Doeren, NC State aims to keep rolling after 9-win season

In this photo taken Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018, North Carolina State quarterback Ryan Finley runs through a drill during an NCAA college football practice in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

In this photo taken Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018, North Carolina State coach Dave Doeren directs his players during an NCAA college football practice in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

In this photo taken Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018, North Carolina State quarterback Ryan Finley takes the field during an NCAA college football practice in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

In this photo taken Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018, North Carolina State wide receiver Jacobi Meyers (11) reaches for a pass during an NCAA college football practice in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

In this photo taken Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018 North Carolina State wide receiver Jacobi Meyers starts on his helmet during an NCAA college football practice in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

In this photo taken Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018, North Carolina State quarterback Ryan Finley passes during an NCAA college football practice in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

In this photo taken Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018 North Carolina State coach Dave Doeren, left, runs a drill with cornerback Taiyon Palmer during an NCAA college football practice in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

In this photo taken Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018 North Carolina State wide receiver Kelvin Harmon reaches for a pass during an NCAA college football practice in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

File-This Nov. 4, 2017, file photo shows North Carolina State's Kelvin Harmon (3) catching a touchdown pass as Clemson's Amir Trapp (38) looks on during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Raleigh, N.C. Harmon is coming off a year in which he became the program’s first 1,000-yard receiver since 2003. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

In this photo taken Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018 North Carolina State quarterback Ryan Finley warms up during an NCAA college football practice in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

File-This Dec. 29, 2017, file photo shows North Carolina State quarterback Ryan Finley, left, throwing against Arizona State during the fist half of the Sun Bowl NCAA college football game in El Paso, Texas. Finley returned to school after flirting with entering the NFL draft after last season. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton, File)

File-This July 19, 2018, file photo shows North Carolina State head coach Dave Doeren answering a question during a news conference at the NCAA Atlantic Coast Conference college football media day in Charlotte, N.C. Doeren’s Wolfpack earned the program’s second nine-win season in the past 15 years in 2017. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)