NC State surprises walk-on with scholarship

NC State has a new scholarship player after the team surprised senior walk-on Nicholas Lacy with the news that he would no longer have to pay his own way through school.

NC State has a new scholarship player after the team surprised senior walk-on Nicholas Lacy with the news that he would no longer have to pay his own way through school.

Cornerbacks coach George Barlow starts out the meeting by talking about the values the coaches try to instill in the team, before calling up Lacy as a player who best represents those ideals.

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Barlow then lets the senior cornerback know he will be receiving a scholarship for his final year with the Wolfpack as he is mobbed by his cheering teammates.

NC State will begin its 2015 season on Sept. 5 with a home game against Troy.