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Super Bowl has deep NC connections
The Super Bowl prop bet odds are out, and the biggest favorite to score a touchdown in the game is Kenneth Walker III. The Seahawks running back turned in the second 1,000 yard season of […]
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NFL rosters have 114 NC players
With the NFL season kicking off this week, football fans across the state can agree on one thing. We hate Cleveland. The Browns are the only NFL team without a North Carolina product on their […]
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Dave Doeren becomes winningest football coach in NC State history
RALEIGH — With a 20-6 win over the Miami Hurricanes Saturday night, NC State football coach Dave Doeren became the winningest coach in school history. The victory gave Doeren his 78th win in his 11th […]
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The All-North Carolina NFL team is heavy on linemen
The Carolina Panthers’ opening game may have taken place in Georgia, but there were North Carolina connections everywhere one looked. From the two NC State Wolfpack linemen starting for the Panthers — 2022 first-round draft […]
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State’s best college football players of last 10 years come from all over
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 […]
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Expectations, new faces mark start of camps
Preseason football camps opened at most colleges around the state on Friday. But according to new/old North Carolina coach Mack Brown, who’s been around long enough to know about such things, the real preparations for […]
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Duke’s Daniel Jones highlights NC’s NFL Draft picks
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 […]
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First round pick Bradbury ready to fit in with Vikings
There are two distinct philosophies when it comes to the NFL draft. Some teams opt for the player they have rated as the best available regardless of position, while others select strictly according to need. […]
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NFL Draft beckons two dozen from NC
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 […]
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Which in-state players helped, hurt themselves at the NFL Combine
Seventeen players from North Carolina colleges participated in the NFL Combine over the weekend and draft fortunes diverged after their performance on the various events at the annual prospect evaluation in Indianapolis. One of the […]