Darian Mensah, CJ Bailey and Gio Lopez: Ranking the Triangle’s top college football players in 2025

WRAL Triangle and Two

Darian Mensah, CJ Bailey and Gio Lopez: Ranking the Triangle’s top college football players in 2025

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Published on Aug 20, 2025, 4:00:00 AM
Total time: 00:21:55

Episode Description

WRAL's Mark Bergin and Pat Welter draft the top college football players heading into the 2025 season for Duke, NC State and UNC.

  1. Duke QB Darian Mensah
  2. NC State QB CJ Bailey
  3. NC State tight end Justin Joly
  4. UNC QB Gio Lopez
  5. Duke CB Chandler Rivers
  6. NC State RB Hollywood Smothers
  7. NC State LB Caden Fordham
  8. Duke RB Jaquez Moore
  9. UNC WR Jordan Shipp
  10. NC State LB Cian Slone
More about WRAL Triangle and Two

WRAL Triangle and Two is a sports podcast from WRAL in Raleigh, North Carolina. The show takes the Triangle sports stories you care about and gives you the “how” and “why” behind them. WRAL’s Mark Bergin, Louis Fernandez, Chris Lea, Brian Murphy and Pat Welter discuss the top sports stories with Triangle connections.