Pack Pros: LB Payton Wilson posts another career-best performance

Another week, another career-best showing for NC State Pack Pro linebacker Payton Wilson. The standout defender made his presence felt on national television in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 20-17 loss to the Dallas Cowboys on Monday Night Football. 

Wilson recorded a career-high nine total tackles, including five solo stops, in the defeat. He topped his previous career-best six tackles, which the linebacker set last weekend against the Indianapolis Colts. 

Payton Wilson is a baller. #Steelers #NFL pic.twitter.com/maFeCaDGUD

— Blitzburgh (@Blitz_Burgh) October 7, 2024

While Wilson turned in another season-best performance, he wasn’t the only NC State Pack Pro in action over the weekend. Here’s a look at how the rest of the Wolfpack’s NFL players did. 

Pack Pros in the NFL: Week 4

C Garrett Bradbury (played at NC State from 2015-18), #56 Minnesota Vikings: Bradbury played all 73 snaps in the Vikings’ 23-17 win over the New York Jets in London. 

QB Jacoby Brissett (2014-15), #14 New England Patriots: Brissett was 18-of-34 passing for 160 yards in the Patriots’ 15-10 loss to the Miami Dolphins. He was sacked twice and logged a QBR of 31.3 in the defeat. 

OLB Bradley Chubb (2014-17), #2 Miami Dolphins: Chubb is currently on the Dolphins’ injured reserve and will miss at least the first four games of the 2024 season. He did not play in the Dolphins’ 15-10 win over the New England Patriots and fellow Pack Pro Jacoby Brissett.

P A.J. Cole III (2015-18), #6 Las Vegas Raiders: Cole logged five punts for 267 yards in the Raiders’ 34-18 loss to the Denver Broncos. He averaged 53.4 yards per punt with two kicks inside the 20-yard line. Cole had a long of 61 yards in the defeat. 

DT Cory Durden (2021-22), #98 Los Angeles Rams:.Durden is on the Rams’ practice squad. 

OT Ikem Ekwonu (2019-21), #79 Carolina Panthers: Ekwonu played a total of 62 snaps in the Panthers’ 36-10 loss to the Chicago Bears. 

P Trenton Gill (2018-21) #47 Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Gill logged two punts for 87 yards in the Buccaneers’ 36-30 overtime loss to the Atlanta Falcons. He averaged 43.5 yards per kick with one inside the 20-yard line. Gill recorded a long of 45 yards in the defeat. 

WR Kelvin Harmon (2016-18), #84 Dallas Cowboys: Harmon is on the Cowboys’ practice squad for the 2024 season. 

DL B.J. Hill Jr. (2014-17), #92 Cincinnati Bengals: Hill logged five total tackles, including two solo stops, in the Bengals’ 41-38 overtime loss to the Baltimore Ravens. He had one pass defended and one quarterback hit in the defeat. 

RB Nyheim Hines (2015-17), #22 Cleveland Browns: Hines is still recovering from his season-ending injury suffered last year. He will miss at least the first four weeks of the 2024 season.

S Tanner Ingle (2018-22), #34 Los Angeles Rams: Ingle is on the Rams’ practice squad.

DT Justin Jones (2014-17), #93 Arizona Cardinals: Jones was placed on the Cardinals’ injured reserve with a triceps injury. He will miss the rest of the season to recover.

LB Vi Jones (2019-21), #53 Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Jones is on the Buccaneers’ practice squad for the 2024 season.

CB Robert Kennedy III (2023), #40 Los Angeles Chargers: Kennedy is on the Chargers’ practice squad for the 2024 season. 

DT T.Y. McGill Jr. (2011-14), #96 San Francisco 49ers: McGill is on the 49ers’ practice squad for the 2024 season. 

C Dylan McMahon (2019-23), #63 Los Angeles Rams: McMahon did not play in the Rams’ 24-19 loss to the Green Bay Packers. 

DT Alim McNeill (2018-20), #54 Detroit Lions: The Lions were on bye this week. 

WR Jakobi Meyers (2016-18), #16 Las Vegas Raiders: Meyers logged six receptions for 72 yards in the Raiders’ 34-18 loss to the Denver Broncos. He averaged 12 yards per catch with a long of 21 yards on nine targets.

DT Larrell Murchison (2018-19), #52 Los Angeles Rams: Murchison is currently on the injured reserve and will miss at least the first four weeks of the 2024 season.

K Brayden Narveson (2023), #44 Green Bay Packers: Narveson made his only field goal attempt, a 46-yarder, in the Packers’ 24-19 win over the Los Angeles Rams. He also knocked through all three extra point tries in the victory.

LB Germaine Pratt (2014-18), #57 Cincinnati Bengals: Pratt logged nine total tackles in the Bengals’ 41-38 overtime loss to the Baltimore Ravens. He recorded six solo stops with one quarterback hit in the game. 

DE James Smith-Williams (2016-19), #50 Atlanta Falcons: Smith-Williams logged five total tackles, including two solo stops, in the Falcons’ 36-30 overtime win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He had one tackle for a loss in the victory. 

DL Kentavius Street (2014-17), #75 Atlanta Falcons: Street was inactive for the Falcons’ 36-30 overtime win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. 

WR Thayer Thomas (2017-22), #89 Minnesota Vikings: Thomas is on the Vikings practice squad. 

LB Drake Thomas (2019-22), #42 Seattle Seahawks: Thomas recorded one total tackle in the Seahawks’ 29-20 loss to the New York Giants. 

OL Joe Thuney (2012-15), #62 Kansas City Chiefs: Thuney and the Chiefs play against the New Orleans Saints on Monday Night Football.

LB Payton Wilson (2018-23), #41 Pittsburgh Steelers: Wilson recorded a career-best nine total tackles in the Steelers’ 20-17 loss to the Dallas Cowboys. He logged five solo stops, also a career best in the defeat. 

QB Russell Wilson (2007-09, finished at Wisconsin), #3 Pittsburgh Steelers: Wilson did not play in the Steelers’ 20-17 loss to the Dallas Cowboys as he recovers from calf tightness. He is expected to play next week. 

OL Chandler Zavala (2021-22), #62 Carolina Panthers: Zavala played five total snaps in the Panthers’ 36-10 loss to the Chicago Bears.