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2015 <strong>NC</strong> <strong>STATE</strong> <strong>FOOTBALL</strong> <strong>BOWL</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong> / PLAYER BIOS<br />

Day<br />

• Helped team to a 12-1 record as a senior and the school’s third straight N.C.<br />

Independent Schools Athletic Association Division II championship.<br />

• Finished third in the 100-meter dash for the small independent schools’ state<br />

track meet as a junior.<br />

• Career Stats: Recorded 15 career interceptions and had 2,698 all-purpose<br />

yards and 35 total touchdowns.<br />

• Senior Stats: Posted 39 tackles and three interceptions. 66 receptions for<br />

1,334 yards and 18 touchdowns.<br />

• Junior Stats: Had 71 tackles and five interceptions.<br />

• Honors: Named to the <strong>NC</strong>ISAA all-state team on both defense and offense.<br />

• Rankings: No. 167 athlete nationally by ESPN.com.<br />

2015 Stevens Game by Game Stats<br />

Opponent Pl Ht Ast Tot TFL PBU INT<br />

Troy 20 0 0 0 0 1 1-4<br />

*E. Kentucky 37 2 0 2<br />

*@ ODU 26 0 0 0<br />

*@ S. Alabama 43 1 1 2 1<br />

*Louisville 42 3 1 4 0.5-1 2<br />

*@ VT 49 0 0 0 1<br />

*@ WFU 38 2 0 2<br />

Clemson 49 1 0 1<br />

*@ BC 52 3 0 3<br />

* @FSU 41 3 1 4<br />

*Syracuse 28 1 0 1<br />

*U<strong>NC</strong> 43 1 0 1<br />

Stevens Career Stats<br />

Year GP-GS Pl Hit Ast Tot TFL-YD Sk-Yd PBU Int CF/RF<br />

<strong>2014</strong> 11-0 137 3 4 7 2<br />

2015 12-10 468 17 3 20 0.5-1 5 1-4<br />

Totals 23-10 605 20 7 27 0.5-1 7 1-4<br />

35 KENTAVIUS STREET, DE/DT<br />

6’2 / 290 / So.<br />

Greensville, N.C. (Rose)<br />

AS A SOPHOMORE (2015):<br />

• Started 10 games at tackle, he also saw action at end.<br />

• After playing at end last season, moved inside during spring workouts.<br />

AS A FRESHMAN (<strong>2014</strong>):<br />

• Talented young player who missed the regular season finale at U<strong>NC</strong> with<br />

an injury.<br />

• Saw action in 12 games, 284 snaps, and tallied 23 tackles, including a season-best<br />

five snaps against Georgia Tech.<br />

IN HIGH SCHOOL:<br />

• Played defensive end and tight end at Rose High School for coach Dave<br />

Wojtecki.<br />

• Helped team to a 12-3 record and the semifinals of the <strong>NC</strong> 4A state playoffs<br />

as a senior<br />

• Attended Douglas (Ga.) Coffee County High his first two years of high school.<br />

• Senior Stats: 92 tackles with 16 tackles for loss.<br />

• Junior Stats: 93 tackles and 19.5 tackles for loss.<br />

• Honors: Played in the U.S. Army All-American game in San Antonio, he was<br />

No. 11 overall player for the East squad postgame.<br />

• Rankings: No. 18 defensive end nationally by scout.com. No. 43 player<br />

nationally regardless of position, the No. 4 strongside defensive end nationally,<br />

and No. 2 player in North Carolina by rivals.com. No. 68 in ESPN.com’s<br />

top 300, as the No. 7 defensive end nationally and the No. 4 player in North<br />

Carolina.<br />

2015 Street Game by Game Stats<br />

Opponent Pl Ht Ast Tot TFL Sk QP CF/RF PBU<br />

*Troy 22 0 1 1<br />

E. Kentucky 21 0 1 1<br />

@ ODU 25 1 5 6 1-3<br />

*@ S. Ala. 39 1 2 3 1<br />

*Louisville 41 0 1 1<br />

*@ VT 51 1 4 5 1-2 0.5-2 1<br />

*@ WFU 38 1 1 2<br />

*Clemson 35 2 3 5 0/1<br />

*@ BC 34 0 0 0<br />

*@ FSU 44 1 1 2<br />

*Syracuse 23 1 0 1 1-1 1<br />

*U<strong>NC</strong> 44 2 2 4 1/0 1<br />

Street Career Stats<br />

Year GP-GS Pl Hit Ast Tot TFL Sk CF/RF QP PBU<br />

<strong>2014</strong> 12-0 286 10 13 23 1-4 2 1<br />

2015 12-10 417 10 21 31 3-6 0.5-2 1/0 2 2<br />

Totals 24-10 703 20 34 54 4-10 0.5-2 1/0 4 3<br />

54 JOE THUNEY, OT/OG<br />

6’5 / 295 / *Gr.<br />

Centerville, Ohio (Archbishop Alter)<br />

AS A RS - GRADUATE (2015):<br />

• Named a first-team All-American by USA Today. He<br />

is the first Wolfpack offensive lineman to earn All-America honors since<br />

Outland Trophy winner Jim Ritcher in 1979.<br />

• A first-team All-ACC performer on the media team, he was the first Wolfpack<br />

offensive lineman to earn that honor since 2003.<br />

• Has not allowed a sack in 589 snaps this season during ACC play from his left<br />

tackle spot.<br />

• Most experienced player on the offensive line in terms of games played with<br />

40 for his career.<br />

• Named the ACC Offensive Lineman of the Week for his performance versus<br />

Syracuse and vs. South Alabama.<br />

• Played every single snap versus ACC teams this season (except for a takea-knee<br />

snap at the end of the Wake Forest contest).<br />

• Has started games at four of the five positions on the offensive line: LT, LG,<br />

RG, RT.<br />

• Earned his degree from <strong>NC</strong> State prior to his junior campaign.<br />

• Named the National Consortium for Academics & Sports (<strong>NC</strong>AS)<br />

Playmaker of the Month for November.<br />

AS A RS - JUNIOR (<strong>2014</strong>):<br />

• Played every offensive snap in eight of the nine games in which he saw<br />

action.<br />

• Missed four games with mononucleosis, but was still one of the top performers<br />

on the offensive line from his left guard position.<br />

• An Academic All-ACC performer.<br />

• Named to the <strong>2014</strong>-15 ACC Academic Honor Roll.<br />

AS A RS - SOPHOMORE (2013):<br />

• Started the opener at right tackle, the second game at right guard and the<br />

last 10 games at left tackle.<br />

• Was listed as the team’s starting center heading into fall camp.<br />

• Elected to serve on the team’s Leadership Council for 2013.<br />

• Earned the Jim Ritcher Award for the team’s most valuable offensive lineman.<br />

AS A RS - FRESHMAN (2012):<br />

• Played in eight games behind Remington Award candidate Cam Wentz<br />

AS A FRESHMAN (2011):<br />

• Redshirted the season, he was named the offensive scout team player of<br />

the week for the North Carolina game.<br />

IN HIGH SCHOOL:<br />

• Two-year starter for coach Ed Domsitz.<br />

• Helped lead team to an 1113 record and a spot in the semifinals of the state<br />

playoffs.<br />

• Member of two D4 football state championship teams.<br />

• Two-year starter in basketball, he led the GCL in rebounding as a junior .<br />

• Served as President of his senior class.<br />

• Honors: Voted Greater Catholic League Lineman of the Year in 2010. An<br />

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