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| Position | Fullback | ||||||||
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| Born | (1962-08-09)August 9, 1962 (age 63) Kings Mountain, North Carolina, U.S. | ||||||||
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| High school | Kings Mountain | ||||||||
| College | Clemson (1980–1983) | ||||||||
| Supplemental draft | 1984: 1st round, 11th overall pick | ||||||||
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James Kevin Mack (born August 9, 1962) is an American former professionalfootball player who was afullback for theCleveland Browns of theNational Football League (NFL). He playedcollege football for theClemson Tigers.
Mack was born inKings Mountain,North Carolina.[1][2][3] He began playing football as a youth inPop Warner football games, but he was more focused as a teenager intrack competitions.[4] He was a star athlete atKings Mountain High School.[1]
Mack attendedClemson University for four years where heplayed football for its team, helping them win the national championship in 1981.[1] He averaged over five yards per carry his senior year at Clemson,[5] running 886 yards and scoring 8 touchdowns.[3]
Mack was selected by theWashington Federals in the1984 USFL Territorial Draft. He was traded to theLos Angeles Express, where he played the1984 USFL season.[5]
He was also selected by theCleveland Browns 11th overall in the1984 NFL Supplemental Draft of USFL and CFL Players.[6] He joined the Browns to play the1985 NFL season.[3] As arookie, he rushed for 1,104 yards and 7 touchdowns and was the AFC Rookie of the year.[7]
Mack played for the Browns for nine seasons,[2] from 1985 to 1993. In 1985, Mack rushed for 1,104 yards and halfbackEarnest Byner rushed for 1,001 yards, becoming just the third pair of teammates to run for over 1,000 yards for the same team in the same season.[8] Nicknamed "Mack Truck", he was a two-timePro Bowl selection in 1985 and 1987.[2][1]
After playing in the NFL, Mack relocated toHouston,Texas, where among other work he was a coach, including atTexas Southern University.[4][9]
Since returning to Cleveland, Ohio, Mack has worked for the Cleveland Browns in its Alumni Relations Department.[1][4] He had originally expected to become atalent scout for the team,[9] initially being named the team's Assistant Director of Player Programs when coming back to the organization in 2007.[10]
| Legend | |
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| Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | Games | Rushing | Receiving | Fumbles | |||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Att | Yds | Avg | Y/G | Lng | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Fum | FR | ||
| 1985 | CLE | 16 | 15 | 222 | 1,104 | 5.0 | 69.0 | 61 | 7 | 29 | 297 | 10.2 | 43 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| 1986 | CLE | 12 | 12 | 174 | 665 | 3.8 | 55.4 | 20 | 10 | 28 | 292 | 10.4 | 44 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 1987 | CLE | 12 | 12 | 201 | 735 | 3.7 | 61.3 | 22 | 5 | 32 | 223 | 7.0 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 1988 | CLE | 11 | 11 | 123 | 485 | 3.9 | 44.1 | 65 | 3 | 11 | 87 | 7.9 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 1989 | CLE | 4 | 1 | 37 | 130 | 3.5 | 32.5 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | CLE | 14 | 14 | 158 | 702 | 4.4 | 50.1 | 26 | 5 | 42 | 360 | 8.6 | 30 | 2 | 6 | 5 |
| 1991 | CLE | 14 | 11 | 197 | 726 | 3.7 | 51.9 | 51 | 8 | 40 | 255 | 6.4 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | CLE | 12 | 6 | 169 | 543 | 3.2 | 45.3 | 37 | 6 | 13 | 81 | 6.2 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | CLE | 4 | 0 | 10 | 33 | 3.3 | 8.3 | 7 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Career | 99 | 82 | 1,291 | 5,123 | 4.0 | 51.7 | 65 | 46 | 197 | 1,602 | 8.1 | 44 | 8 | 30 | 11 | |
Mack has mentioned having two daughters who were young when he resided in Houston, Texas; he lived there for about 14 years.[9]
In 1989 inCuyahoga County Court in Cleveland, Mack pleaded guilty tococaine use in exchange for three other charges (cocaine trafficking, possession of criminal tools, and using a motor vehicle fordrug abuse)[12] being dropped.[13] He was sentenced to six months in jail.[12]