Lance Mason

#86 · TE · Sr. · Wisconsin240 lb · Rockwall, TX

Lance Mason is a tight end who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Wisconsin.

Mason shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Came to Wisconsin by way of Missouri State. First career honor, 2025: All-Big Ten. One game to point at: 102 receiving yards and 7 receptions against Middle Tennessee — Week 2, 2025.

Style of play

Play style

No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Jake BriningstoolClemson · 2022 · 85% season match
Cameron LatuAlabama · 2022 · 84% season match
Henry PearsonApp State · 2022 · 79% season match
Justin HolmesPittsburgh · 2025 · 76% season match
Dylan WadeUCF · 2025 · 76% season match

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	Wisconsin	30	398	13.3	4	45
Career		30	398	13.3	4	45

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	W 42-10vs Middle Tennessee	7	102	14.6	1	34	Season-high 102 yds
Wk 3	L 14-38@ No. 19 Alabama	2	30	15.0	0	19
Wk 4	L 10-27vs Maryland	5	45	9.0	1	15
Wk 6	L 10-24@ No. 20 Michigan	3	30	10.0	0	16
Wk 7	L 0-37vs Iowa	1	29	29.0	0	29
Wk 8	L 0-34vs No. 1 Ohio State	2	31	15.5	0	24
Wk 9	L 7-21@ No. 6 Oregon	2	9	4.5	1	7
Wk 11	W 13-10vs No. 24 Washington	1	5	5.0	0	5
Wk 12	L 7-31@ No. 2 Indiana	1	45	45.0	1	45
Wk 13	W 27-10vs Illinois	2	23	11.5	0	17
Wk 14	L 7-17@ Minnesota	4	49	12.3	0	26
Total		30	398	13.3	4	45

Signature game

Week 12 · 2025

L 7-31

at Indiana

1 rec · 45 yds · 1 TD · 7 rush yds (1 car)

With S. West — 51 yards per punt · 5 punts · 3 inside the 20 · C. Smith — 98 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 68.8

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 12 · Indiana · 4th and 1 · Q2 · EPA +5.43Smith to Mason: a 45-yard touchdown pass.
Week 8 · Ohio State · 3rd and 12 · Q2 · EPA +3.72Hunter Simmons pass complete to Lance Mason for 24 yds to the OSU 33 for a Ohio State Penalty, Defensive Offside (John Ferlmann) declined for a
Week 3 · Alabama · 3rd and 5 · Q2 · EPA +2.81Danny O'Neil pass complete to Lance Mason for 19 yds to the WIS 49 for a
Week 3 · Alabama · 3rd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +2.72Danny O'Neil pass complete to Lance Mason for 11 yds to the ALA 49 for a
Week 4 · Maryland · 2nd and 4 · Q4 · EPA +2.42Hunter Simmons pass complete to Lance Mason for 13 yds for a TD (Nathanial Vakos KICK)
Week 7 · Iowa · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.38Hunter Simmons pass complete to Lance Mason for 29 yds to the IOWA 39 for a

4 more plays

Week 2 · Middle Tennessee · 2nd and 2 · Q4 · EPA +2.22Danny O'Neil pass complete to Lance Mason for 17 yds for a TD (Nathanial Vakos KICK)
Week 2 · Middle Tennessee · 2nd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +2.11Danny O'Neil pass complete to Lance Mason for 34 yds to the MTSU 3 for a
Week 9 · Oregon · 2nd and 2 · Q4 · EPA +2.07Simmons to Mason: a 2-yard touchdown pass.
Week 11 · Washington · 3rd and 5 · Q3 · EPA +1.49Smith to Mason: a 5-yard pass.

Receiving profile

Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth

How often he's targeted, and how well it works

30 rec · 398 yds · 4 TD

30 of 30 receptions matched to play-by-play

16 of 52 targets charted for true throw depth

Targets

5220% of team targets

Catch rate

58%30 of 52 targets

Behind LOS · Negative air yds

6% of targets (1)

100%catch rate

Air -1.0 · YAC 4.0 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

69% of targets (11)

55%catch rate

Air 3.5 · YAC 3.5 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

19% of targets (3)

100%catch rate

Air 16.0 · YAC 13.3 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

6% of targets (1)

0%catch rate

Air 27.0 avg

58% catch rate on 52 targets · 20% of the team's targets.

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

29%14 of his 48 targets came on third down · TE median is 22%

Teams and coaches

2025Wisconsin4-8HC: Luke Fickell · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 60 (#43 of 156). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2025 season

60Quality starter #43 of 156 · 2025?

12 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: yards / catch (85th percentile). Strength: rec tds (80th percentile). Concern: catch rate (19th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#213 / 798 · 73rd pct

4.2%

Yards / catch#337 / 798 · 58th pct

12.1

EPA / target#472 / 798 · 41st pct

0.36

Explosive rate#486 / 798 · 39th pct

8.3%

Catch rate#644 / 798 · 19th pct

58.3%

Box-score rates (7)

Yards / catch#26 / 175 · 85th pct

13.3

Rec TDs#27 / 175 · 80th pct

Rec yards#36 / 175 · 80th pct

398

Long catch#44 / 175 · 74th pct

Receptions#53 / 175 · 69th pct

Rush yards#12 / 33 · 64th pct

Rush TDs#14 / 33 · 30th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2025. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	3.0	39.2	14.1	0.3
Road5g	2.4	32.6	17.4	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.6	47.2	15.5	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	2.0	27.0	15.6	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Luke Fickell

Pass share

39.7%

272 pass / 413 run

Plays / game

57.1

12 games

Team sack rate

8.7%

309 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

60 · #43 of 156 TEs · 2025

Unranked recruit. Now #43 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix to repeat All-Big Ten

Based on 2025: #7 of 26 Big Ten TEs

How the All-Big Ten base rate is computed

A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 35% of returning players who ranked #4–10 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 31–38%).