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99 Micheal Mason

  • Position Defensive Line
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 270
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Florence, S.C.
  • High School South Florence

Biography

CAREER: Played in 36 games with 22 starts at defensive end ... Recorded 149 career tackles ... Had 30 career tackles for loss, which ranks 12th in school history ... Recorded 20 career sacks to rank fourth in school history ... Earned All-Southern Conference honors all four seasons ...

2022: Played in all eleven games with nine starts at defensive end ... Had 41 tackles on the season ... Led the team in sacks with 7.5 and tackles for loss with 9.5 ... Was third in the SoCon in sacks and eighth in tackles for loss ... Ranked 26th in the nation with 0.68 sacks per game ... Named All-Southern Conference first team by the coaches and media ... Against Elon (9/10) had six tackles and shared a sack ... At Virginia Tech (9/17) had a sack of Grant Wells in the first quarter ... At Kennesaw State (9/24) had two tackles and a fumble recovery ... Against Mercer (10/1) had a sack of Fred Payton in the second quarter ... Against The Citadel (10/15) had nine tackles and a pair of sacks of Peyton Derrick ... Forced a fumble at Samford (10/8) in the first quarter that was recovered by Tahir Annoor ... Added a sack against East Tennessee State (10/29) ... Against VMI (11/12) had six tackles and had a pair of sacks, along with a fumble recovery ... Had five tackles and a tackle for loss at Furman (11/19) ...  Named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll ... 2021: Played in eight games with six starts on the defensive line ... Recorded 44 total tackles, along with a team-high 4.5 tackles for loss and a team-best 2.5 sacks ... Named All-Southern Conference second team by the media ... At Elon (9/4) had six tackles and had a sack in the second quarter, along with forced fumble in the third quarter that was recovered by John Beckley ... Against Kennesaw State (9/18) had nine tackles, highlighted by a sack and forced fumble in the first quarter ... At VMI (9/25) had two tackles and shared a sack ... After missing three games due to injury, returned at Mercer (10/23) had two tackles, including one for a loss ... Against Western Carolina (10/30) had five tackles to lead the team ... Against Chattanooga (11/6) had seven tackles ... Led the team with eight tackles at The Citadel (11/13) ... Recorded five tackles and a quarterback hurry at North Carolina (11/20) ... 2020-21: Started all five games with 24 total tackles and 5.5 tackles for loss ... Named All-Southern Conference first team by the coaches and media ... Earned HERO Sports Sophomore All-America honors ... Against Mercer (2/20) had eight tackles, three tackles for loss, two sacks and two forced fumbles to earn Stats Perform National Defensive Player of the Week ... At Chattanooga (2/27) had four tackles ... At Samford (3/13) recorded five tackles, including a sack ... Added one tackle against VMI (3/27) ... Against The Citadel (4/3) had six tackles ... Named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll ... 2019: Played in all 12 games with two starts on the defensive line ... Led team with 10.5 tackles for loss and seven sacks ... Finished season with 40 total tackles ... Named All-Southern Conference second team by the coaches and media, along with the Southern Conference All-Freshman Team ... Earned HERO Sports Freshman All-America honors ... Among Southern Conference leaders, was tied for first in sacks and sixth in tackles for loss ... Had two tackles, including one for a loss, against Samford (9/14) ... Against Gardner-Webb (9/21) had three tackles, including a sack and forced fumble in the second quarter ... At VMI (9/28) had six tackles and a pair of sacks ... Against Western Carolina (10/19) had three tackles, including a sack ... At Mercer (11/9) led the team with eight tackles, including two sacks ... At The Citadel (11/23) had eight tackles, with a sack in the second quarter ... Had one tackle in the NCAA FCS Playoff game against Kennesaw State (11/30) ...

HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered for three seasons at South Florence High School ... He recorded 100 or more tackles in each of his three seasons and was named All-Region three times ... Twice named to the WPDE All-Zone Team ... As a senior he had 119 tackles and 14 sacks as he was named to the North-South Team ... During his junior season, had 122 tackles with eleven sacks ...  Had 106 tackles as a sophomore, including three sacks ... Also played basketball for four seasons ... Member of the National Honor Society and the Beta Club ... Selected for Palmetto Boys State ...

PERSONAL: Son of Jessica Mason ... Born November 29, 2000 ... A physics major.

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Historical Player Information

  • 99

    2019Freshman

    Defensive Line
    6'3" 230 lbs
    99
  • 99

    2020Sophomore

    Defensive Line
    6'3" 255 lbs
    99
  • 99

    2021Junior

    Defensive Line
    6'3" 270 lbs
    99
  • 99

    2022Senior

    Defensive Line
    6'3" 270 lbs
    99