NC State: Punter U?
NC State is renowned for developing professional quarterbacks, but could the school also be known as "Punter U?"
Trenton Gill will be the second Wolfpack starting punter in the NFL after his inclusion to the 53-man squad for the Chicago Bears. He joins the man he replaced at NC State, A.J. Cole III of the Las Vegas Raiders.
Our initial 53-man roster is sethttps://t.co/vsA9I3cCpp
— Chicago Bears (@ChicagoBears) August 30, 2022
The Wolfpack had three players, Ickey Ekwonu, Zonovan Knight, and Gill make NFL rosters as rookies in 2022.
The Bears have 13 rookies on the roster:
— Clay Harbor (@clayharbs82) August 31, 2022
Kyler Gordon
Jaquan Brisker
Velus Jones
Braxton Jones
Dominique Robinson
Z Thomas
T Ebner
Ja’Tyre Carter
Elijah Hicks
Trenton Gill
Jack Sanborn
J Jones
Jake Tonges
Can someone tell me if this is the most in the NFL? #DaBears
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A lifelong native of the Triangle area in North Carolina, Rob McLamb has covered NC State Athletics since 2010, as well as writing about each of the five major sports leagues in North America (NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and MLS) for various newspapers and outlets. As a journalist who has also served as a high school and college coach, McLamb provides an educated, unfiltered, and analytical perspective on the Wolfpack and the ACC.