The 2020 season's largest margin: NC State 38, Virginia 21. A 17-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2020 — The Winning Chapter
NC State's 2020 season (8-3) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Bailey HockmanQB2,088 passing yards
- Devin LearyQB879 passing yards
- Zonovan KnightRB788 rushing yards
- Ricky Person Jr.RB653 rushing yards
- Emeka EmezieWR738 receiving yards
- Thayer ThomasWR529 receiving yards
- Devin CarterWR447 receiving yards
- Payton WilsonLB108 tackles
- Isaiah MooreLB94 tackles
- Jakeen HarrisDB76 tackles
- Daniel JosephDL6.5 sacks
- Terrell DawkinsDL5 sacks
- Drake ThomasLB3 sacks
Season leaders, 2020.
The season's deepest loss: NC State 21, North Carolina 48. A 27-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: NC State fell to Kentucky 21-23 in the postseason.
"Go Pack"
2020 is a middle chapter for NC State — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.