, N., K 8Thompson, S., LS 8Barner, B., RB 7Caldwell, R., LB 7Creecy, T., RB 7Cato-Bishop, D., DE 6Dowdy, R., LB 6Jones, H., S 6Lucas, S., LB 6McGill, T.Y., DT 6Slay, B., DE 6
Teal, T., DT 6Cheek, R., LB 5Monk, J., CB 5Allen, Z., OG 4Brown, B., TE 4Carter, M., TE 4Crisp, R., OT 4Gray, C., DT 4Mattes, R.J., OG 4Smith, R., WR 4Talbert, A. TE 4Wallace, A., OT 4Byrd, J., CB 1
OFFENSE Tenn UConn S. Ala. The Citadel Miami FSU MD UNC UVA WFU CLEM BCLT CrispLG MattesC WentzRG AllenRT WallaceTE CarterQB GlennonHB CreecyFB/TE WatsonWR PalmerWR PaytonPK Sade DEFENSE Tenn UConn S. Ala. The Citadel Miami FSU MD UNC UVA WFU CLEM BCSE Cato-BishopDT McGillDT TealDE SlaySLB PittmanMLB LucasWLB DowdyBC JohnsonFS BishopBS WolffFC AmersonP Baumann
SPECIAL TEAMS SNAPSIN THE RED ZONE
2012 Wolfpack Football NC State Statistics
SPECIAL TEAMS TACKLES/KNOCKDOWNS
GAME-BY-GAME STARTERS
(NC State Totals on Top) TENN UCONN S. ALA. CITADEL MIA FSU MD UNC UVA WFU CLEM BCTotal Offense 407 524
Plays 80 79
Yards/Play 5.1 6.6
Yards Rushing 119 191
Rush Attempts 32 38
Yards Passing 288 333
Pass Attempts 48 41
Pass Completions 27 27
Had Intercepted 4 0
Comp. Pct. 56.3 65.9
First Downs 22 23
Total Touchdowns 3 4
Rush/Pass Touchdowns 2/1 2/2
Poss. Time 28:13 31:47
3rd Down Conv. 6-16 9-19
Punts-Yards 4-166 5-193
Punt Avg. 41.5 38.6
Fumbles-Lost 3-0 1-1
Total Turnovers 4 1
Penalties-Yards 4-40 6-35
Punt Ret-Yds. 2-(-3) 1-5
KO Ret-Yds. 4-94 2-45
INT-Yards 0-0 4-38
Sacks By-Yards 1-3 1-18
2012 Wolfpack Football Game-by-Game Team Stats
RUSHINGAtt.-Yds.-TD CREECY GREENE WASHINGTON GLENNONTennessee 10-48-1 11-53-0 5-12-1 6-6-0ConnecticutSOUTH ALABAMATHE CITADELMiamiFLORIDA STATEMarylandNorth CarolinaVIRGINIAWAKE FORESTClemsonBoston College
RECEIVINGRec.-Yds.-TD CARTER CREECY GREENE HEGEDUS PALMER PAYTON SMITH UNDERWOOD WASHINGTON WATSONTennessee 5-46-0 1-1-0 1-9-0 1-7-0 4-28-0 4-129-0 1-(-1)-0 3-9-1 3-10-0 4-50-0ConnecticutSOUTH ALABAMATHE CITADELMiamiFLORIDA STATEMarylandNorth CarolinaVIRGINIAWAKE FORESTClemsonBoston College
PASSING
GLENNON Cmp Att Yds Pct. Int TDTenn 27 46 288 58.7 4 1UConnS. Ala.CitadelMiamiFSUMDUNCUVAWakeClemBC
Ret-Yds-TD R. SMITHTenn 2-(-3)-0UConnS. Ala.CitadelMiamiFSUMDUNCUVAWakeClemBC
FIELD GOALS
SADE Made MissedTennessee - 39ConnecticutSOUTH ALABAMATHE CITADELMiamiFLORIDA STATEMarylandNorth CarolinaVIRGINIAWAKE FORESTClemsonBOSTON COLLEGE
KICKOFFS
SADE KO TB OB Ret. Y/Ret StartTennessee 4 3 0 1 35.0 29ConnecticutSOUTH ALABAMATHE CITADELMiamiFLORIDA STATEMarylandNorth CarolinaVIRGINIAWAKE FORESTClemsonBOSTON COLLEGE
2012 Wolfpack Football Game-by-Game Individual Stats
TACKLESPLAYER, POS TENN CONN S. ALA CIT MIA FSU MD UNC UVA WFU CLEM BCDavid Amerson, CB 9Brandan Bishop, S 11Juston Burris, CB 8Darryl Cato-Bishop, DE 2Ricky Dowdy, LB 7Dontae Johnson, CB 9Sterling Lucas, LB 9T.Y. McGill, DT 4Rodman Noel, LB 1Art Norman, DE 3Brandon Pittman, LB 1Mike Rose, DE 4Brian Slay, DE 4Earl Wolff, S 18
