{"id":4745,"date":"2021-10-07T20:41:26","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T00:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.alumni.ncsu.edu\/?p=951"},"modified":"2024-02-01T16:28:34","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T21:28:34","slug":"keeping-it-in-the-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.ncsu.edu\/2021\/keeping-it-in-the-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Keeping It In The Family"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">By Sarah Lindenfeld Hall<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">When sophomore quarterback Andrew Harvey, 19, suits up with NC&#160;State\u2019s football team, he has two generations behind him. His dad is Terry Harvey \u201997, the two-sport Wolfpack athlete\u2009\u2014\u2009a pitcher and quarterback\u2009\u2014\u2009from the 1990s. And then there\u2019s his maternal grandfather, Vance Cockerham \u201964, a football center from the 1960s. \u201cI\u2019ve had NC&#160;State in my blood ever since I was a little kid,\u201d says Andrew Harvey, who started attending Wolfpack football practices with his dad as a child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Andrew Harvey played nearly every sport growing up; his first love was golf. He didn\u2019t develop an affinity for football until his teen years and honed his skills at Raleigh\u2019s Cardinal Gibbons High School. \u201cIt\u2019s been fun watching him develop,\u201d says Cockerham, 72, of Charlotte, N.C. \u201cHe\u2019s had great tutoring from his dad.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/A-and-T-Harvey_1500x844-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-952\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazine.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/A-and-T-Harvey_1500x844-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/magazine.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/A-and-T-Harvey_1500x844-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/magazine.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/A-and-T-Harvey_1500x844-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/magazine.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/A-and-T-Harvey_1500x844.png 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Andrew, who plans to major in business, didn\u2019t get any playing time during the 2020 season, but just running out of the tunnel into Carter-Finley Stadium with the team gave him goosebumps. \u201cIt\u2019s team over self, and I\u2019m going to do whatever it takes to help our team win,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Terry Harvey, 49, is thrilled to see his son doing what he loves. \u201cLife is about choices and decisions and he\u2019s made a lot of good ones,\u201d he says. \u201cWe\u2019ll keep our fingers crossed, as parents, that he\u2009. . .\u2009continues to put himself in a position to be successful. And if that\u2019s on the field, great.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false,"raw":"<!-- wp:ncst\/dynamic-header -->\n<!-- wp:ncst\/default-post-header \/-->\n<!-- \/wp:ncst\/dynamic-header -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>By Sarah Lindenfeld Hall<\/h4>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"className\":\"is-style-lead\"} -->\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">When sophomore quarterback Andrew Harvey, 19, suits up with NC State\u2019s football team, he has two generations behind him. His dad is Terry Harvey \u201997, the two-sport Wolfpack athlete\u2009\u2014\u2009a pitcher and quarterback\u2009\u2014\u2009from the 1990s. And then there\u2019s his maternal grandfather, Vance Cockerham \u201964, a football center from the 1960s. \u201cI\u2019ve had NC State in my blood ever since I was a little kid,\u201d says Andrew Harvey, who started attending Wolfpack football practices with his dad as a child.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Andrew Harvey played nearly every sport growing up; his first love was golf. He didn\u2019t develop an affinity for football until his teen years and honed his skills at Raleigh\u2019s Cardinal Gibbons High School. \u201cIt\u2019s been fun watching him develop,\u201d says Cockerham, 72, of Charlotte, N.C. \u201cHe\u2019s had great tutoring from his dad.\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":952,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https:\/\/magazine.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/A-and-T-Harvey_1500x844-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-952\" \/><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Andrew, who plans to major in business, didn\u2019t get any playing time during the 2020 season, but just running out of the tunnel into Carter-Finley Stadium with the team gave him goosebumps. \u201cIt\u2019s team over self, and I\u2019m going to do whatever it takes to help our team win,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Terry Harvey, 49, is thrilled to see his son doing what he loves. \u201cLife is about choices and decisions and he\u2019s made a lot of good ones,\u201d he says. \u201cWe\u2019ll keep our fingers crossed, as parents, that he\u2009. . .\u2009continues to put himself in a position to be successful. 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