Teams NC State 2015 Roster ← 2014 2016 → 2015 NC State roster 114 players: 13 freshmen, 101 with no class listed. From 13 states; the most from North Carolina (69) and Georgia (13). The 2015 season .
Quarterbacks 4 Running backs 10 Receivers 14 Tight ends 7 Offensive line 18 Defensive line 18 Linebackers 10 Defensive backs 24 Specialists 7 Athletes and others 2
Running backs 10 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2015 21 RB 5′9″ Ft. Lauderdale, FL 865 rushing yards, 12 TD 25 Reggie Gallaspy II RB 3★ 3-star recruit Fr. 5′11″ 235 High Point, NC 316 rushing yards, 4 TD 7 RB 4★ 4-star recruit 5′9″ 197 Garner, NC 243 rushing yards, 1 TD 27 Dakwa Nichols RB 5′9″ 195 Rockingham, NC 201 rushing yards, 1 TD 10 Shadrach Thornton RB 6′1″ Hinesville, GA 203 rushing yards, 3 TD 33 Brady Bodine RB Fr. 5′10″ 195 Conway Springs, KS 3 rushing yards 5 Damontay Rhem RB RS 5′11″ 220 Wendell, NC 22 Johnny Frasier RB 4★ 4-star recruit 5′10″ Princeton, NC 29 Marquise Braxton FB 6′1″ 225 Greenville, NC 36 Max Stoffer FB 6′1″ 230 Nashville, TN
Receivers 14 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2015 85 JuMichael Ramos WR 6′2″ 200 Lovejoy, GA 34 catches, 457 yards, 3 TD 13 Bra’Lon Cherry WR 5′11″ New Bern, NC 22 catches, 288 yards 30 Gavin Locklear WR 5′10″ 190 Apex, NC 7 catches, 75 yards 19 Maurice Morgan WR 6′2″ LaGrange, NC 2 catches, 21 yards 80 Ben Grazen WR 5′9″ Cary, NC −5 rushing yards 1 Stephen Louis WR 6′2″ 215 West Palm Beach, FL 3 NaQuan Brown WR 6′1″ Charlotte, NC 11 WR RS 6′2″ 203 Lithonia, GA 24 Chandler Belk WR 5′11″ 165 Winston-Salem, NC 26 Austin Berrios WR 5′10″ 172 Raleigh, NC 31 Jordan Dawson WR 6′0″ 192 Cary, NC 80 Elliott Davis WR 6′1″ 185 Gaithersburg, MD 82 Brian Sessoms WR 5′8″ 170 Winston-Salem, NC 84 Freddie Simmons WR 6′3″ 176 Bethlehem, PA
Tight ends 7 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2015 86 David Grinnage TE 6′5″ Newark, DE 25 catches, 290 yards, 3 TD 48 Cole Cook TE 6′6″ 250 Carrollton, GA 6 catches, 61 yards 89 Benson Browne TE 3★ 3-star recruit 6′6″ Cincinnati, OH 4 catches, 18 yards, 2 TD 88 Pharoah McKever TE 6′6″ 227 Tabor City, NC 1 catch, 82 yards, 1 TD 41 Clark Eyers TE 6′5″ 252 Dunn, NC 42 Micah Till TE 6′5″ 268 Upper Marlboro, MD 49 Keith Jenkerson TE 6′1″ 215 Arden, NC
Offensive line 18 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2015 50 Tony Adams OG 6′2″ 322 Charlotte, NC 53 Tyler Jones OT 6′3″ 306 Stone Mountain, GA 54 OG 6′5″ 295 Centreville, OH 54 Will Richardson OT 6′6″ 322 Burlington, NC 55 Daris Workman OT 6′5″ 285 Greensboro, NC 55 Tyrone Riley OT 6′6″ 305 Savannah, GA 56 Bryce Kennedy OG 3★ 3-star recruit 6′3″ 305 Southern Pines, NC 59 John Tu’uta C 6′3″ 280 Fredericksburg, VA 60 Quinton Schooley C 6′4″ 298 Chanute, KS 64 Peter Daniel OT 6′6″ 305 Raleigh, NC 65 Garrett Bradbury C Fr. 6′3″ 300 Charlotte, NC 67 Evan Pritt OL 6′3″ 270 Wilmington, NC 68 Zak Kuder OT 6′7″ 285 Asheville, NC 70 Terronne Prescod OG 6′5″ 334 Decatur, GA 71 Alex Barr OT 6′8″ 318 Fayetteville, GA 72 Philip Walton Jr. OT 6′6″ 300 Charlotte, NC 74 Emanuel McGirt Jr. OT 4★ 4-star recruit 6′6″ 305 Durham, NC 78 Aaron Wiltz OG 6′5″ 307 Baton Rouge, LA
