Isaiah Mack


Isaiah Dwight Mack is an American football defensive end for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League. He played college football for Chattanooga.

Early life and high school

Mack was born and grew up in Tunnel Hill, Georgia. He attended Northwest Whitfield High School, where he played football and competed in wrestling. As a junior Mack made 137 tackles and eight sacks, highlighted by a 30-tackle performance against Gilmer High School that included nine tackles for loss, and was named first-team All-Region 7-AAAA and the regional defensive player of the year. As a senior, he repeated as first-team all-region and the defensive player of the year after tallying 121 tackles, 21 for loss, and 29 quarterback pressures with four forced fumbles. He committed to play college football at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga over offers from Georgia Southern, Appalachian State, Eastern Kentucky, Georgia State, Coastal Carolina and Kennesaw State.

College career

Mack was a member of the Chattanooga Mocs football team for five seasons, redshirting his freshman year. He became a starter on the Mocs defensive line in his redshirt freshman season, making 54 tackles, nine for a loss, 3.5 sacks and a forced fumble and was named to the Southern Conference All-Freshman team. As a redshirt sophomore, Mack made 36 tackles and finished fourth in the conference in both tackles for loss and sacks. He was named second-team All-SoCon as a redshirt junior after recording 54 tackles, seven for a loss, and 1.5 sacks. Mack was named a first-team All-American by the Associated Press, first-team All-SoCon and the SoCon Defensive Player of the Year as a redshirt senior after tallying 78 tackles, 8.5 sacks, two passes defensed, two forced fumbles, and one fumble recovery.

Professional career

Mack signed with the Tennessee Titans on April 28, 2019 and made the team out of training camp.

2019 season: Rookie year

Mack made his NFL debut in the season opener against the Cleveland Browns, recording one tackle in the 43-13 road victory. In the next game against the Indianapolis Colts, he recorded his first NFL sack after bringing down quarterback Jacoby Brissett in a narrow 19-17 loss. During Week 8 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Mack recovered a fumble lost by Jameis Winston in the 27-23 win.
Mack finished his rookie year with eight tackles, a fumble recovery, and 1.5 sacks.