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Position: | Fullback | ||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||
Date of birth: | September 11, 1971 | ||||||||||
Place of birth: | Fort Benning, Georgia | ||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 253 lb (115 kg) | ||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||
High school: | Columbus (GA) Brookstone School | ||||||||||
College: | Georgia | ||||||||||
Undrafted: | 1993 | ||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||
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Career NFL statistics | |||||||||||
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Games Played: | 201 |
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Rushing yards: | 909 |
Average rush: | 4.0 |
Touchdowns: | 15 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Mack Carlington Strong (born September 11, 1971) is a former American football player who was a fullback for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL) for fourteen seasons. After playing college football for the University of Georgia, he was signed by the Seahawks as an undrafted free agent in 1993. Strong was selected the Pro Bowl twice in his career, in 2005 and 2006. He currently is a football sportscaster for Root Sports Northwest.
Mack Strong was born in Fort Benning, Georgia. He attended Brookstone School in Columbus, Georgia, and was a letterman in football, basketball, and track. In football, he had 4,414 rushing yards and 86 touchdowns during his career.
Originally signed as free agent out of Georgia, Strong played his entire 15-year career with the Seahawks. He has blocked for three 1,000-yard rushers: Chris Warren, Ricky Watters, and Shaun Alexander. He held the Seahawks team record for longest rush in a playoff game with a 32-yard run during the 2005 divisional playoff game against the Washington Redskins until Marshawn Lynch's 67-yard rush against the Saints on January 8, 2011.