Following five seasons in the NC State football program, Patrick Matan is planning to head elsewhere.
NC State football offensive tackle Patrick Matan is now looking for a new program to utilize his final year of eligibility. The 6-foot-4, 300-pound redshirt junior entered the transfer portal on Monday morning, as initially reported by On3’s Pete Nakos.
Matan has been a part of the Wolfpack roster for the past five seasons. He did not see any game action in 2020, but participated in two games in 2021, nine in 2022, and 13 games each in 2023 and 2024. Most of his playing time at NC State was spent on special teams.
NC State offensive tackle Patrick Matan has entered the transfer portal as a grad transfer, @On3sports has learned. https://t.co/VxSGJETKD9 pic.twitter.com/HQ2nJo8T4X
— Pete Nakos (@PeteNakos_) March 17, 2025
As a three-star prospect from Gonzaga College High School (D.C.), Patrick Matan was ranked No. 1,448 overall and No. 120 among offensive tackles in the 247Sports 2020 Composite rankings.
He is now the 19th player to transfer from NC State during this cycle.
In the meantime, 13th-year head coach Dave Doeren and his staff have successfully brought in 10 recruits from the transfer portal, all of whom are three-star players, including one offensive tackle, Teague Andersen, from Utah State. Additionally, NC State secured 22 new recruits from the 2025 recruiting class.
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