#13

Mason Cobb

Former linebacker at USC. 2024: 72 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss.

LB · USC · Sr. · #13

6′0″ · 230 lb · Provo, UT

CFB Index 64 · #164 of 571 LBsHigh confidenceUSC 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

ILB recruit

No. 1200 nationally · Signed with Provo

Statement game16 tacklesat TCU (FBS) · L 40-43

Top 0.1% tackles game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former linebacker at USC. 2024: 72 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Provo in 2020.
Transferred from Oklahoma State to USC in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at USC, 263 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2020

Recruited3-star out of Provo

202212 games

The role got bigger.

All-Big 12second

202311 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1200 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-BIG 12 · 2ND TEAM

All-Big 12 2nd team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

3 coaches

2020

Clay Helton

USC

2021

Donte Williams

USC

era →

2022–2024

Lincoln Riley

USC

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Clay Helton, Donte Williams, and Lincoln Riley. Multi-era developmental context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Oklahoma State8-3HC: Mike Gundy · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Oklahoma State12-2HC: Mike Gundy · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022Oklahoma State7-6HC: Mike Gundy · Balanced, fast tempo

2023USC8-5HC: Lincoln Riley · Pass-leaning, slow tempo

2024USC7-6HC: Lincoln Riley · Pass-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

64Quality starter #164 of 571?

High confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (92nd percentile). Strength: solo tackles (83rd percentile). Concern: qb hurries (23rd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#226 / 2892 · 92nd pct

Solo tackles#488 / 2892 · 83rd pct

Passes defended#504 / 2892 · 78th pct

Interceptions#132 / 862 · 74th pct

Tackles for loss#1216 / 2892 · 55th pct

2.5

Sacks#1455 / 2892 · 25th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1536 / 2892 · 23rd 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

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	5.0	0.2	0.0	0.3
Road6g	7.0	0.2	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.3	0.2	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	6.7	0.2	0.0	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Lincoln Riley

Pass share

46.0%

97 pass / 114 run

Plays / game

70.3

3 games

Team sack rate

2.0%

102 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

64 · #164 of 571 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #164 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	USC	72	31	2.5	0.0	3	2	--
2023	USC	85	50	7.0	0.0	1	--	--
2022	Oklahoma State	96	58	13.0	1.0	1	1	--
2021	Oklahoma State	8	6	2.0	1.0	--	--	--
2020	Oklahoma State	2	1	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		263	146	25.5	2.0	5	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2024

W 35–31

vs Texas A&M

1 TOT

Edged out Texas A&M at home in a shootout.

With J. Maiava — 295 yds · 4 TD · 3 INT · QBR 73.8 · -4 rush yds (3 car) · M. Lemon — 6 rec · 99 yds

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 27-20@ LSU	7	2	0.0	1	0
Wk 4	L 24-27@ Michigan	5	2	1.5	—	0
Wk 5	W 38-21vs Wisconsin	2	1	0.0	1	0
Wk 6	L 17-24@ Minnesota	11	5	0.0	—	0	Season-high 11 tackles
Wk 7	L 30-33vs Penn State	6	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 28-29@ Maryland	5	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 42-20vs Rutgers	9	4	0.0	—	1
Wk 10	L 21-26@ Washington	7	3	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	W 28-20vs Nebraska	9	7	1.0	—	1
Wk 13	W 19-13@ UCLA	7	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 35-49vs Notre Dame	3	2	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 35-31vs Texas A&M	1	0	0.0	—	0
Total		72	31	2.5	2	3

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

Mason Cobb

2020

202212 games

202311 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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