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2025 Guide: What Ourlads’ NFL Scouting Services said about MAC MCWILLIAMS:
Central Florida | Hometown: Pensacola, FL | HT: 5102 | WT: 191 | 40 time: 4.41 | Hand: 0858 | Arm: 3000 | Wing: 7258
Four-year starter. Transfer from UAB prior to the 2024 season. Conference USA All-Freshman team in 2021. Has played both field, boundary, and slot cornerback in UCF’s defense. Excellent back pedal with no hitches or tightness in his lower half. Although not his strong suit, he is physical at the line in press coverage. Twitched-up athlete with notable short-area burst to get out of his stance in an instant and bounce around the field. In cover three he leverages receivers below him well while keeping everything in front of him. Scans the field with notable vision to recognize concepts and position himself best. Sufficient long speed to carry faster wide receivers downfield. Quality man coverage skills with proper technique and good eye discipline to track the hips and stay in the receiver’s hip pocket. Plays the hands with good timing while facing away from the quarterback to force incompletions. Physical run defender who will set the edge on the perimeter. Able to undercut blocking receivers with his shiftiness to shoot into the backfield and force ball carriers inside on outside hitting plays. In the slot he will explode into slot receivers to drive them back. Gets low when tackling and shows success bringing down ball carriers in space. Gives up leverage at the line consistently due to inactive feet and biting on stutter-steps. Opens his hips early allowing a free release. Closing speed is less than ideal after falling behind. Limited plays on the ball as he attempts to play the receiver’s hands rather than turn for the ball when in-phase. Very short arms make it difficult to extend and shed to detach from blocks. Leaves his feet and takes improper angles to the runner in space when tackling.
2024 Stats: 32 T, 6.5 TFL, 1 sack, 2 PBU, 1 FF, 1 INT. OSR:15/25. VJ-34.0. Draft projection: 4th/5th round