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Mountaineer Rushing Star Recruited For Defense
km’s Kevin Mack Signs With Clemson Tigers
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Kevin Mack, the 8-1, 18S-
pounder who re-wrote the Klnga
Mountain High football record
books this fall, became the first
Mountaineer In 33 years to sign a
major college football grant-ln-
ald Wednesday when he Inked a
full scholarship with Clemson’s
Tigers.
Tiger assistant coach Mike
Sugar was In town to sign the
All-Southwestern 8-A Con
ference tailback, who set school
records for most yards rushing
In a single season (1,S8B), most
yards rushing In a sln^e game
(387) and the longest scoring nin
from scrimmage, 100 yards.
Mack Is the first KMHS player
to sign with a major university
since Ken Baity Inked with
South Carolina after the 1907
season, vtdien he set the previous
rushing record of 1,389. yards In
a single season. Baity still owns
the career rushing mark at
KMHS.
Mack chose Clemson from a
long list of area schools that
have been recruiting him all
year. He said the only other
school he was really ever In
terested In was N.C. State.
“I like Clemson, mainly
because It Is not too big and not
too small,”’ said Mack. "It
seems everybody down there
knows each other and there's a
lot of support for the football
Kevin Mack in record-breaking senior season. . .
"everybody was recruiting me
so much, I Jsut got tired of It. It
was beginning to bother my
mother.”
Mack, surprisingly, was
recruited by the Tigers as a
defensive back, even though he
nuis the hundred In 9.73 seconds
"They said they’d try me at
offensive back but I’d Just as
soon play defense.”
KMHS coach Dan Brooks said
the scholarship from Clemson Is
the culmination of a lot of hard
work fUr Mack and an open door
for a lot of opportunities In the
future.
”Hls future la ahead of him,”
said Brooks. ”He Just turned 17
years old In August and has Just
found out what he can do. He can
play on either side of the ball but
I have a feeling they’ll have
Mack has been recruited
before...by Brooks and the other
coaches at KMHS. He didn't
play football until his Junior
year when he gained Just over
BOO yards rushing.
"Somewhere along the line he
got out of the program (football)
that he should have been In all
along,” said Brooks. "What he
accomplished this year was due
to a lot of hard work. That’s
what It’s all about and because
he worked hard, he’s got an
education already paid for.”
Brooks compared Kevin to ^
himself when he was a high
school lineman at Sparta and
went on to play at Western
Carolina University.
"Kevin probably had not gone
to college had It not been for
this,” said Brooks. "He has a
Ood-glven ability and he’s
worked hard to use It. It’s ^
opened a door for him so that v
when he’s received his
education he can be a big suc
cess in life.”
Brooks said Mack’s per
formance, at KMHS this past
fall will continue to reap
dividends for the football
program In the future.
"He’s finished as far as what ^
he’ll do in a ballgame for us,"
said Brooks. "But his receiving
a full scholarship and playing
ninnlng the baU. They recntited ^
him for defense because they
want him to play next year.”
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team both from the students and ^je top running
the people In this area.” ^ ^
Mack said the main reasdn he
signed so eariy was because
"It really doesn’t matter to
me where I play,” he said.
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