Matthew Dayes Injury: Updates on NC State Star's Recovery from Foot Surgery

North Carolina State Wolfpack running back Matthew Dayes suffered a foot injury during Week 9 against Clemson.

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Dayes Out for Season

Thursday, Nov. 5

Wolfpack head coach Dave Doeren announced Dayes will undergo surgery Friday and miss the final four games of the season.

"I'm disappointed for Matt because he was having a really good year," Doeren said. "But in football you've got to have a 'next man up' mentality, and I'm confident that his teammates will be ready to take on bigger roles and be successful."

Dayes trails only FSU’s Dalvin Cook and Clemson’s Wayne Gallman among ACC running backs with 865 yards, and leads the conference with 12 rushing scores. The junior’s 108.1 rush yards per game this year are the most in school history since Joe McIntosh's 119 average in 1981, according to NC State.

The Wolfpack will lean on sophomore Dakwa Nichols and freshman Reggie Gallaspy, who’ve combined for a respectable 411 yards and nine touchdowns on 59 carries. But Dayes’ absence will assuredly handcuff a team already low in the ACC Atlantic totem pole.