Hezekiah Masses: DB · California · #5.
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Hezekiah Masses
Erases the deep middle of the field. Played for two head coaches at two programs in four seasons: Mike MacIntyre and Justin Wilcox. First career honor, 2025: All-ACC. A game that shows it: 6 tackles against Stanford — Week 13, 2025.
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
47 tackles. 12 passes defended. 5 interceptions. 1 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | California | 47 | 31 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 12 | 5 |
| 2024 | Florida International | 38 | 24 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 |
| 2023 | Florida International | 33 | 29 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 |
| 2022 | Florida International | 25 | 13 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 4 | -- |
| Career | 143 | 97 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 24 | 7 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-15@ Oregon State | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wk 2 | W 35-3vs Texas Southern | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 27-14vs Minnesota | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 0-34@ San Diego State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 28-24@ Boston College | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 21-45vs Duke | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 21-18vs North Carolina | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 9 | L 34-42@ Virginia Tech | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 21-31vs No. 15 Virginia | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 29-26@ No. 14 Louisville | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-31@ Stanford | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | W 38-35vs No. 25 SMU | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | L 31-35@ Hawai'i | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 47 | 31 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 12 |
Week 11 · 2025
W 29-26
at Louisville
1 interception · 6 tackles · 1 pass breakup
A close one, won by 3 on the road.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
26%12 pass breakupsInterceptions
5interceptionsTackle volume
47tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%1 TFL47 tackles · 1 for loss · 12 pass breakups · 5 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| Road7g | 4.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.9 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Justin Wilcox
Pass share
57.0%
502 pass / 379 run
Plays / game
67.8
13 games
Team sack rate
5.6%
518 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
First team in his league at the position.
The All-Conference 1st team honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #3 of 364 FBS cornerbacks by CFB Zeitgeist Score.2025 profile
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #3 at the position.
The No. 2,711 recruit in the country is starting in the secondary in the ACC as a senior.
How it ended
Four seasons, at Florida International and California, 143 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2025) — drafted at #175 overall by the Las Vegas Raiders.
Recruited as a two-star, and honored since.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-ACC · 1ST TEAM
All-ACC 1st team (2025)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2025)
ACC Defensive Back Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Mike MacIntyre and Justin Wilcox.
Next stop · NFL
Las Vegas Raiders2026 NFL rookie season
Las Vegas Raiders2026 NFL rookie season
