Mario Patton: DL · Massachusetts · #96.
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Mario Patton
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Arrived as a two-star recruit; three seasons of production at Massachusetts since. One game to point at: 4 tackles against Liberty — Week 10, 2018.
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
26 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 4 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Massachusetts | 26 | 10 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2017 | Massachusetts | 8 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 |
| 2016 | Massachusetts | 12 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 |
| Career | 46 | 17 | 5.5 | 1.0 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 63-15vs Duquesne | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | L 21-55@ Boston College | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 13-34@ Georgia Southern | 4 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 24-63@ Florida International | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 42-58@ Ohio | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 42-58vs South Florida | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 13-24vs Coastal Carolina | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 62-59vs Liberty | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 16-35vs BYU | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 27-66@ No. 5 Georgia | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 26 | 10 | 4.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
15%4 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
0%0 hurries26 tackles · 4 for loss.
3 seasons under Mark Whipple — 10-26 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 2.4 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mark Whipple
Pass share
50.7%
413 pass / 402 run
Plays / game
67.9
12 games
Team sack rate
8.5%
459 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2018
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Massachusetts, 1 sacks — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 25 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
1 coachPlayed every college season under Mark Whipple.