Defensive line 18 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2015 9 DE 6′4″ 275 Marietta, GA 1 INT 45 Darian Roseboro DE 4★ 4-star recruit Fr. 6′4″ 283 Lincolnton, NC 1 INT 27 DT 3★ 3-star recruit 6′2″ 312 Austell, GA 35 DE 4★ 4-star recruit 6′2″ 282 Greenville, NC 43 Coult Culler DT 6′5″ 280 Wilmington, NC 44 Bryan Smith DE 6′2″ 259 Oxford, NC 54 Davion Allred DE 6′0″ 228 Raleigh, NC 73 Grant Bowman DT 6′1″ 275 Wilmington, NC 75 Hampton Billips DE 6′7″ 247 Greensboro, NC 79 Ben Pierce DT 5′10″ 269 Purlear, NC 90 DE 6′3″ 270 Simpsonville, SC 91 Eurndraus Bryant DT Fr. 6′1″ 330 North Charleston, SC 92 Emmanuel Olenga DE 6′4″ 251 Charlotte, NC 94 Monty Nelson DT 3★ 3-star recruit 6′2″ Plantation, FL 96 Kenton Gibbs DT 3★ 3-star recruit 6′2″ 300 Detriot, MI 97 Deshaywn Middleton DT 6′1″ 300 Winston-Salem, NC 98 DT 6′4″ 315 Oakboro, NC 99 Quentez Johnson DT 6′2″ 330 Ellenwood, GA
Linebackers 10 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2015 4 Jerod Fernandez LB 6′0″ 224 Sanford, FL 2 INT 3 LB 3★ 3-star recruit Fr. 6′3″ 240 High Point, NC 1 INT 32 Riley Nicholson LB 6′0″ 237 Kissimmee, FL 1 catch, 3 yards 42 M.J. Salahuddin LB 6′2″ 227 Fayetteville, NC 44 Ford Howell LB 6′1″ Memphis, TN 46 Ernie Robinson III LB 6′1″ 229 Laurinburg, NC 50 Artemis Robinson LB 6′0″ 225 Laurinburg, NC 52 Cole Nigro LB 6′1″ 220 Raleigh, NC 54 Evin Bellamy LB 6′2″ 231 Leland, NC 58 Airius Moore LB 6′0″ 237 Beavercreek, OH
Defensive backs 24 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2015 1 Hakim Jones S 6′2″ Henderson, NC 2 INT 6 Niles Clark DB 5′11″ Marietta, GA 2 INT 5 Johnathan Alston CB 6′0″ 210 Bunn, NC 18 catches, 167 yards, 1 TD 8 Maurice Trowell CB Fr. 5′11″ 195 Durham, NC 12 catches, 210 yards, 2 TD 2 Mike Stevens CB 5′11″ 190 Charlotte, NC 1 INT 11 S 6′2″ Walled Lake, MI 1 INT 11 CB 6′1″ Raleigh, NC 1 INT 29 Jack Tocho CB 6′0″ Charlotte, NC 1 INT 13 Stephen Morrison DB Fr. 5′11″ 217 Weddington, NC 1 catch, 3 yards 7 Freddie Phillips Jr. DB RS 6′1″ 208 Pelion, SC 8 Dravious Wright DB 5′10″ Vero Beach, FL 14 Dexter Wright S Fr. 6′2″ 229 Wilson, NC 14 Malcolm Means CB 6′1″ 195 Great Falls, SC 22 Troy Vincent Jr. CB 3★ 3-star recruit 5′10″ 199 Baltimore, MD 24 Shawn Boone S 5′10″ 206 W. Palm Beach, FL 25 Sean Paul CB 3★ 3-star recruit 5′11″ Vero Beach, FL 26 Nicholas Lacy CB 5′7″ 182 Pinehurst, NC 26 Trace Batten DB 5′10″ 202 Palm Beach Gardens, FL 27 Kalen McCain S 6′2″ 195 Durham, NC 27 Vernon Grier CB RS 5′10″ 185 Charlotte, NC 28 Josh Sessoms S 6′2″ Wilson, NC 33 Charlie Twitty CB 5′10″ 191 Raleigh, NC 36 William Brown III S 5′8″ 197 Raleigh, NC 47 Mitchel Carson DB 5′9″ 175 Indian Trail, NC
Athletes and others 2 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2015 1 5′11″ 223 Charlotte, NC 65 catches, 597 yards, 7 TD A.J. Cole 5 punts, 43.8 average
