Easton Mascarenas-Arnold

Former linebacker at USC. 2024: 94 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.

LB · USC · Sr. · #4

6′0″ · 231 lb · Mission Viejo, CA

CFB Index 78 · #71 of 571 LBsHigh confidenceUSC 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

LB recruit

No. 453 nationally · Signed with Oregon State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former linebacker at USC. 2024: 94 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Oregon State in 2021.
Transferred from Oregon State to USC in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at USC, 237 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2021

Signed with Oregon State3-star out of Mission Viejo

202413 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#453 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2022–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2022–2024

1 coach

2022–2024

Lincoln Riley

USC

Played his entire career under Lincoln Riley.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Oregon State10-3HC: Jonathan Smith · Run-heavy

2023Oregon State8-5HC: Jonathan Smith · Run-leaning

2024USC7-6HC: Lincoln Riley · Pass-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

78All-Conference level #71 of 571?

High confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (98th percentile). Strength: tackles (98th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Solo tackles#64 / 2892 · 98th pct

Tackles#67 / 2892 · 98th pct

Sacks#502 / 2892 · 79th pct

2.0

Tackles for loss#571 / 2892 · 78th pct

5.0

Interceptions#132 / 862 · 74th pct

QB hurries#585 / 2892 · 74th pct

Passes defended#1155 / 2892 · 49th pct

Forced fumbles#55 / 700 · 46th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	6.9	0.1	0.0	0.1
Road6g	7.7	0.7	0.3	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	7.9	0.1	0.0	0.1
Weeks 8+6g	6.5	0.7	0.3	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Lincoln Riley

Pass share

46.0%

97 pass / 114 run

Plays / game

70.3

3 games

Team sack rate

2.0%

102 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Starter

Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

78 · #71 of 571 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #71 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	USC	94	51	5.0	2.0	1	2	--
2023	Oregon State	106	49	6.5	2.0	--	2	--
2022	Oregon State	37	17	5.5	2.0	1	1	--
Career		237	117	17.0	6.0	2	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2024

W 35–31

vs Texas A&M

2 SOLO · 1 PD · 6 TOT

Edged out Texas A&M at home in a shootout.

With J. Maiava — 295 yds · 4 TD · 3 INT · QBR 73.8 · -4 rush yds (3 car) · M. Lemon — 6 rec · 99 yds

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 27-20@ LSU	6	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 48-0vs Utah State	7	4	0.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 4	L 24-27@ Michigan	7	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 38-21vs Wisconsin	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 17-24@ Minnesota	14	8	1.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 14 tackles
Wk 7	L 30-33vs Penn State	13	8	0.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 8	L 28-29@ Maryland	6	5	2.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 42-20vs Rutgers	11	6	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 21-26@ Washington	7	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 28-20vs Nebraska	8	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 19-13@ UCLA	6	4	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 35-49vs Notre Dame	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 35-31vs Texas A&M	6	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Total		94	51	5.0	2.0	2	1

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology