Cal center will wait year to enter NFL draft
Rusty Simmons
Junior center Alex Mack announced Tuesday that he will return to Cal, disregarding the NFL woos of a promised first-day pick. "I kind of flip-flopped back and forth a little bit," Mack said "I thought long and hard about both options and what would be right for me, and it came down to coming back to Cal would be the best decision."
ESPN draft expert Mel Kiper Jr. ranks Mack as the best junior center in the nation, and Todd McShay, the director of college football scouting for Scout Inc., mentions Mack as one of three examples of the perfect pass-blocker. Mack more than held his own when he went head-to-head with USC defensive tackle Sedrick Ellis, who McShay projects as the No. 8 overall pick in the 2008 draft. Ellis had 12.5 tackles for loss, 8.5 sacks and six pass deflections this season. Against Mack, Ellis had zeroes in those three categories.
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