18Football '85 Thursday, September 12, 1985
By TOM MORRIS -
Staff Writer -:
The N.C State football program
begins its third year under coach
Tom Reed with a team that could
be vastly improved over last year's
3-8 squad, thanks to the installation
of a new defense designed to take
better advantage of the personnel
Reed has. .
In 1984, the Wolfpack finished
last in the ACC in total defense,
giving up an average of 412 yards
a game. To remedy that situation
and to take care of recent rule
changes in blocking, Reed switched
to a wide-tackle six defense that
places more men on the line of
scrimmage. Reed said the new
defense will also require only two
down linemen, and that will give
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the defensive line more.' depth. "I
think this will help us a lot," Reed
said. . - " "
It didn't seem to help too much
in the Wolfpack's opening loss to
East Carolina, as the Pirates scored
33 points in trouncing the Pack in
the season opener for N.C. State.
Senior Raymond Phillips, a
starter at defensive tackle in last
year's defense, will move to defen
sive end this year. The other
defensive end will be Brian Bulluck,
a junior. Manning the two tackle
. spots . will be sophomores Kent
Winstead and Grady Harris,
Sophomore Steve Rankin will also
see action at defensive tackle,
.though he is coming off athros
copic knee surgery.
Senior Mark Franklin, a starter
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been moved to outside linebacker.
Joining him on the outside is Don
Herron, a sophomore. Pat Teague
and Kelvin Crooms, both seniors,
will start at the inside linebacker -spots.
Junior Albert Miller and
senior Dillard Andrews will also
see action at inside linebacker.
; The three-man secondary will be
led by Nelson Jones, the only
returning starter in the secondary.
He will start at one cornerback
position, and senior Jeff Geathers
will start on the other side, while
junior Derrick Taylor will also see
time at cornerback. Michael
Bowser, a senior, will start at the
safety position. .
Reed said that he is concerned
about a lack of depth on defense,
because the reserves lack expe
rience and size. I think our first
team defense is very good," Reed
said. "(But) we have to stay healthy
on defense, that's all there is to it."
The situation on offense is much
better where five starters return.
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How well the offense does will be
determined by how well junior
college transfer Erik Kramer
matures at quarterback.' Kramer
will line : up behind a veteran
offensive line that returns four
starters. The line will be led by 6
5, 295-lb. tackle Joe Milinichik, an
all-America and Outland Trophy
candidate. Reed said that Milini
chik is, without a doubt, one of
the best offensive tackles in the
- country. ; .'. o-
Milinichik will anchor a strong
right side that also includes senior
guard Johnny Smith. The center
will be senior Ron Kosor and the
left guard will be senior Larry
Burnette. Bill Leach will line up at
left tackle, and the tight end will
be junior Ralph Britt.
Kramer will have three expe
rienced running backs to hand off
to in tailback Vince Evans and
fullbacks Ricky Isom and Mike
Miller. Evans was the Wolfpack's
leading rusher last year when he
filled in for the often-injured Joe
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Mcintosh. This year Evans will
have the starting position all to
himself, though he will be spelled
by freshman Jerome Staton.
As it stands now, senior Phil
Brothers will start at flanker and
junior-Haywood Jeffires will start
at split end. They will be backed
by senior Marlon Archey and
junior Mack Jones; as well as
Peebles and Worthen when they
return from the injured list. Wor
then and Peebles are both keys to
the development of the passing
game because of their speed. "I
think wp will
our receivers healthy," Reed said.
N.C. STATE
Coach: Tom Reed (6-16, 3
years; 40-35-2 overall, 7 years)
1984 Record: 3-8; T6th in
conference, 1 -6.
Key Losses: Jeff Brown, TE;
Frank Bush, LB; Jeff Byrd, CB;
Tim Esposito, QB; Dwayne
Greene, S; Joe Mcintosh, RB;
John McRorie, S; -A.. V.
Richards, OT; Ricky Wall,' FL
Starters Returning: Offense
(5). Defense (6).
Key Returnees: Ralph Britt, TE,
Jr.; Phil Brothers, FL, Sr.;
Michael Bowser, S, Sr.; Mike
Cofer, K, Sr.; Jeff Gethers, CB,
Sr.; Greg Harris, LB, Soph.; Don
Herron, DELB, Sr.; Doug
Hinson, OT, Jr.; Jeff Hojnacki,
C, Soph.; John Inman, OG, Jr.;
Mack Jones, FL, Jr.; Steve
Salley, RB, Soph.; Lenny
Schultz, OG, Jr.; Mark Smith,
DB, Jr.; Kent Winstead, DT,
Soph.; Nasrallah Worthen, FL,
Soph.
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