Future Game Changers

SI Staff | Nov 7, 2012

Future Game Changers

Khalil Mack

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Here are SI.com's second installment of future game changers, with a related poll at gallery's end: Khalil Mack has forced eight fumbles in his college career, a Buffalo record.

Khalil Mack

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Mack may be tough on the field, but he has a sensitive side off of it: Mack plays the acoustic guitar. Jason Mraz's ballad "I'm Yours" was the first song he learned.

Nikita Whitlock

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Nikita Whitlock is undersized, but one of the most physical players on the Wake Forest defensive line.

Nikita Whitlock

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As of Nov. 3, Whitlock has recorded three sacks and 35 total tackles in the 2012 season.

Nate Wolters

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When Nate Wolters joined SDSU, the Jackrabbits had just finished a 13-20 season in 2008-09. Last year Wolters led SDSU to its first-ever trip to the Big Dance.

Nate Wolters

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Wolters was responsible for 27.2% of his team's field goals in the 2011-12 season.

Tony Mitchell

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Tony Mitchell uses his 7'3'' wingspan to be a rebounding and shot-blocking force on the court.

Tony Mitchell

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Mitchell graduated from high school in 2010, but has still not played a full season of college ball. He made his North Texas debut in December 2011.

Jackie Carmichael

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Jackie Carmichael averaged nearly a double-double last season, scoring 13.9 points and recording 9.7 rebounds per game.

Jackie Carmichael

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Carmichael, who has spent three years in the relative obscurity of the Missouri Valley Conference, started to turn heads in July at the LeBron James Skills Academy.