Jaylen Samuels, Jalan McClendon, Mike Stevens, NaQuan Brown, Vernon Grier, Jack Tocho, Tony Adams, Ben Garnett, Garrett Bradbury, Philip Walton Jr., Emmanuel Olenga Nyheim Hines, Juston Burris, Austin Berrios, Jordan Dawson, Charlie Twitty, William Brown III, William Stephenson, Cole Nigro, Davion Allred, Peter Daniel, Ben Grazen Coult Culler, Evin Bellamy, Evan Pritt, Grant Bowman Stephen Louis, Jacoby Brissett, Shawn Boone Maurice Trowell, Kalen McCain, Emanuel McGirt Jr. Dexter Wright, Josh Sessoms, Tanner McCarthy Chandler Belk, Brian Sessoms, Deshaywn Middleton Nicholas Lacy, Jackson Maples, Bryce Kennedy Germaine Pratt, Reggie Gallaspy II Josh Taylor, Bra’Lon Cherry Niles Clark, Bradley Chubb Dravious Wright, Sean Paul Jakobi Meyers, Tyler Jones Josh Jones, Kyle Bambard Marquise Braxton, Kentavius Street Ernie Robinson III, Artemis Robinson Keith Jenkerson, Zak Kuder Daris Workman, Hampton Billips Alex Barr, JuMichael Ramos A.J. Cole III, Quentez Johnson Hakim Jones Jerod Fernandez Damontay Rhem Johnathan Alston Freddie Phillips Jr. Shadrach Thornton Stephen Morrison Malcolm Means Woody Cornwell Maurice Morgan Matthew Dayes Johnny Frasier Troy Vincent Jr. Trace Batten Dakwa Nichols Justin Jones Gavin Locklear Riley Nicholson Brady Bodine Max Stoffer Clark Eyers M.J. Salahuddin Micah Till Bryan Smith Ford Howell Darian Roseboro Mitchel Carson Cole Cook Will Richardson Tyrone Riley Tyler Griffiths Airius Moore John Tu’uta Quinton Schooley Terronne Prescod Aaron Wiltz Ben Pierce Elliott Davis Freddie Simmons David Grinnage Pharoah McKever Benson Browne Mike Rose Eurndraus Bryant Monty Nelson B.J. Hill NC 69 GA 13 FL 10 SC 4 MD 3 Hometowns of the 2015 NC State roster; the five states sending the most labeled with their players. Hover a dot for names. Map: us-atlas (public domain).
Where the roster comes from By state North Carolina 69 Georgia 13 Florida 10 South Carolina 4 Michigan 3 Maryland 3 Ohio 3 Kansas 2 Top counties Wake County, North Carolina pop. 1.2 million 13 Mecklenburg County, North Carolina pop. 1.2 million 11 Palm Beach County, Florida pop. 1.5 million 4 Guilford County, North Carolina pop. 548,000 4 Cobb County, Georgia pop. 775,000 3 Hometowns placed in their counties with the US Census Bureau’s Gazetteer files. Populations from the US Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau. Which states send the most FBS players for their size .
Rosters from CollegeFootballData.com, as the school listed them, each group in order of its players’ 2015 production (yards, tackles, kicks), then by number. Hometowns are each player’s latest on file. Transfers are this season’s arrivals through the portal; stars are the player’s 247Sports composite rating as a recruit.
Jacoby Brissett QB4-star recruit
Matthew Dayes RB
Nyheim Hines RB4-star recruit
Jakobi Meyers WR
Joe Thuney OG
Bradley Chubb DE
Justin Jones DT3-star recruit
Kentavius Street DE4-star recruit
Mike Rose DE
B.J. Hill DT
Germaine Pratt LB3-star recruit
Josh Jones S
Juston Burris CB
Jaylen Samuels