#16

Blake Mack

Tight end for Arkansas State. 2017: 48 catches, 618 receiving yards, 7 TD.

TE · Arkansas State · #16

6′3″ · 245 lb · Lonoke, AR

Arkansas State 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

WR recruit

No. 1918 nationally · Signed with Arkansas State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 tight end for Arkansas State. 2017: 48 catches, 618 receiving yards, 7 TD.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Arkansas State in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Arkansas State, 1,505 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 142 yds vs Central Arkansas.Central Arkansas · L 23-282016

20145 games

Signed with Arkansas State2-star out of Lonoke

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#1918 national

CFB

College

Arkansas State

2014–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2017

1 coach

2014–2017

Blake Anderson

Arkansas State

Played his entire career under Blake Anderson.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Blake Anderson — 31-20 over that span.

2014Arkansas State7-6HC: Blake Anderson · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2015Arkansas State9-4HC: Blake Anderson · Run-heavy

2016Arkansas State8-5HC: Blake Anderson · Run-leaning

2017Arkansas State7-5HC: Blake Anderson · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score percentiles

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (96th percentile). Strength: receptions (93rd percentile).

Box-score rates (6)

Rec yards#4 / 96 · 96th pct

618

Receptions#7 / 96 · 93rd pct

Rec TDs#8 / 96 · 91st pct

Long catch#25 / 96 · 73rd pct

Yards / catch#34 / 96 · 65th pct

12.9

Fumbles lost#12 / 27 · 31st pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	4.3	45.7	9.1	0.5
Road6g	3.7	57.3	14.9	0.7

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.0	48.3	11.2	1.0
Weeks 8+6g	4.0	54.7	12.7	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Butch Jones

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Arkansas State	48	618	12.9	7	--
2016	Arkansas State	34	652	19.2	3	--
2015	Arkansas State	7	86	12.3	0	--
2014	Arkansas State	7	149	21.3	1	--
Career		96	1,505	15.7	11	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2017

W 51–17

vs Coastal Carolina

6 rec · 63 yds · 2 TD

Dominant 34-point win at home against Coastal Carolina.

With J. Hansen — 286 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT · QBR 91.0 · 68 rush yds (9 car) · C. Grace — 48 AVG · 49 LONG · 3 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 36-43@ Nebraska	5	50	10.0	1	12
Wk 3	W 48-3vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff	3	12	4.0	1	7
Wk 4	L 21-44@ SMU	5	102	20.4	1	37
Wk 6	W 43-25@ Georgia Southern	3	54	18.0	1	29
Wk 7	W 51-17vs Coastal Carolina	6	63	10.5	2	23	2 TD catches
Wk 8	W 47-3vs Louisiana	5	65	13.0	0	18
Wk 9	W 37-21@ New Mexico State	2	15	7.5	0	11
Wk 11	L 19-24@ South Alabama	5	94	18.8	0	50
Wk 12	W 30-12vs Texas State	4	21	5.3	0	12
Wk 13	W 67-50@ UL Monroe	2	29	14.5	1	24
Wk 14	L 25-32vs Troy	6	104	17.3	0	31	Season-high 104 yds
Bowl	L 30-35vs Middle Tennessee	2	9	4.5	0	11
Total		48	618	12.0	7	50

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology