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Travali Price

Senior defensive end for NC State. 2025: 3.5 sacks, 5 tackles for loss, 22 tackles.

DE · NC State · Sr. · #13

6′4″ · 283 lb · Lincolnton, NC

CFB Index 55 · #180 of 420 edge rushersMedium confidenceReturning to NC State for 2026

How he plays

Bull-rushes through contact at the point of attack.

Sacks: 91st percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

3.5

sacks · 2025

5 TFL · 22 tackles · 4 hurries

Best game: 1 sacks, 1 TFL, 4 tackles, at Notre Dame

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive end for NC State. 2025: 3.5 sacks, 5 tackles for loss, 22 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to NC State in 2021.
3.5 sacks in 2024. Then 3.5 in 2025.

His career, year by year

Travali Price

DE · NC State · Sr · #13

Bull-rushes through contact at the point of attack. This is his fourth year in the same defensive front at NC State. One game to point at: 3 tackles against Miami — Week 12, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Dave Doeren — 31-21 over that span.

2022NC State8-5HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced

2023NC State9-4HC: Dave Doeren · Run-leaning

2024NC State6-7HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced, slow tempo

2025NC State8-5HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

55Quality starter #180 of 420?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (91st percentile). Strength: qb hurries (88th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#233 / 2975 · 91st pct

3.5

QB hurries#288 / 2975 · 88th pct

Tackles for loss#553 / 2975 · 80th pct

5.0

Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct

Tackles#1869 / 2975 · 36th pct

Solo tackles#1855 / 2975 · 35th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	1.5	0.2	0.2	0.0
Road5g	2.6	0.7	0.5	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.0	0.6	0.4	0.1
Weeks 8+4g	2.0	0.2	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dave Doeren

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

55 · #180 of 420 edge rushers

Former four-star. Now #180 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-ACC

Based on 2025: #10 of 15 ACC DEs

How the All-ACC estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	NC State	22	11	5.0	3.5	1	--	--
2024	NC State	37	13	8.5	3.5	--	--	--
2023	NC State	13	2	1.5	1.0	--	--	--
2022	NC State	16	4	2.0	1.5	--	--	--
Career		88	30	17.0	9.5	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025

W 35–31

vs Virginia

0 TFL · 1 TOT

Edged out Virginia at home in a shootout.

With C. Bailey — 200 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 90.0 · 44 rush yds (6 car) · 2 TD · C. Noonkester — 49 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 58 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 24-17vs East Carolina	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 35-31vs Virginia	1	0	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 34-24@ Wake Forest	1	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 33-45@ Duke	3	1	1.5	0.5	—	0
Wk 5	L 21-23vs Virginia Tech	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 56-10vs Campbell	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 7-36@ Notre Dame	4	2	1.0	1.0	—	1	Season-high 4 tackles
Wk 9	L 34-53@ Pittsburgh	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 48-36vs Georgia Tech	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 7-41@ Miami	3	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 42-19vs North Carolina	2	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Total		22	11	5.0	3.5	—	1

How he plays

Play style

Bull-rushes through contact, winning with size and length at the point of attack.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

11 games

22Tackles

11Solo

5TFL

3.5Sacks

1Pass def.

0INT

22 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 5 TFL.

Week 31 sack
Week 40.5 sacks
Week 71 sack · 1 PD
Week 141 sack

Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.

2026 Outlook

NC State

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive end · NC State

Returning around him

2 NC State players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -2 net (20 in / 22 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

NC State · Last season: 8-5 · Talent rank #32 · 2026 recruiting class #49

DNA match

Player DNA

Power Rusher

Bull-rushes through contact, winning with size and length at the point of attack.

EDGE

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Darrion Henry-Young’s 2023 season.

Darrion Henry-Young

88%match

Kentucky · 2023

Amin Vanover

Penn State · 2024

78%

Tyreek Johnson

South Carolina · 2023

78%

Xavier Ross

Oklahoma State · 2024

74%

Kameron Hamilton

Tulane · 2025

74%

Matches Darrion on

Sack rate

Weight

TFL rate

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Sean Martin's senior season at West Virginia (2024).

Sean Martin

83%match

West Virginia · 2024

Brennan Jackson

Washington State · 2023

NFL Rd 5

82%

TJ Guy

Michigan · 2024

80%

Keivie Rose

Arkansas · 2023

All-Conference USA

78%

Shitta Sillah

Boston College · 2023

77%

Matches Sean on

Sack rate

Pressure-to-sack conversion

Weight

Player DNA

Players who play like Travali Price

Travali Price

NC State · 2023

86%

Landon Dean

Oklahoma State · 2025

83%

Demitri Washington

Boise State · 2023

79%

Paris Shand

Arizona · 2022

78%

Kameron Hamilton

Tulane · 2025

74%

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

2021

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Power Rusher

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