{"id":53468,"date":"2023-10-24T14:17:50","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T18:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/?p=53468"},"modified":"2023-12-01T13:26:03","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T18:26:03","slug":"a-textiles-student-will-play-for-the-wolfpack-this-textile-bowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/news\/2023\/10\/a-textiles-student-will-play-for-the-wolfpack-this-textile-bowl\/","title":{"rendered":"A Textiles Student Will Play for the Wolfpack this Textile Bowl"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n

In 2019, Wolfpack football great Bradley Chubb returned to Carter-Finley as part of Head Coach Dave Doeren\u2019s guest speaker series. The Miami Dolphins linebacker and first-round pick had a powerful piece of advice for the current student-athletes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe was just coming off his ACL injury, and he told the guys to find something outside of football that you love to do and that brings you peace,\u201d recalls NC State corner Teshaun \u201cTay\u201d Smith<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This guidance would soon prove especially valuable for the then sophomore, who was starting for the Wolfpack at the time. Shortly after Chubb\u2019s visit, a second shoulder injury would sideline Smith for the rest of the season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cRecovering from that injury, combined with the COVID lockdown a few months later, gave me more downtime to think,\u201d he says. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He points to this well-timed advice as the catalyst for starting his clothing line OffThaTop<\/a>. On Oct. 28, Smith will play in the Textile Bowl as a graduate student at the Wilson College of Textiles<\/a>, where he\u2019s honing the skills to take his business to the next level. <\/p>\n\n\n\n