Blake Mack

#16 · TE · Arkansas State6′3″ · 245 lb · Lonoke, AR

Blake Mack: TE · Arkansas State · #16.

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Blake Mack

TE · Arkansas State · #16

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. A two-star recruit with four seasons on the field at Arkansas State since. The first one came in 2016: All-Sun Belt. One game to point at: 104 receiving yards and 6 receptions against Troy — Week 14, 2017.

Style of play

Play style

No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2017	Arkansas State	48	618	12.9	7	50
2016	Arkansas State	34	652	19.2	3	83
2015	Arkansas State	7	86	12.3	0	36
2014	Arkansas State	7	149	21.3	1	47
Career		96	1,505	15.7	11	83

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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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	12.9	7	50

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 — 48.7 yards per punt · 3 punts · 49 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 6 · Georgia Southern · 2nd and 15 · Q3 · EPA +3.74Justice Hansen pass complete to Blake Mack for 29 yds for a TD, (Sawyer Williams KICK)
Week 13 · UL Monroe · 2nd and 17 · Q2 · EPA +3.39Justice Hansen pass complete to Blake Mack for 24 yds to the LaMon 47 for a
Week 4 · SMU · 3rd and 2 · Q2 · EPA −3.28Justice Hansen pass complete to Blake Mack for 36 yds Blake Mack fumbled, forced by Jordan Wyatt, recovered by SMU Kyran Mitchell
Week 11 · South Alabama · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.93Justice Hansen pass complete to Blake Mack for 50 yds to the SAlab 18 for a
Week 4 · SMU · 2nd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +2.80Justice Hansen pass complete to Blake Mack for 29 yds to the SMU 34 for a
Week 7 · Coastal Carolina · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.66Justice Hansen pass complete to Blake Mack for 23 yds for a TD, (Sawyer Williams KICK)

4 more plays

Week 1 · Nebraska · 3rd and 3 · Q2 · EPA +2.62Hansen to Mack: a 3-yard touchdown pass.
Week 4 · SMU · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.60Justice Hansen pass complete to Blake Mack for 19 yds for a TD, (Sawyer Williams KICK)
Week 7 · Coastal Carolina · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.51Justice Hansen pass complete to Blake Mack for 10 yds for a TD, (Sawyer Williams KICK)
Week 6 · Georgia Southern · 3rd and 12 · Q1 · EPA +2.46Justice Hansen pass complete to Blake Mack for 17 yds to the ArkSt 40 for a

Teams and coaches

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

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2017 season

11 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (88th percentile). Strength: rec yards (96th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#83 / 709 · 88th pct

9.7%

Catch rate#167 / 709 · 76th pct

75.8%

Explosive rate#295 / 709 · 58th pct

12.9%

Yards / catch#308 / 709 · 57th pct

13.1

EPA / target#349 / 709 · 51st pct

0.50

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

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

94th → 51st percentile

Explosive rate

94th → 58th percentile

Catch rate

28th → 76th percentile

TD rate

62nd → 88th percentile

Yards / catch

97th → 57th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2017. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	4.8	53.0	10.0	0.6
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

2017 season

Head Coach

Blake Anderson

Pass share

52.9%

511 pass / 455 run

Plays / game

80.5

12 games

Team sack rate

6.1%

556 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Impact starter

48 catches in 12 games, more catches a game than most FBS tight ends who play every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Blake Mack

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Awards

Impact starter

Four seasons at Arkansas State

2014 5 games

2016 11 games