Miami at North Carolina State Preview
Adriana Edwards - Dynasty Sports Staff Writer
When the season began, many pegged a Miami Hurricane to be a potential Heisman winner. They just didn't think it would be running back Randy Battle and not Tyrone Williams.
Williams returns to lead the Hurricanes back on the road as the nation's number two team against an over-matched North Carolina State team after missing the last three games with an elbow injury.
The Wolfpack opened the season with a road win at Eastern Carolina but since then have lost to Georgia Tech and Utah State, both on the road.
The home opener will also be Emphraim Banda's first game against his former boss. Banda spent the last two seasons as Miami's defensive coordinator and had been on Manny Diaz's staff since 2016. Banda replaced the fired Dave Doeren, who is now the defensive coordinator at Miami.
NC State Wolfpack Starting Lineup
QB Ty Evans, RS Junior :: 89 ovr, 73 spd, 88 thp, 86 tha
HB Trent Pennix, RS Senior :: 90 ovr, 92 spd, 99 acc, 75 car
FB Chad Breedlove, Junior :: 81 ovr, 85 spd, 73 str, 75 rbk
WR Devin Carter, RS Senior :: 90 ovr, 78 spd, 97 acc, 89 cth
WR Jasiah Provillon, RS Senior :: 85 ovr, 88 spd, 98 acc, 80 cth
TE Ryan Davis, RS Sophomore :: 80 ovr, 82 spd, 82 acc, 69 cth, 79 rbk
LT Ikem Ekwonu, Senior :: 87 ovr, 89 str, 86 pbk, 89 rbk
LG Gabriel Gonzalez, RS Senior :: 86 ovr, 88 str, 88 pbk, 86 rbk
C Dylan McMahon, RS Junior :: 89 ovr, 90 str, 85 pbk, 90 rbk
RG Timothy McKay, Senior :: 88 ovr, 90 str, 94 pbk, 84 rbk
RT Zovon Lindsay, RS Junior :: 82 ovr, 89 str, 82 pbk, 85 rbk
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DE Savion Jackson, RS Junior :: 92 ovr, 92 acc, 87 str, 84 bsh
DE Isaac Jackson, Junior :: 89 ovr, 92 acc, 78 str, 83 bsh
DT C.J. Clark, RS Junior :: 91 ovr, 89 str, 85 bsh
DT Derrick Eason, RS Senior :: 90 ovr, 90 str, 86 bsh
LB Jave Venables, RS Senior :: 89 ovr, 80 spd, 90 acc, 83 tkl
LB Drake Thomas, RS Junior :: 87 ovr, 80 spd, 97 acc, 82 tkl
LB Payton Wilson, RS Senior :: 92 ovr, 79 spd, 98 acc, 86 tkl
CB Shyheim Battle, RS Junior :: 88 ovr, 83 spd, 97 acc, 98 mcv, 93 zcv
CB Malik Dunlap, RS Senior :: 86 ovr, 90 spd, 95 acc, 90 mcv, 94 zcv
S Khalid Martin, Senior :: 89 ovr, 79 spd, 96 acc, 91 zcv, 73 tkl
S Tyler Baker-Williams, RS Senior :: 86 ovr, 72 spd, 91 acc, 86 zcv, 78 tkl