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"Not that all of them will play right away, but some of them will," Doeren said. "We wanted to get faster, not that we couldn't run here already because we can. The way we want to run our offense, the tempo of how we want to run our offense — there were only six receivers returning on our depth chart and only two running backs returning, and there were only two quarterbacks returning. "In the secondary as well, we felt like we needed to increase our depth there, and were able to do that with five defensive backs." Offensive lineman Cole Blankenship of Mocksville (N.C.) Davie County High and wide receiver Bra'Lon Cherry of New Bern (N.C.) High both enrolled for the second semester and will be practicing this spring. Neither Florida quarterback transfer Jacoby Brissett or West Virginia wide receiver transfer Travares Copeland are part of the Rivals.com rankings formula, but Brissett is enrolled and available for spring practice in March. NC State landed nine prep players from North Carolina, nine from Florida when including Brissett and Copeland, and three from Georgia. "We were able to get nine in-state players in a short period of time. I'd like to see that number obviously be higher, and it will be," Doeren said. "We were able to get nine players out of the state of Florida, which I also think is important to us." Getting to know the commits he inherited while trying to add to the class proved challenging, especially with some NCAA-mandated dead periods sprinkled in. "It was all by phone for a while because of the dead period going on [for the last half of December]," Doeren said. "I was able to get out a few days before the dead period started. You get on the phone with them, and there are a lot of questions. You 2013 NC STATE Football signing class Name Johnathan Alston Cole Blankenship* Bra'Lon Cherry* Matt Dayes Jerod Fernandez Kenton Gibbs Josh Jones Ali Kassem Pharoah McKever Malcolm Means Josh Mercer Monty Nelson Dakwa Nichols Quinton Patterson Sean Paul Jumichael Ramos Tylar Reagan Patrick Roane Artemis Robinson Bryant Shirreffs Jack Tocho Marquez Valdes Dravious Wright Pos. WR OL WR RB LB DT S OL WR S RB DT RB LB CB WR OL OL LB QB CB WR CB Ht. 6-3 6-3 5-11 5-9 6-1 6-2 6-2 6-7 6-6 6-2 5-11 6-2 5-10 6-0 6-0 6-3 6-5 6-7 6-1 6-3 6-1 6-3 5-10 Wt. 200 295 175 190 215 290 205 350 215 190 190 310 182 225 180 190 290 310 205 218 190 201 185 Hometown Bunn, N.C. Mocksville, N.C. New Bern, N.C. Weston, Fla. Lake Mary, Fla. Detroit Walled Lake, Mich. Cincinnati Tabor City, N.C. Richburg, S.C. Guyton, Ga. Plantation, Fla. Rockingham, N.C. Shelby, N.C. Vero Beach, Fla. Lovejoy, Ga. Jacksonville, Fla. Hope Mills, N.C. Laurinburg, N.C. Jefferson, Ga. Charlotte St. Petersburg, Fla. Vero Beach, Fla. High School/Last School Bunn HS Davie County HS New Bern HS Cypress Bay HS Lake Mary HS Cass Technical HS Walled Lake Western HS Moeller HS/ASA South Columbus HS Lewisville HS South Effingham HS Plantation HS Richmond Senior HS Crest HS Vero Beach HS Lovejoy HS Bartram Trail HS Gray's Creek HS Scotland County HS Jefferson HS Independence HS Lakewood HS Vero Beach HS *Enrolled at NC State for the 2013 spring semester; transfer QB Jacoby Brissett is also enrolled for the 2013 spring semester. JUMP TO CONTENTS Page 2 HOFFMAN & HOFFMAN, INC. Serving the Carolinas, Virginia and Eastern Tennessee connecting engineers, equipment & technology since 1947 CORPORATE OFFICE GREENSBORO, NC 3816 Patterson Street, P.O. Box 77258 (27417) Greensboro, NC 27407 (336) 292-8777 (336) 292-6822 FAX ASHEVILLE, NC (828) 296-0111 (828) 296-0077 FAX CHARLOTTE, NC (704) 364-4700 (704) 365-3427 FAX RALEIGH, NC (919) 781-8011 (919) 787-6019 FAX WILMINGTON, NC (910) 791-4775 (910) 791-4213 FAX COLUMBIA, SC (803) 765-9360 (803) 256-7728 FAX GREENVILLE, SC (864) 676-1888 (864) 676-9009 FAX CHARLESTON, SC (843) 884-3201 (843) 881-3628 FAX KNOXVILLE, TN (865) 450-9770 (865) 450-9353 FAX CHATTANOOGA, TN (423) 693-2890 (423) 693-2895 FAX TRI CITY, TN (423) 279-7117 (423) 202-7341 FAX CHESAPEAKE, VA (757) 548-1700 (757) 548-1727 FAX RICHMOND, VA (804) 272-1500 (804) 272-8599 FAX ROANOKE, VA (540) 725-8701 (540) 725-8711 FAX • Energy Savings through Lighting, Lighting Controls, BAS Controls, Equipment Upgrades and Combinations of these Systems • Industrial and Commercial Heating and Air Conditioning Systems • Direct Digital Temperature Control Systems • Filtration • Certified Energy Management • Laboratory and Process Pressurization Control • Energy Recovery Systems • Dehumidification Systems HOFFMAN HOFFMAN, INC. Hoffman Building Technologies, a division of Hoffman & Hoffman, Inc. since 1987, is an industry leader in the design and implementation of automation systems. www.hbtech.biz www.hoffman-hoffman.com