TACKLES FOR LOSS (No.-Yards)PLAYER, POS TENN CONN S. ALA CIT MIA FSU MD UNC UVA WFU CLEM BCBrandan Bishop, S 1-2Darryl Cato-Bishop, DE 1-3Ricky Dowdy, LB 1-3Sterling Lucas, LB 2-5Rodman Noel, LB 1-6Earl Wolff, S 2-3
SACKS (No.-Yards)PLAYER, POS TENN CONN S. ALA CIT MIA FSU MD UNC UVA WFU CLEM BCSterling Lucas, LB 1-3
PASSES BROKEN UPPLAYER, POS TENN CONN S. ALA CIT MIA FSU MD UNC UVA WFU CLEM BCDavid Amerson, CB 1Juston Burris, CB 1Hakeem Jones, S 1
2012 Wolfpack Football Game-by-Game Defensive Stats
2012 2012 CareerName, Pos TEN CONN S. ALA CIT. MIA FSU MD UNC UVA WFU CLEM BC Tot. GP-GS GP-GSAllen, Zach - OG 79 79 1-1 38-27Amerson, David - CB 75 75 1-1 27-23Barnes, Brandon - HB ST ST 1-0 6-0Baumann, Wil - P ST ST 1-1 14-13Bishop, Brandan - S 75 75 1-1 38-34Browne, Benson - TE ST ST 1-0 1-0Buntyn, Deylan - DT 4 4 1-0 1-0Burris, Tyrrell - CB 63 63 1-0 1-0Byrd, Jarvis - CB 4 4 1-0 6-3Caldwell, Robert - LB ST ST 1-0 1-0Carter, Mario - TE 47 47 1-1 26-3Cato-Bishop, Darryl - DE 60 60 1-1 27-10Chandler, Tyson - OT 8 8 1-0 13-0Cheek, Ryan - LB ST ST 1-0 22-0Christophe, Duran - OG 16 16 1-0 22-13Crawford, Sylvester - DE 9 9 1-0 10-0Creecy, Tony - HB 25 25 1-1 13-1Crisp, Rob - OT 66 66 1-1 27-4Dowdy, Ricky - LB 58 58 1-1 2-1Ferguson, A.J. - DT DNP - - 10-0Flowers, Hakeem - WR 4 4 1-0 1-0Fordham, Cameron - OG 3 3 1-0 3-0Frandsen, McKay - DE 23 23 1-0 13-1Gentry, Zach - LB ST ST 1-0 27-0Glennon, Mike - QB 81 81 1-1 24-14Gray, Carlos - DT 4 4 1-0 1-0Greene, Mustafa - RB 27 27 1-0 14-1Hegedus, Charlie - WR 20 20 1-0 1-0Johnson, Dontae - CB 79 79 1-1 26-4Jomantas, Andy - OG DNP - - 10-0Jones, Hakim - S 4 4 1-0 1-0Kahut, Jacob - DT INJ - - 4-0Lucas, Sterling - LB 74 74 1-1 37-3Mann, Dave - DT 3 3 1-0 1-0Mattes, R.J. - OG/OT 82 82 1-1 33-31McGill, T.Y. - DT 32 32 1-1 14-2Monk, J., CB ST ST 1-0 8-0Morgan, Maurice - WR 8 8 1-0 1-0Noel, Rodman - LB 4 4 1-0 12-0Norman, Art - DE 51 51 1-0 14-8Palmer, Tobais - WR 61 61 1-1 13-8Payton, Quintin - WR 57 57 1-1 24-1Peek, Michael - LB INJ - - 13-0Pittman, Brandon - LB 30 30 1-1 7-1Purvis, Tyler - FB DNP - - 11-0Rose, Mike - DE 19 19 1-0 1-0Sade, Niklas - K ST ST 1-1 14-14Slay, Brian - DE 59 59 1-1 35-14Smith, Rashard - WR 28 28 1-0 20-7Stanley, Josh - CB ST ST 1-0 1-0Talbert, Anthony - TE ST ST 1-0 27-0Teal, Thomas - DT 23 23 1-1 7-2Thompson, Scott - LS ST ST 1-0 14-0Underwood, Bryan - WR 53 53 1-0 14-0Wallace, Andrew - OT 74 74 1-1 27-15Washington, James - HB 28 28 1-0 28-17Watson, Asa - TE 30 30 1-1 23-1West, Forrest - DE 31 31 1-0 1-0Wentz, Camden - C 82 82 1-1 32-27Winkles, Logan - FB 14 14 1-0 10-0Wilson, C.J. - CB DNP - - 38-29Wolff, Earl - S 79 79 1-1 39-31
