Four days after N.C. State’s 34-0 loss to South Carolina, coach Tom O’Brien talked about the team’s offensive struggles and how the depth chart is shaping up for Saturday’s game against William & Mary.

Much of the talk after the game centered around quarterback Russell Wilson, who was carted off the field Thursday night and doctors said he had suffered a grade three concussion, meaning a loss of consciousness.

But O’Brien didn’t announce anything new Monday on Wilson’s condition, but he did talk about some other changes to look for this week.

Quarterback situation

Wilson spent Thursday night at a hospital in Columbia, S.C., but was released the next morning. O’Brien said he will attend classes as normal, but doctors have not cleared him to play yet.

“He’ll do whatever the doctors say he’s able to do, so we’ll take it day by day,” O’Brien said.

In the meantime, graduate student Daniel Evans will get the start at quarterback for Saturday’s home opener against William & Mary. Evans went 4-for-12 passing Thursday and threw two interceptions. Redshirt junior Harrison Beck will back up Evans.

O’Brien and the offensive coaching staff instilled a read-option offense, lining up the quarterback and the running back in a shotgun set and leaving it up to the quarterback to read the coverage.

“When you look at what Russell’s talents were, it’s an offense that suits him,” O’Brien said.

But O’Brien wouldn’t tip his hand as to what the Pack will do with Evans starting the game this Saturday.

Offensive struggles

State has been shut out in two straight games for the first time since 1956. And with the Pack only gaining 49 yards through the air Thursday, O’Brien put much of the blame for State’s offensive woes on the passing game — from the blocking, to the quarterbacks to the receivers.

The offense also put the defense in difficult positions with turnovers deep in its own territory.

“The two turnovers took us out of the football game in essence,” O’Brien said. “When [South Carolina] got up and they got 13 starters back on defense…and we started throwing the ball around and not being able to mix in the run with the pass, we just got swamped.”

The lone bright spot for the offense was running back Andre Brown’s 101 yards rushing, and Brown said the offense was eager to get back out to practice after the dismal showing Thursday night.

“To be shut out twice definitely leaves a bitter taste in your mouth but we’re going to get it turned around,” Brown said. “Everybody was flying around in practice the other day, wanting to be out there and wanting to do what we have to do to get a win.”

Depth chart updates

With the obvious quarterback depth chart change — with Evans and Beck filling the top two spots — there are a few other changes to this week’s depth chart for the William & Mary game.

Arguably the most notable change is the exclusion of tight end Anthony Hill, who O’Brien noted is out this week with an injury to his chest. O’Brien refused to comment further on the injury.

Running back Jamelle Eugene, the team’s starter coming into the season, is still off this week’s depth chart. But O’Brien is not ruling out playing Eugene ifß he practices.

“We’ll see how he does this week,” O’Brien said. “If he can get out there in practice this week then maybe he can get out there and get some playing time.”

O’Brien said the injury that cornerback DeAndre Morgan sufffered in Thursday’s second half was just cramps and that guard Curtis Crouch, who didn’t travel with the team to South Carolina, will play Saturday.

Another switch on the depth chart is junior Shea McKeen moving ahead of sophomore Markus Kuhn at defensive end.

“McKeen played very well and has a lot of pass rushing abilities,” O’Brien said. “I think he performed better than Markus did. We’re a performance-based organization here so he moves up.”