Mashack thrilled to join defense's revolving door
The names in Arizona’s defensive lineup are constantly changing, this season more than ever.
The Wildcats have been forced to delve down deep into the depth chart, and anyone watching the team has been introduced to a wealth of players previously unknown.
Against Washington State last week, Kwesi Mashack joined the party at cornerback, notching two tackles.
“It was great,” the sophomore from Inglewood, California, said. “It was fun out there. I was hurt for the first couple games of the season, so being back on the field really felt good.”
Now a contributor, Mashack is a name to watch. Now people just have to learn to pronounce it correctly.
Mashack says it’s pronounced KWEH-see, like Stacy.
At this point, though, he’s used to the mispronunciation.
“There’s probably only been one person in my whole life who’s said my name right,” he said. “The most common one is Quincy, I’ve gotten Queasy, I’ve gotten some ridiculous ones. I just let it go.”
So now, his teammates call him “Q.”
“It’s my nickname now,” he said, laughing, “and my name doesn’t even start with Q.”
The Star spoke with Mashack after Wednesday’s practice.
On sitting out as many of his young teammates got playing time: “I was very supportive of my teammates. I feel good going out there and watching them make plays, things like that, so I was happy for them.”
On coming off a tough loss: “Everybody is just working harder, a lot harder, trying to stay focused. We’re a really competitive team and we want to win and that’s very disappointing for us.”
On Washington: “They motion a lot. Try to throw our defense off with their motions, but we just got to disguise our coverages and not show what we’re in too early.”
On playing in the cold: “In Cali it gets pretty cold in the winter. I played in some low temperature weather before. You just got to warm up really good.”