Ex-Huskies QB Mack follows DeBoer to Alabama

• Tom VanHaaren, ESPN Staff WriterJan 18, 2024, 06:29 PM ET

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After seeing 9 players leave the program through the transfer website considering that he was hired, Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer on Thursday added his first transfer in former Washington quarterback Austin Mack.Mack signed with Washington in the 2023 class out of Loomis, California. He was originally part of the 2024 class however reclassified and registered early.He took a redshirt and did not play under DeBoer as starter Michael Penix Jr. took most of the snaps for the Huskies this previous season. The addition of Mack offers Alabama some remarkable depth at the position as starter Jalen Milroe returns, and the Crimson Tide also have Ty Simpson and Julian Sayin, who checked in December in the 2024 cycle.Editor’s Picks 2 Related Sayin was

a first-class prospect, ranked No. 3 overall in the ESPN 300, and has currently registered at Alabama.Mack’s departure contributes to depth issues for new Washington coach Jedd Fisch. The Huskies have actually seen quarterbacks Dylan Morris, Will Haskell, Mack and inbound transfer Will Rogers all go into the transfer website. Rogers had actually just joined the program this offseason, but he got in the website once again when DeBoer left for Alabama.Fisch has an opportunity to land quarterback Demond Williams Jr., whom he simply signed at Arizona in December. Williams has given that gone into the transfer portal and is preparing to go to Washington in the near future.Mack’s transfer to Alabama is the first step for DeBoer in filling the holes left by the 25 scholarship players who have exited the program this offseason.DeBoer likewise is busy supporting his training staff, as he is anticipated to employ Wisconsin safeties coach/co-defensive coordinator Colin Hitschler, sources informed ESPN’s Pete Thamel on Thursday night.