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Jersey Number 4
Brandon Mack II
- Position:
- DOG
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 245
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Montgomery, Ala.
- High School:
- Jefferson Davis HS
- Prev School:
- Ole Miss
Bio
As a Senior (2024)
As a Junior (2023)
Prior to Houston
High School
Personal
- Played in a single season-high 12 games
- Tallied career-highs in tackles (39), tackles for loss (5), sacks (3) and forced fumbles (2)
- Posted a career-high six tackles three different times (vs. UNLV, vs. Utah, at BYU)
- Recorded career-high two TFLs at BYU (Nov. 30)
- One of six cougars with five-plus TFLs
- Tied for second on the team with three sacks
- 578 snaps including 531 defensively
- Played all 12 games on special teams totaling 47 snaps
- Third on team with 17 pressures and 11 hurries
- Season high four quarterback pressures in win vs. #17/15 Kansas State (Nov. 2)
- Four pressures ranked third among Big 12 edge defenders during Week 10
- 72.7 pass-rush grade vs. #18/19 Iowa State (Sept. 28)
- Grade vs. Cyclones ranked third among Big 12 edge defenders in Week 5
- 80.2 tackling grade vs. Utah (Oct. 26)
- Grade vs. Utah ranked third among Big 12 edge defenders in Week 9
- UH honorary game captain at Cincinnati (Sept. 21)
As a Junior (2023)
- Played in first two games (31 snaps)
- Missed remainder of season due to injury
- One tackle for loss in each of first two games
Prior to Houston
- Spent last four seasons at Ole Miss (2019-22)
- Played 11 games with Rebels, totaling seven tackles
- Played six games primarily on special teams in 2022
- Tallied one tackle on the season vs. Troy (Sept. 3)
- Saw action in six snaps vs. Troy, playing on the punt coverage and field goal block units
- Appeared at defensive end and on kickoff at Georgia Tech (Sept. 17)
- Appeared on field goal block vs. Tulsa (Sept. 24)
- Missed entire 2021 season
- Suffered season-ending injury prior to 2021 fall camp
- Saw the field in five games during 2020
- One start at the star position
- Six tackles and 2.0 TFLs
- First collegiate action on defense and special teams at Kentucky (Oct. 3)
- Action came at reserve defensive end
- Reserve outside linebacker on seven snaps vs. Auburn (Oct. 24)
- Three tackles including one TFL at Vanderbilt (Oct. 31)
- Played 15 snaps vs. Commodores
- First career start at outside linebacker vs. South Carolina (Nov. 14)
- Three total tackles, including one TFL vs. Mississippi State (Nov. 28)
- Redshirted during 2019 season
High School
- Unanimous 3-star prospect per Rivals, ESPN and 247Sports
- No. 37 weakside defensive end in the nation (Rivals)
- Ranked 15th overall in the state of Alabama (Rivals)
- Selected to play in 2018 Alabama/Mississippi All-Star Game
- As a senior, led Jefferson Davis High School with 68 tackles
- Also led team with 18 tackles for loss and 10 sacks
- Played on varsity for his sophomore, junior and senior years
- Finished career with 113 tackles, 25 tackles for loss and 10 sacks
- Offers from Ole Miss, Kentucky, LSU, Louisville, Memphis and Mississippi State among others
- Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in fall 2020, fall 2021, spring 2022 and fall 2022
Personal
- Earned Bachelor Multi-Disciplinary Studies from Ole Miss
- Nickname: B Mack
- Hobbies: music and cutting hair
- Describes himself as ambitious, cool and persistent
- Favorite childhood memory is his first time flying
- Game day rituals include praying and going to an isolated place to reflect on obstacles he’s overcome
- He played against Tank Jenkins in 2017 and Juwon Gaston 2018
- Dream job outside of football: entrepreneur
- He sleeps to rain sounds
- Hidden talent: cutting hair
- Chose UH because of the opportunities
- One word to describe him: disruptive
- One food to eat the rest of his life: salmon
- Biggest motivation for working hard: his family
- Best advice: when things get hard, remember your why
- Highlight of his life: graduating college
- Sports hero: Lebron James because of how he handles himself on and off the court
- Most memorable athletic feat: his first start in 2020
- Interesting fact: he is a Leo
Postgame Press Conference: Football at Rice
Saturday, September 06
Postgame Press Conference: Football vs. Stephen F. Austin
Friday, August 29
Press Conference: Head Coach Willie Fritz Previews SFA
Monday, August 25
Camp Availability: Head Coach Willie Fritz
Monday, August 04
