NC State WR Noah Rogers, a ‘freak of nature,’ ready for debut Wolfpack season

The modern era of recruiting seems to have its fickle ways. Teams spend a great deal of time going after a prospect, but they aren’t guaranteed to land them. That’s what happened with NC State and wide receiver Noah Rogers out of Rolesville High in 2023.  Initially, Rogers decided to go elsewhere and committed to Ohio State out of high school. But a relationship that he had with Wolfpack coach Dave Doeren, one that started in the Thomas household during Rogers’ seventh-grade year, proved to be helpful in the transfer portal.  “We put a lot of time into recruiting guys, we want them to be happy and successful in college,” Doeren said. “Sometimes it works out where we get them, sometimes it doesn’t. I don’t think you get any benefit of mistreating somebody when it doesn’t go your way. … You may get them back, you may not. You never know when you’re going to run into that guy again.” Well, NC State ran into their guy again.