Leroy Burgess: 'A Homecoming Birthday Present'

This past Saturday was Senior Leroy Burgess' 22nd birthday. He told all of his teammates that all he wanted for his birthday was a win over the Maryland Terrapins. The defensive unit came together, and helped Burgess get his birtday wish.

"It was a tremendous improvement," Burgess said. "It felt good to finally get off the field and make some three-and-outs. We finally got to feel what that felt like again."

The Wolfpack have to be excited with the win over Maryland on homecoming, but their eyes are now on the red-hot Clemson Tigers who are rolling into town this weekend. Burgess and the rest of the defensive unit have a chip on their shoulder, and they are looking to prove their critic's wrong this weekend.

"As a defensive line we talked about the fact that they are high on the mountain right now. They're a little cocky after beating Miami and FSU," Burgess said. "They're comfortable. They probably think they are going to come in here and do their thing all over us. We just want to go out there and prove to our critic's that we can play football."