NC State lands verbal commitment from 3-star linebacker Jayland Parker

It’s been rather quiet on the football recruiting front since the season started, but NC State got some good news earlier in the week when consensus three-star linebacker Jayland Parker verbaled to the Wolfpack.

Parker said that NC State was always a “dream school” of his, citing Russell Wilson and Bradley Chubb as a couple guys he watched move from the Pack to the NFL. Smart kid, I love him already! Parker is a Georgia-native like Chubb.

And Parker has an impressive offer list from power-conference schools: Louisville, Pitt, Virginia Tech, Colorado (where he was once committed), Arizona, Minnesota, Mississippi State, Duke.

Parker is the 15th verbal commitment in NC State’s 2020 recruiting class and is the second-highest rated player in the class, per the 247Sports composite rankings. NC State’s class currently ranks 43rd nationally, which has a lot to do with its small size. In terms of average prospect rating, this class is in line with higher-ranked (and larger) classes State has pulled in recently.