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NC State continues to add depth to its defensive line, this time with the commitment of three-star defensive tackle Eurndraus Bryant. Bryant, who is from South Carolina, also had been contemplating offers from East Carolina, Georgia Southern, and Wake Forest.
Supersized Finish Red Light Special!!! Go Pack15
— Dave Doeren (@StateCoachD) February 3, 2015
Academics were a concern in Bryant's case, which limited interest from more power-conference schools, but as it became increasingly clear that he would qualify, he started hearing from a lot of different schools.
A great steal late RT @TheWolfpacker NC State has landed a commitment from South Carolina DT Eurndraus Bryant: http://t.co/n7OZlO3nWr
— Paul Strelow (@PaulStrelowTI) February 3, 2015
Bryant turned some heads in December with his effort at the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas.
Six tackles, 2 sacks, 3.5 TFL, one forced fumble, one fumble recovered for fort Dorchester's Eurndraus Bryant in shrine bowl. Big E can play
— Jeff Hartsell (@Jeff_fromthePC) December 20, 2014
In a Shrine Bowl report from 247Sports:
Best 3-4 nose - Eurndraus Bryant is listed at 6-2, 320 pounds. It's hard to tell if that's an accurate height and weight or not because the three-star is as wide as he is tall and he's huge in the lower body but he can't be blocked. Including Top100 Army All-American Albert Huggins, Bryant was probably the best defensive lineman on Monday for the South Carolina squad and assuming he gets his academics in order, he's a no doubt FBS level nose and a good one at that.
Sounds good to me! Bryant is a consensus three-star prospect, ranked as a top-100 DT in the 2015 class and one of the best 20 or 25 players from South Carolina. Pretty nice grab by the staff late in the process, and potentially a key one considering the production at tackle that State has to replace.
While NC State's running back class understandably has drawn the bulk of the attention, the Wolfpack has a really solid group of defensive linemen set to join the fold--Bryant is the sixth player listed at either DE or DT in this class. Four-star DE Darian Roseboro is the headliner of that bunch.