Jalen Mackie declares for the NFL draft. Sat with his parents and relatives this year. Nice folks.
Mackie was UMass' leading tackler in 2022. He went 12 GP 36 UT 62 At 98 TT 14-37 TFL 3.5 SACKS and 1 INT. Good luck to him in the NFL.
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Mike Traini of "Fight Massachusetts" has a interview with transfer QB Carlos Davis.
Improving QB play is the issue in 2023 recruiting. There was some talk on social media UMass should tailor the offense more around the skills we had. I think that was exactly what they were trying to do. The Minutemen had a very limited play making ability at that position.
2022's results were almost identical to 2021's---with different offensive coordinators. In 2022 we were #131 in passing EFF (#128 in 2021). In 2022 we were #126 in passing offense and #126 in 2021. Two different offensive schemes and two different OC's produced nearly identical results. That means the problem was with the QB talent.
Hopefully, Davis will provide a (successful) transition year to Ahmad Haston.
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