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2008: Appeared in all 11 of the Rams' games with nine starts...Occupied duties as both a punter and the Rams' starting strong safety as well as earning some kickoff duties...Placed 13th on the team in tackles with 29...Recorded 19 solo tackles and 10 assisted tackles...Earned a pair of tackles for loss which set WSSU's opponents back two yards...Broke up one pass...Recorded 68 punts for 2,444 yards for an average of 35.9 yards per punt with a long punt of 55 yards...Had only one punt blocked and rushed twice for 10 net yards with a long rush of 33 yards...Recorded four touchbacks, 13 fair catches and pinned opponents inside their 20 yards line 17 times en route to recording six punts of 50 yards or more...Booted 15 kickoffs for 517 yards for an average of 34.5 yards per kick...Kicked three kickoffs out of bounds (20 percent)...Recorded a tackle in 10 of the Rams 11 games...Turned in a season-high five tackles in the Rams' loss to eventual MEAC Champion South Carolina State on Sept. 27.
2007: Appeared on all three sides of the ball in 2007 as he played one snap on offense, was a fixture on defense for WSSU, and was named the Rams' starting punter prior to the start of the season, a job which he held all year...Appeared in all 11 games for the Rams and made no starts...Closed out the season ranked seventh on the team with 47 total tackles as he collected 23 solo tackles and 24 tackle assists...Recorded a pair of tackles for loss which set WSSU opponents back 10 yards...Tallied half a sack...Broke up one pass and recorded three total tackles, including one solo tackle and a tackle for loss at Coastal Carolina (Sept. 8)...Recorded four tackles at Morgan State (Sept. 15)...Recorded a season-high 10 tackles at South Carolina State (Sept. 22) as he collected seven solo tackles, three tackle assists and a tackle for a loss...Turned in an eight-tackle performance at Howard (Sept. 29) where he tallied seven solo tackles for the second consecutive game...Recorded three tackles and a pass break-up in the Rams' 2007 Circle City Classic victory over Florida A&M (Oct. 6)...Notched five tackles at Bethune-Cookman (Oct. 20)...Picked up a pair of tackles versus Hampton (Oct. 27)...Accumulated five tackles versus Delaware State (Nov. 2) in the Rams' Homecoming game...Recorded three tackles versus North Carolina Central (Nov. 10) and two tackles at Norfolk State (Nov. 17) to close the season...In addition to his defensive performance, Mack recorded one rushing attempt versus Delaware State (Nov. 2) for a loss of nine yards...Served as the Rams' punter with 67 kicks for 2,346 yards and an average of 35.0 yards per punt...Recorded a long punt of 52 yards twice on the season in games at South Carolina State and at Bethune-Cookman...Recorded three touchbacks, 10 fair catches, and pinned opponents inside the 20-yard line 20 times while only having one kick blocked...Also recorded five kickoffs for 202 yards for an average of 40.4 yards per kickoff.
2006: Appeared in nine games with no starts...Missed just two games for the Rams (Savannah State and Hampton)...Totaled 19 tackles (nine solo)...Added one tackle for a loss of 12 yards...Had his best individual performance against Coastal Carolina when he totaled five tackles (three solo)...Recorded a tackle for a loss when the Rams faced St. Augustine's.
2005: Appeared in seven games for the Rams, starting none...Placed 23rd on the team with six total tackles...Recorded one solo tackle and five assisted tackles...Intercepted one pass, returning it 23 yards...Broke up three total passes.
Personal: The 2008 season will mark Mack's fourth and final year as a member of the Rams' football team...Has played three different positions for the Rams including safety, free safety and punter while at WSSU...A native of Hopkins, S.C., he is a 2005 graduate of Lower Richland High School where he won the Diamond Hornet's Athlete of the Year Award in 2005 as well as being named Lower Richland's Scholar-Athlete of the Year...The son of Dudley Mack and Elonda Johnson...A rehabilitation studies major...Born in Columbia, S.C. on December 20, 1986...Nicknamed "J-Mack."
Mack's Statistics (Defensive): Year G/GS UT AT Total TFL Int. PBU FF/FR 2008 11/9 19 10 29 2/2 0 1 0/0 2007 11/0 23 24 47 2/10 0 1 0/1 2006 9/0 9 10 19 1/12 0 0 0/0 2005 7/0 1 5 6 0 1 3 0/0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 38/0 52 49 101 5/24 1 5 0/1Mack's Statistics (Punting): Year G/GS No. Yds. Avg. Long TB FC I20 Blk. 2008 11/9 68 2444 35.9 55 4 13 17 1 2007 11/0 67 2346 35.0 52 3 10 21 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 22/9 135 4790 35.5 55 7 23 38 1
