Honors and Awards
- 2021: All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention
2021: Started in 11-of-12 games for the Wildcats along the defensive line...Selected to All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention squad...Picked up 42 total tackles and posted career-high marks with 7.5 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks...Also tallied four pass breakups and a team-leading nine quarterback hurries...Major contributor to an Arizona defensive unit that ranked second in the Pac-12 with an average of 5.8 tackles for loss per game...His 7.5 TFL ranked third on the team behind Mo Diallo (9) and Kyon Barrs (8)...Only game missed was the week three contest against Northern Arizona...Notched at least one tackle in 10-of-11 appearances...Set career-high with two tackles for loss against Colorado...Picked up sacks against SDSU (0.5), Colorado, and Washington.
2020: Logged time in all five games with three starts along the defensive line…Totaled 20 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, and one pass breakup…Ranked sixth on the team in tackles…Opened the year with one tackle versus USC on Nov. 14…Picked up five stops on Nov. 21 game at Washington…Logged a career-high nine tackles and added 1.5 TFL on Nov. 28 at UCLA…Finished the year with three stops at versus Colorado (Dec. 5) and two tackles in the Territorial Cup on Dec. 11…Picked up his third career pass breakup on Dec. 5 at Colorado; had two PBU in 2019.
2019: Played in all 12 games with 11 starts on the defensive line...Started final 11 games of the season...Totaled 44 tackles with 6.0 tackles for loss and 1.0 sacks...6.0 tackles for loss were third most on the team, while 44 tackles were eighth most...As a reserve in season opener at Hawai'i (Aug. 24) picked up five tackles...No stats against Northern Arizona (Sept. 7)...Notched four tackles and one TFL in win over Texas Tech (Sept. 14)...Picked up two tackles in conference opener against UCLA (Sept. 28)...Logged three tackles and one TFL at Colorado (Oct. 5)...Logged season-high seven tackles and 0.5 TFL against Washington (Oct. 12)...Posted best performance of the year at USC (Oct. 19), notching six tackles with 1.5 TFL and one sack...Picked up one tackle at Stanford (Oct. 26)...Earned two tackles against Oregon State (Nov. 2)...Showed up for six tackles and one TFL at Oregon (Nov. 16)...Logged five tackles and one TFL against Utah (Nov. 23)...Finished the season with three tackles at Arizona State (Nov. 30).
Junior College: Totaled 26 tackles along with two sacks at Navarro Community College in 2018…As a freshman, tallied 23 total tackles, two sacks and a fumble recovery…Rated a three-star JUCO prospect by 247 Sports, including the 12-best JUCO defensive tackle in the country and seventh-best overall JUCO prospect in Texas.
High School: Earned varsity letters at Sam Houston High School in Arlington, Texas, under coach Anthony Chris…Graduated in 2017…Played in 34 varsity games, with 85 solo tackles and 21 sacks .. Registered 14 sacks as a senior in 2016…Caused three fumbles and scored two defensive touchdowns in career…Also competed in basketball and track and field.
Personal: Son of Ebony Mason…Has two sisters, Triston Mason and Sanaa Dieng, and five brothers, Trenton Gooden, Trey Mason, Trice Mason, Omar Darame and Devin Ewell…Majoring in General Studies with an emphasis in Social Behavior & Human Understanding.
