#86

Lance Mason

Senior tight end for Wisconsin. 2025: 30 catches, 398 receiving yards, 4 TD.

TE · Wisconsin · Sr. · #86

240 lb · Rockwall, TX

CFB Index 60 · #43 of 156 TEsMedium-low confidenceAll-ConferenceReturning to Wisconsin for 2026

The numbers

398

receiving yards · 2025

30 catches · 4 TD · 13.3 per catch

Swing playSwung Wisconsin from 23% to 44% to win.Wisconsin at Indiana · 31-7

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 tight end for Wisconsin. 2025: 30 catches, 398 receiving yards, 4 TD.

Signed with Missouri State in 2022.
Transferred from Missouri State to Wisconsin in 2025.

The full story, with sources

How he plays

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment.

TD rate: 73rd percentile.

The full scouting read

Lance Mason

TE · Wisconsin · Sr · #86

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. He got to Wisconsin by way of Missouri State. His first career honor landed in 2025: All-Big Ten. One game to point at: 102 rec yds, 7 receptions against Middle Tennessee — Week 2, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
portal record
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

60Quality starter #43 of 156?

Medium-low confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

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 this season. 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).

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%

Splits & context

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Luke Fickell

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

60 · #43 of 156 TEs

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 estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

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

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2025

W 13–10

vs Washington

1 rec · 5 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With S. West — 24 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 100.0 · A. Bertrams — 37 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 43 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 12 · Indiana · 4&1 · Q2 · EPA +5.43(03:48) #5 C.Smith pass complete short middle to #86 L.Mason caught at IND27, for 45 yards to the IND00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 03:42, 1ST DOWN #90 N.Vakos kick attempt good (H: #49 A.Bertrams, LS: #46 N.Levy)
Week 8 · Ohio State · 3&12 · Q2 · EPA +3.72Hunter Simmons pass complete to Lance Mason for 24 yds to the OSU 33 for a 1ST down Ohio State Penalty, Defensive Offside (John Ferlmann) declined for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Alabama · 3&5 · Q2 · EPA +2.81Danny O'Neil pass complete to Lance Mason for 19 yds to the WIS 49 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Alabama · 3&8 · Q3 · EPA +2.72Danny O'Neil pass complete to Lance Mason for 11 yds to the ALA 49 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Maryland · 2&4 · Q4 · EPA +2.42Hunter Simmons pass complete to Lance Mason for 13 yds for a TD (Nathanial Vakos KICK)
Week 7 · Iowa · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.38Hunter Simmons pass complete to Lance Mason for 29 yds to the IOWA 39 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Middle Tennessee · 2&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 · 2&8 · Q2 · EPA +2.11Danny O'Neil pass complete to Lance Mason for 34 yds to the MTSU 3 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Oregon · 2&2 · Q4 · EPA +2.07(07:56) No Huddle-Shotgun #15 H.Simmons pass complete short right to #86 L.Mason caught at ORE02, for 2 yards to the ORE00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 07:57 #90 N.Vakos kick attempt good (H: #49 A.Bertrams, LS: #46 N.Levy)
Week 11 · Washington · 3&5 · Q3 · EPA +1.49(14:18) Shotgun #5 C.Smith pass complete short right to #86 L.Mason caught at WIS33, for 5 yards to the WIS35 (#8 T.Davis), 1ST DOWN

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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@ Alabama	2	30	15.0	0	19
Wk 4	L 10-27vs Maryland	5	45	9.0	1	15
Wk 6	L 10-24@ Michigan	3	30	10.0	0	16
Wk 7	L 0-37vs Iowa	1	29	29.0	0	29
Wk 8	L 0-34vs Ohio State	2	31	15.5	0	24
Wk 9	L 7-21@ Oregon	2	9	4.5	1	7
Wk 11	W 13-10vs Washington	1	5	5.0	0	5
Wk 12	L 7-31@ 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	15.6	4	45

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

Lance Mason

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202511 games

2025 snapshot

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Awards

All-Conference

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Signature plays

Game log

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