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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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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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Fayetteville State’s Joshua Williams highlight of NC’s Super Bowl ties
The Kansas City Chiefs clinched a berth in Super Bowl LVII thanks in no small part to Joshua Williams. The rookie cornerback grabbed a tipped Joe Burrow pass late in the fourth quarter for a […]
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18 players from NC selected in NFL Draft
North Carolina was well represented in last weekend’s NFL Draft. One out of every 14 players drafted — 18 of 259 — either played high school or college football in the state. Another 13 have […]
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Local NFL hopefuls prepare for next week’s draft
The NFL Draft will take place next week in Cleveland as the league returns to an on-site show following last year’s pandemic-necessitated remote draft. While we may not get to see shots of Kliff Kingsbury’s […]
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Spring football, pro days take center stage in ACC
Football spring practice often has to live in the shadow of March Madness in the state of North Carolina. This year, however, with the hardwood season coming to a premature end for every basketball program […]
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Panthers, stars from NC colleges and high schools highlight Senior Bowl
The Carolina Panthers got a jump start on the 2021 NFL Draft at last week’s Senior Bowl. While the rest of the NFL was limited to sending 10 representatives to evaluate and interview the nearly 140 […]
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NC State pulls away from Duke in mistake-filled game
Duke and NC State played for the first time since 2013 and at Carter-Finley Stadium for the first time since Russell Wilson was the Wolfpack’s quarterback. Neither team made a case that the game should […]
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Look Ahead — 2020 Newcomer: Duke’s next QB will have weapons at his disposal
The North State Journal can state unequivocally that the 2020 Newcomer of the Year will be Duke quarterback Luca Diamont. Or perhaps Duke quarterback Gunnar Holmberg. We’re not sure who exactly will win the Duke […]
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NC players top football all-conference teams
Fifteen players from North Carolina made all-conference teams for their college this season. In the ACC, a total of six players made the first team. Sage Surratt was the only local ACC player chosen on […]