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Know your foe: Which NC State players could give Notre Dame problems

Which members of the Pack do the Irish need to stop?

The first real test of the 2023 season for [autotag]Notre Dame football[/autotag] comes this Saturday, when they travel to Raleigh, North Carolina to take on the [autotag]NC State Wolfpack[/autotag].

Both teams are undefeated, with the Irish having an extra win due to playing in week zero. The difference for Notre Dame is that they aren’t playing teams that have significantly less talented rosters. (It makes it a bit easier for me to identify who to watch as well)

This isn’t going to be like the first two weeks for the Irish, the Wolfpack have a very good team and here are five players who could give Notre Dame problems on the road this Saturday.

NC State statistical leaders through one game

Does anyone on this list concern you?

NC State is having a very peculiar season with its schedule. It opened the 2023 season with a win over independent UConn and now will face a second straight independent in Notre Dame. It then will face VMI before playing its ACC schedule except for one game against Marshall. Talk about one quirk after another.

Like the Irish, the Wolfpack have a quarterback finishing out his eligibility with them after spending the remainder of his career at a different school. In this case, the Wolfpack’s quarterback spent the previous five seasons at Virginia and even has experience facing the Irish (including on this writer’s wedding day). Of course, that’s only one player. There are many others who could give the Irish fits in what many are saying is their first real test of the season.

The Wolfpack have played only one game, but here’s who you might want to look out for when they face the Irish:

Tennessee offers 2022 North Carolina athlete

Tennessee offers 2022 North Carolina athlete.

Tennessee is on the board early for Michael Allen, an athlete out of Greeneville, N.C. as part of the 2022 class.

Allen does not yet have a 247Sports Composite rating, and Tennessee is the third offer listed for the J.H. Rose High School sophomore.

East Carolina and South Carolina are the other two programs with offers on the board, while North Carolina and North Carolina State have also shown interest.

The 5-foot-10, 181-pound prospect is a baseball and track athlete as well, and primarily plays running back for J.H. Rose.

Tennessee is still in the very early stages of building its 2022 recruiting class, with no commitments yet on the board.