The 2021 season's largest margin: NC State 45, South Florida 0. A 45-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2021 — The Winning Chapter
NC State's 2021 season (9-3) 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
- Devin LearyQB3,433 passing yards
- Zonovan KnightRB753 rushing yards
- Ricky Person Jr.RB636 rushing yards
- Emeka EmezieWR802 receiving yards
- Thayer ThomasWR596 receiving yards
- Devin CarterWR556 receiving yards
- Drake ThomasLB99 tackles
- Tanner IngleS82 tackles
- Daniel JosephDL46 tackles
- Davin VannEDGE4 sacks
- Cory DurdenDT3.5 sacks
- Ibrahim KanteDE3 sacks
Season leaders, 2021.
The season's deepest loss: NC State 10, Mississippi State 24. A 14-point margin the season is remembered by.
"Go Pack"
2021 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.