King Mack
North Carolina State
82
Good

King Mack

North Carolina StateRebuilding
KRSpecial TeamsGoodTRANSFER · Penn State
Projected Starter

Is King Mack starting?

King Mack is the projected starter at KR for North Carolina State.

Senior · #4 · 5'10", 195 lbs

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Depth at KR · North Carolina State

  1. 1482King MackStarter
  2. 21476Jonathan Paylor

North Carolina State Starting Lineup

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Up next for North Carolina State

North Carolina State plays Duke at home on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 12:30 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 4-star recruit out of St. Thomas Aquinas, ranked #88 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 58 tackles, 1 INT, 3 PBU. That's 6% of the team's production at his spot and 89th-percentile production nationally — good for a 82 overall (Good tier).

Recruit4★ · #88 NatlTeam Share6%Percentile89th
Miami, FL
Jersey
#4
Class
SR/TR
Height
5'10"
Weight
195 lbs
Transfer
Penn State

Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
—5813

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★★☆4-star
Composite
0.9586
National Rank
#88
High School
St. Thomas Aquinas
Hometown
Fort Lauderdale, FL

Why this rating?

On a 77-rated overall; 89th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.98 for competition level) put them +5 vs unit starters → 82.

Team overall (SP+)
77
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 89% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 15% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.98)
Depth-chart adjustment
+5 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 24LSTANTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 31-28

Oct 10LWAKETKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 38-14

Oct 3WLOUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 31-28

Sep 26WAPPTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 41-31

Sep 19LVANTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final L 35-31

Sep 11WRICHTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 73-0

Aug 29LUVATKL 7
TKL
7
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 34-8

King Mack's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

58 tkl · 3 PD · 1 INT
Usage / Involvement100%
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