#96

KaDerrion Mason

Senior defensive tackle for Louisiana Tech. 2019: 3 sacks, 6 tackles for loss, 27 tackles.

DT · Louisiana Tech · Sr. · #96

6′4″ · 297 lb · Mccomb, MS

Louisiana Tech 2019 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

SDE recruit

No. 963 nationally · Signed with Louisiana Tech

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive tackle for Louisiana Tech. 2019: 3 sacks, 6 tackles for loss, 27 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Louisiana Tech in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Louisiana Tech, 65 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20164 games

Signed with Louisiana Tech3-star out of McComb

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#963 national

CFB

College

Louisiana Tech

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

1 coach

2016–2019

Skip Holtz

Louisiana Tech

Played his entire career under Skip Holtz.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Skip Holtz — 34-19 over that span.

2016Louisiana Tech9-5HC: Skip Holtz · Pass-leaning

2017Louisiana Tech7-6HC: Skip Holtz · Run-leaning

2018Louisiana Tech8-5HC: Skip Holtz · Balanced

2019Louisiana Tech10-3HC: Skip Holtz · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (86th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (81st percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#322 / 2688 · 86th pct

3.0

Tackles for loss#473 / 2688 · 81st pct

6.0

QB hurries#478 / 2688 · 77th pct

Solo tackles#1442 / 2688 · 45th pct

Tackles#1542 / 2688 · 42nd pct

Passes defended#1690 / 2688 · 19th 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

2019 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	3.2	1.2	0.6	0.0
Road5g	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	2.8	0.2	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.7	0.8	0.3	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Sonny Cumbie

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Louisiana Tech	27	16	6.0	3.0	--	--	--
2018	Louisiana Tech	14	5	1.0	1.0	--	--	--
2017	Louisiana Tech	21	14	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
2016	Louisiana Tech	3	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		65	36	8.0	4.0	--	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week