NC State Basketball Adds One More Piece to 2024-25 Roster

The NC State basketball program has assembled a roster of 14 players as Kevin Keatts enters his eighth season as head coach.

NC State basketball head coach Kevin Keatts and his staff have added another talented perimeter player to the 2024-25 Wolfpack roster in four-star recruit Bryce Heard.

On Wednesday afternoon, the 6-foot-5, 190-pound wing from Homewood-Flossmoor High School (Illinois) chose NC State over finalists Xavier, Southern Cal, and Mississippi State. During his announcement ceremony in his school’s auditorium, Heard, a highly regarded sharpshooter, shared that he is reclassifying from the class of 2025 to 2024 and will join the NC State basketball team as a freshman in Raleigh.

Heard has officially reclassified by signing his national letter of intent to play for the Wolfpack next season, though major national recruiting sites have yet to reflect his new status as a 2024 recruit.

As of the publication of this article, he is ranked No. 87 overall on the 247Sports 2025 Composite, suggesting he has a chance to break into the top 100 among his new 2024 peers.

Heard’s height, competitive spirit, and knack for scoring could secure him a place in the regular rotation.

Here are the other 13 players on Keatts’ eighth NC State basketball team:

• Paul McNeil, 6-foot-5, 180-pound freshman guard

• Trey Parker, 6-foot-1, 165-pound freshman guard

• Dennis Parker Jr., 6-foot-6, 205-pound sophomore guard

• Jordan Snell, 6-foot-2, 165-pound junior guard

• KJ Keatts, 5-foot-10, 165-pound junior guard

• Mike James, 6-foot-5, 200-pound redshirt junior guard

• Brandon Huntley-Hatfield, 6-foot-10, 240-pound senior forward

• Dontrez Styles, 6-foot-6, 210-pound senior guard/forward

• Breon Pass, 6-foot, 175-pound senior guard

• Jayden Taylor, 6-foot-4, 195-pound senior guard

• Marcus Hill, 6-foot-4, 185-pound senior guard

• Ben Middlebrooks, 6-foot-10, 240-pound senior forward

• Michael O’Connell, 6-foot-2, 195-pound graduate guard

Bryce Heard and the rest of the Pack aim to build on the remarkable ACC Tournament championship and incredible Final Four run of the 2023-24 NC State basketball team, which was seen as an underdog.