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2016 NC State Recruiting Class: Even with one of the larger classes in the ACC, NC State did a nice job not wasting any pickups on warm bodies. This is a very sharp, very focused class considering the bulk, even if there might not be any one superstar get.

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NC State Football Recruiting Class Overview

With plenty of prospects coming in from a huge class, head coach Dave Doeren came up with an interesting recruiting season. It’s a balanced class, but there aren’t a lot of top-shelf, dangerous skill players for the offense. Instead, there are enough other parts of the puzzle to fill in so next year can potentially be about getting the glamour guys.

The Class Is Heavy On …

Tight Ends. The secondary is getting the most key help for the defense – especially at corner with J.J. Givens and James Valdez two good-sized options with versatility – but the interesting area State went after was tight end. The wide receivers in this class are just okay, but Thaddeus Moss, Dylan Autenrieth, and Bryce Dixon are all big targets with frames to easily add some good eight. All of them had several other good options.

The Star of the Class Is …

DT Shug Frazier, 6-3, 321 – Moss could be the one who ends up standing out among the haul of tight ends, and C Joe Sculthorpe might someday be the anchor of the O line, but Frazier is the big bodied defensive tackle every coaching staff is looking for and State was lucky to land. He committed early in the process, even with Alabama, LSU, Miami, Tennessee and Georgia among the suitors. He might not be able to move as an interior pass rusher, but that’s not going to be his job as a Coke machine inside.

The Team’s Biggest 2016 Depth Chart Hole Is …

The offensive line. The Wolfpack have to get by without Hakim Jones and Juston Burris in the secondary, but the D should be okay. Losing QB Jacoby Brissett will be a big deal at some point this year, but there are just enough good skill players back to make up for his loss. The problem will be protecting the new guy under center with three starters gone including OT Joe Thuney and OG Alex Barr on the left side. Not having C Quinton Schooley in the middle is a problem, too.

2016 NC State Football Recruiting Class

Dylan Autenrieth- TE 6-4 225 Dallas, Ga. North Paulding HS
Bryce Banks- CB 6-2 184 Columbia, Mo. Rock Bridge HS
Kendall Brown OT 6-4 265 Jacksonville, Fla. Trinity Christian Academy
Kollin Byers OL 6-4 250 Shelby, N.C. Crest HS
Justin Chase OT 6-6 285 Chesapeake, Va. Great Bridge HS
Bryce Dixon- TE 6-3 210 Angier, N.C. Green Hope HS
Bryce Folsom- OL 6-4 263 Alpharetta, Ga. Chattahoochee HS
Ben ‘Shug’ Frazier DT 6-2 321 Buford, Ga. Buford HS
Harrison Gee OL 6-3 278 Burlington, N.C. Walter M. Williams HS
JJ Givens CB 6-2 174 Mechanicsville, Va. Atlee HS
Kelvin Harmon WR 6-3 196 Palmyra, N.J. Palmyra HS
Connor Haskins- PK 5-8 176 Lumberton, N.C. Lumberton HS/UNC Pembroke
Garrett Hooker- LB 6-2 247 High Point, N.C. Ledford HS
Tim Kidd-Glass S 6-0 206 Danville, Va. George Washington HS
Nick McCloud CB 6-2 175 Rock Hill, S.C. South Pointe HS
Brock Miller LB 6-4 210 Port St. Lucie, Fla. John Carroll Catholic HS
Thaddeus Moss TE 6-4 247 Charlotte, N.C. Mallard Creek HS
Dylan Parham- QB 6-4 210 Raleigh, N.C. Southeast Raleigh HS
David Pierson- LB 6-0 223 Wendell, N.C. Corinth Holders/Jireh Prep
C.J. Riley WR 6-5 188 Coconut Creek, Fla. North Broward Prep
Thomas Ruocchio TE 6-4 230 Raleigh, N.C. Cardinal Gibbons HS
Joe Sculthorpe OL 6-2 290 Hampstead, N.C. Topsail HS
Isaiah Stallings S 6-4 205 Fayetteville, N.C. Terry Sanford HS
Daeshawn Stephens WR 6-2 205 Durham, N.C. Hillside HS
Matt Stevens- LB 6-0 212 Charlotte, N.C. Hough HS
James Valdez CB 6-0 189 Orangeburg, S.C. Orangeburg-Wilkinson HS
Justin Witt- OL 6-6 290 New Lenox, Ill. Lincoln-Way West HS

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