Wolfpack Numbers Game: Who's Wearing What This Season

Seventeen returning NC State football players have switched to new numbers this season. Here's the list, along with the numbers assigned to all the Wolfpack's incoming freshmen and transfers

You've heard the old saying: "You can't tell the players without a program?"

Well, it actually holds true for the NC State football team this season.

"We had about eight to 10 guys in the winter ask for number changes," coach Dave Doeren said. "I told them I’d wait until the end of the summer to see how their summer conditioning was, how their academics were and just how they were progressing."

Apparently it went well. Because rather than "eight to 10 guys," there are no fewer than 17 returning players have switched to new numbers from the ones they wore a year ago. 

Here's the list, along with all the numbers assigned to the new incoming freshmen and transfers getting ready to play their first season with the Wolfpack:

PLAYER	POSITION	OLD NUMBER	NEW NUMBER
Terrell Dawkins	DE	43	0
Taiyon Palmer	CB	6	3
Cecil Powell	CB/WR	19	4
Thayer Thomas	WR	87	5
C.J. Hart	LB	15	5
Jakeen Harris	S	Incoming freshman	6
Zonovan Knight	RB	24	7
Jalen Frazier	Nickel	20	8
Ben Finley	QB	Incoming freshman	10
Devan Boykin	CB	Incoming freshman	12
Porter Rooks	WR	Incoming freshman	14
Nehki Meredith	Nickel	Incoming freshman	14
Cayman Czesak	CB	30	15
Rakeim Ashford	CB	JUCO transfer	16
Joshua Pierre-Louis	CB	Incoming freshman	19
Kahlid Martin	S	25	21
Jalen Coit	WR	Incoming freshman	21
Teshaun Smith	CB	8	22
Chris Scott	WR	Incoming freshman	24
Shyheim Battle	CB	27	25
Devon Betty	LB	Incoming freshman	25
Jayland Parker	LB	Incoming freshman	27
Ibrahim Kante	DE	52	28
Seth Williams	LB	49	30
Aydan White	CB	Incoming freshman	34
Ezemdi Udoh	TE	Incoming freshman	43
Davin Vann	DT	Incoming freshman	45
Daniel Joseph	DE	Grad transfer/Penn State	49
Timothy McKay	OG	65	52
Joshua Harris	DT	44	55
Bryson Speas	OT	62	56
Nick Booker-Brown	DT	Incoming freshman	58
Ethan Lane	C	IIncoming freshman	60
Sean Hill	OT	Incoming freshman	72
Patrick Matan	OT	Incoming freshman	74
Anthony Carter Jr.	OG	Incoming freshman	75
Joshua Crabtree	WR	Incoming freshman	83
Emeka Emezie	WR	3	86
Anthony Smith	WR	Incoming freshman	87
Ian Williams	PK	Incoming freshman	93
Claude Larkins Jr.	DE	Incoming freshman	97

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