Rushing Attempts 27 by James Washington vs. UNC (11/5/11)Rushing Yards 131 by James Washington vs. Georgia Tech (10/1/11)Rushing TDs 2 by James Washington vs. Liberty (9/3/11)Pass Attempts 55 by Mike Glennon vs. Maryland (11/26/11)Pass Completions 36 by Mike Glennon vs. Maryland (11/26/11)Comp. % (min. 10 attempts) .850 by Mike Glennon vs. South Alabama (9/17/11)Passing Yards 334 by Mike Glennon vs. Cincinnati (9/22/11)TD Passes 5 by Mike Glennon vs. Maryland (11/26/11)Receptions 8 by two playersReceiving Yards 176 by T.J. Graham vs. Cincinnati (9/22/11)Receiving TDs 2 by three playersTotal Offense 323 by Mike Glennon vs. Cincinnati (9/22/11)All-purpose 336 by T.J. Graham vs. Cincinnati (9/22/11)Total TDs 2 by four playersPoints 13 by Niklas Sade vs. Clemson (11/19/11)Punt Average 42.5 by Wil Baumann vs. Cincinnati (9/22/11)Field Goals 3 by Niklas Sade vs. Clemson (11/19/11)Punt Return Yards 88 by T.J. Graham vs. Liberty (9/3/11)Kickoff Return Yards 160 by T.J. Graham vs. Cincinnati (9/22/11)Interception Yards 65 by David Amerson vs. Louisville (12/28/11)Interceptions 2 by David Amerson vs. four teams
LONG PLAYS
Rush: 46 by James Washington vs. Ga. Tech (10/1/11)Pass: 87 by Mike Glennon vs. Cincinnati (9/22/11)Reception: 87 by T. J. Graham vs. Cincinnati (9/22/11)FG: 45 by Niklas Sade vs. two teamsPunt: 62 by Wil Baumann vs. Florida State (10/29/11Punt Return: 82 by T.J. Graham vs. Liberty (9/3/11)Kickoff Return: 46 by T.J. Graham vs. South Alabama (9/17/11)Interception Return: 65 by David Amerson vs. Louisville (12/28/11)Fumble Return: 52 by Brian Slay vs. Liberty (9/3/11)
Rushing Attempts 27 by Isaiah Pead, Cincinnati (9/22/11)Rushing Yards 167 by Isaiah Pead, Cincinnati (9/22/11)Rushing TDs 3 by Orwin Smith, Georgia Tech (10/1/11)Pass Attempts 43 Teddy Bridgewater, Louisville (12/28/11)Pass Completions 25 by two playersComp. % (min. 10 attempts) .735 by two playersPassing Yards 321 by EJ Manuel, Florida State (10/29/11)TD Passes 2 by five playersReceptions 9 by Dwight Jones, North Carolina (11/5/11)Receiving Yards 124 by DeAndre Hopkins, Clemson (11/19/11)Total Offense 356 by Mike Brown, Liberty (9/3/11)All-purpose 191 by Isaiah Pead, Cincinnati (9/22/11)Total TDs 3 by Orwin Smith, Georgia Tech (10/1/11)Points 18 by Orwin Smith, Georgia Tech (10/1/11)Punt Average 59.7 by Pat O’Donnell, Cincinnati (9/22/11)Field Goals 3 by Tony Miliano, Cincinnati (9/22/11)Punt Return Yards 37 by Greg Reid, Florida State (10/29/11)Kickoff Return Yards 139 by Justus Pickett, Maryland (11/26/11)Interception Yards 34 by Isaiah Johnson, Georgia Tech (10/1/11)Interceptions 1 by 11 players
OPPONENT LONG PLAYS
Rush: 77 by Paris Cotton, Central Michigan (10/8/11)Pass: 60 by David Watford, Virginia (10/22/11)Reception: 60 by Tim Smith, Virginia (10/22/11)FG: 50 by Matt Bevins, Liberty (9/3/11)Punt: 76 by Pat O’Donnell, Cincinnati (9/22/11)Punt Return: 28 by Greg Reid, Florida State (10/29/11)Kickoff Return: 48 by two playersInterception Return: 34 by Isaiah Johnson, Georgia Tech (10/1/11)Fumble Return: 66 by Dexter McDougle, Maryland (11/26/11)
--------------------------------------------------------1 DAVID AMERSON
Cornerback6-3 ... 194 ... Junior
Greensboro, N.C. ... Dudley HS
√ Field corner who set the ACC and NC State single-season record for interceptions with 13 last season, that mark led the nation by five and ties for second in FBS history.
