re: Austin Mack - Player Profile

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Austin Mack - Tall with an intermediate level release. His release point is close to on par with that of Simpson but with his height an intermediate level release, his release is much quicker than that of Simpson and slightly better than that of Lonergan. Quieter body and feet in than Simpson in the pocket but not quite as clean as that of Lomergan. Arm strength is on Par with Simpson and better than that of Lonergan.

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When I watched the tape of Mack and realized the classification issue, it took a lot of the sting out of losing Sayin to the portal, for sure.

Mack is 6'6 with good mobility and can definitely rip it. 3500 yards with 40 TDs and 5 INTs as a junior in the classification he played in is pretty damn good, so I was puzzled as to why his rating was lower. But then I saw the stuff about him skipping his senior season to reclassify into 2023 and go to Washington a year early.

Mack would have likely been a Top 5 QB in the 2024 class had he not reclassified. Mack is actually a year younger than Sayin, and already has a year of college development in the KDB/Grubb system under his belt.