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State’s best college football players of last 10 years come from all over

January 8, 2020 Shawn Krest

Plenty of talent moved through North Carolina schools during the 2010s. Over the span of the decade, area colleges had 105 players selected in the NFL Draft, including 11 first-rounders. As we embark on the […]

Former Panthers, NC college players popular in first XFL Draft

October 23, 2019 Shawn Krest

Like it or not, the XFL is back. Vince McMahon’s renegade football league will begin play in early 2020, and the XFL Draft was held last week, with several names football fans in the state […]

Duke’s Daniel Jones highlights NC’s NFL Draft picks

May 1, 2019 Brett Friedlander

Two of the biggest surprises in this year’s NFL Draft involved players from North Carolina colleges, one because of how early he was taken and the other because of how far he fell before his […]

Who’s who among NFL undrafted free agents from state schools

April 27, 2019 Brett Friedlander

The NFL draft wasn’t kind to underclassmen leaving North Carolina schools with eligibility still remaining. Alhough Duke quarterback Daniel Jones went in the first round to the New York Giants and NC State’s Kelvin Harmon […]

NFL Draft beckons two dozen from NC

April 24, 2019 Shawn Krest

The NFL Draft begins on Thursday, and more than two dozen players with North Carolina connections will be waiting by the phone during the three-day event to see if they get chosen. Whether they get […]

Sports

Players from eight state schools invited to NFL Combine

February 7, 2019 Brett Friedlander

Players from eight North Carolina schools, including six from NC State, have been invited to participate in the NFL’s predraft Scouting Combine in Indianapolis later this month. Heading the list of local talent scheduled to […]

App State pours it on Gardner-Webb 72-7

September 22, 2018 North State Journal Staff

BOONE — Jalin Moore ran for 119 yards and two touchdowns and Appalachian State scored 28 points in the first quarter on its way to beating Gardner-Webb 72-7 on Saturday. On the third play of […]

App State looks to upset another Big Ten powerhouse

August 29, 2018 Brett Friedlander

Saturday will mark the 11th anniversary of what many consider the greatest upset in college football history. Scott Satterfield was an assistant coach at Appalachian State at the time and was on the sideline the […]

App State picked to win Sun Belt East Division

July 19, 2018 Brett Friedlander

Appalachian State, which has earned a share of the Sun Belt Conference football championship in each of the past two seasons, has been picked to be in the mix for the title again this season. […]

Moore means less for Toledo in App State’s shutout bowl victory

December 24, 2017 admin

MOBILE, Ala. — Jalin Moore helped Appalachian State bury Toledo 34-0 in the Dollar General Bowl on a mild Saturday night at Ladd-Peebles Stadium. The junior running back and the leading rusher in the Sun Belt Conference churned out […]