RALEIGH β NC State lost some key production at several positions throughout the 2026 offseason. The NFL draft was the latest part of the spring to take key players away from the program, although most of them had already exhausted their eligibility with the program. One position group that took a major toll from the transfer portal and the draft was the wide receiver group. Luckily, head coach Dave Doeren and wide receivers coach Joker Phillips proactively moved to rebuild that position group through the portal and by adding some freshmen to the mix. One of those freshmen is Tyreek Copper, a dynamic wideout from Kinston, N.C., who arrived in Raleigh as a four-star recruit. By all accounts, he could be someone the Pack leans on early in his career. What makes Copper special? Kinston tough. The 14-seed Vikings are the lowest seed to play for a state championship this fall. Genesis Wiggins' two touchdowns and Tyreek Copper's 30th of the year punched Kinston's ticket to next week's 3A state championship.β¦