Penn State got its 16th commit of the 2023 cycle and its second safety commit in less than a week early Thursday afternoon when King Mack, a four-star safety from St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, announced his pledge to Penn State.
1000% committed ๐ฆ๐๐ค @JO7_era @CoachHarriott @STA_Football @J_Nelson1 @OLIE_7 @PSUfootball1 @coachseider #WeAre pic.twitter.com/9fYMcGhoAq
— King Mack (@kingmack2004) June 30, 2022
Mack is a 5-foot-10, 175-pounder who is teammates with another Penn State commit, fellow safety Conrad Hussey, who committed in April.
ย 247 Sports’ Southeast Recruiting Analyst Andrew Ivins wrote a scouting report on Mack last month, and in the report, described Mack as โthe football version of a five-tool center fielder.โ
Although Ivins wrote that Mack โlacks the ideal height/weight combo,” he feels Mack “makes up for his smaller frame with his speed, instincts, ball skills, physicality and leadership qualities.โ
โAs a junior,โ Ivins wrote, โ(Mack) worked mostly out of a two-deep safety look and thrived, picking off four passes for a storied St. Thomas Aquinas program, which captured a state title in Floridaโs second-highest classification. Ability to get to the deeper third of the field or from hash to hash in the snap of a finger is rare.โ
All four of Mackโs crystal ball projections had him picking Penn State. His final two choices were Penn State and Michigan State, and beating out a prominent Big Ten East rival is unquestionably satisfying for Penn State.
Mack, with a rating ofย (0.9092)ย ย according to 247Sports’ composite numbers, is Penn Stateโs fifth-highest rated commit, ahead of DaKaari Nelson (0.9084), another safety, who committed this past Saturday.
Penn State now has three four-star safeties committed to its 2023 class, which speaks well of safeties coach/co-defensive coordinator Anthony Poindexter and the entire coaching staff.ย
