UW coach Kalen DeBoer sizes up Austin Mack.
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00:00 >> Yeah, you know it's gonna look a little rough at times.
00:04 I mean, there's no question about it.
00:06 And yesterday he took a couple snaps right at the end of practice.
00:08 And the cool thing about him, as you can see, he is learning and
00:14 getting better and growing by the minute, by the play.
00:18 And he was prepared for this time.
00:21 He's not out there wondering what the responsibilities of his own side of
00:25 the ball are.
00:26 I mean, there's a lot of things he's looking at in front of him from the defense.
00:29 And I think sorting through that is just a matter of reps.
00:32 It doesn't matter if you're a freshman or a senior, your first reps.
00:36 I mean, those are always tough, but I just really love what he's showing.
00:40 And we need to see, because we gotta figure out short term, even long term.
00:46 Between Demo and the rest of the quarterbacks, what's it look like for us?
00:50 So I thought those two did a great job running the ones and twos today for sure.
00:54 >> Did you have a conversation with Austin after yesterday's practice?
00:57 You mentioned it could be rough, and he's only 17 years old.
00:59 >> He's just so mature for how young he is.
01:03 I mean, we have to remember, cuz he physically looked at him and
01:07 he doesn't look 17.
01:09 And just even when you talk to him mentally in the meeting rooms,
01:15 he doesn't come across as only 17 years old.
01:19 But I think the talks are just the typical things you'd have in a film room.
01:26 It wasn't me individually, cuz yesterday, the couple reps that he took,
01:31 there were some rough ones, but there was also some good ones.
01:35 And even if it's not productive the way you wanted it,
01:39 you could see what he was thinking.
01:40 And now it's just a matter of him building timing with guys.
01:43 So there's gonna be ups and downs, and that's what fall camp and
01:47 these first snaps are for when it comes to a young guy like him.
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