√ A Walter Camp and ESPN first-team All-American, he also won second-team honors from Sports Illustrated, the Associated Press, Yahoo, CBSSports.com, Rivals, Phil Steele. Also a first-team All-ACC performer.
√ The winner of the 2011 Jack Tatum Award, which is given to the nation’s top defensive back and one of three finalists for the Thorpe Award.
√ Already ranks third on the Wolfpack career list for interceptions.
2012 Amerson Game by Game StatsOpponent Pl Ht Ast Tot PBU INT CF/RF*Tennessee 75 6 2 8 1
√ Ranks fifth among all returning ACC players in games started, he is the most experienced member of the Pack’s established defensive secondary in terms of starts with 38 and with 1,931 career snaps to his credit.
√ Has intercepted nine passes in his career, with one more he will rank sixth in NC State history.
2012 Bishop Game by Game StatsOpponent Pl Ht Ast Tot TFL-Yd PBU CF/RF Int*Tennessee 75 8 2 10 1-2 1/0
√ Starting at the fourth position of his career in 2012: left guard. He is the only player in the country to start at four different positions on the offensive line.
√ Has 30 career starts, tied as the ninth-highest mark among returning ACC players.
2012 Wolfpack Football Player Bios
2012 Mattes Game by Game StatsOpponent Pl Sk KD*Tennessee 82 0 0
√ Tallied 129 yards on four receptions in the season opener, that was the highest receiving-yards output for a Pack player since Owen Spencer’s 138-yard game against Wake Forest on Nov. 13, 2010.
√ Gained more yards in the first game of 2012 than in all of last season.
2012 Payton Game by Game StatsOpponent Pl Rec Yds TD LG*Tennessee 57 4 129 0 49
√ Has hit 45 consecutive PATs, the sixth-longest streak in school history.√ One of just six true freshmen to start at placekicker last season.√ Kicked 46 extra points as a freshman, that tied as the second-best mark
in school history, while his .979 percentage ranked 13th on the single-season list.
2012 Sade Game by Game StatsOpponent PAT Made Missed KO TB OB*Tennessee 3-3 - 39 4-255 3 0
--------------------------------------------------------2 RASHARD SMITH
Wide Receiver5-11 ... 176 ... RS - Junior
Norfolk, Va. ... Lake Taylor HS
2012 Smith Game by Game StatsOpponent Pl Rec Yds TD LG PR KORTennessee 28 1 (1) 0 (1) 2-(3) 0-0
R. Smith Career StatsYear GP-GS Pl Rec Yds TD Lg Ht Ast Tot TFL SK PBU KOR PR2009 6-4 135 NA NA NA NA 8 4 12 2-12 1-9 1 1-24 4-392011 13-3 258 1 6 0 6 16 4 20 1-2 NA 1 0-0 1-62012 1-0 28 1 (1) 0 (1) NA NA NA NA NA NA 0-0 2-(3)Totals 31-7 449 2 5 0 6 24 8 32 3-14 1-9 2 1-24 7-42
2012 Wolfpack Football Player Bios
--------------------------------------------------------83 ANTHONY TALBERT
Tight End6-4 ... 246 ... RS - Junior
Cincinnati, Ohio. ... Winton Woods HS
2012 Talbert Game by Game StatsOpponent Pl Rec Yds TD LGTennessee Special Teams Only
--------------------------------------------------------69 THOMAS TEAL
Defensive Tackle6-2 ... 315 ... RS - Sophomore
Bennettsville, S.C. ... Marlboro County HS
√ Talented young lineman who saw action in six games as a rookie, he broke his foot in the season opener and missed the next seven con-tests after undergoing surgery.
2012 Teal Game by Game StatsOpponent Pl Ht Ast Tot TFL SK PBU QP CF/RF Int*Tennessee 23 0 0 0 3
√ Led the team in tackles with a career-high 18 against Tennessee.√ Boundary safety who has been called ‘the heart of the defense’ by
head coach Tom O”Brien.√ Tied for the team lead in career games played with 39.√ Has 273 career tackles, more than any current player.√ Has seven caused fumbles for his career, that ties as the fifth-best
mark in school history.√ Graduated in December after just three-and-a-half years.√ Has 30 career starts, tied as the ninth-highest mark among returning
ACC players.
2012 Wolff Game by Game StatsOpponent Pl Ht Ast Tot TFL SK PBU QP CF/RF Int*Tennessee 79 9 9 18 2-3