#89

Mason Fairchild

Senior tight end for Kansas. 2023: 27 catches, 451 receiving yards, 3 TD.

TE · Kansas · Sr. · #89

6′4″ · 260 lb · Andale, KS

CFB Index 61 · #30 of 137 TEsMedium-low confidenceKansas 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

TE recruit

No. 2181 nationally · Signed with Kansas

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 tight end for Kansas. 2023: 27 catches, 451 receiving yards, 3 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Kansas in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Kansas, 1,111 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2019

Signed with Kansas3-star out of Andale

202210 games

The role got bigger.

All-Big 12second

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#2181 national

CFB

College

Kansas

2019–2023

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 · 2019–2023

2 coaches

2019–2020

Les Miles

Kansas

2021–2023

Lance Leipold

Kansas

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Les Miles → Lance Leipold. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Kansas3-9HC: Les Miles · Balanced

2020Kansas0-9HC: Les Miles · Run-leaning

2021Kansas2-10HC: Lance Leipold · Run-leaning

2022Kansas6-7HC: Lance Leipold · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2023Kansas9-4HC: Lance Leipold · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

61Quality starter #30 of 137?

Medium-low confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (90th percentile). Strength: explosive rate (80th percentile). Concern: catch rate (20th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#66 / 639 · 90th pct

16.9

Explosive rate#123 / 639 · 80th pct

20.0%

TD rate#187 / 639 · 71st pct

8.6%

EPA / target#281 / 639 · 56th pct

0.81

Catch rate#511 / 639 · 20th pct

71.4%

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#7 / 160 · 95th pct

16.7

Long catch#17 / 160 · 89th pct

Rec yards#20 / 160 · 88th pct

451

Receptions#55 / 160 · 65th pct

Rec TDs#49 / 160 · 62nd pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

73rd → 56th percentile

Explosive rate

93rd → 80th percentile

Catch rate

78th → 20th percentile

TD rate

88th → 71st percentile

Yards / catch

66th → 90th percentile

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).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.0	32.8	20.4	0.0
Road5g	3.0	50.8	17.9	0.6

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.9	40.6	13.7	0.3
Weeks 8+4g	1.8	41.8	28.9	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Lance Leipold

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

61 · #30 of 137 TEs

Three-star recruit. Now #30 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Kansas	27	451	16.7	3	--
2022	Kansas	35	443	12.7	6	--
2021	Kansas	13	128	9.8	1	--
2020	Kansas	5	57	11.4	0	--
2019	Kansas	2	32	16.0	0	--
Career		82	1,111	13.5	10	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2023

W 38–33

vs Oklahoma

3 rec · 62 yds

Edged out Oklahoma at home in a shootout.

With J. Bean — 218 yds · 0 TD · 2 INT · QBR 75.8 · 62 rush yds (4 car) · 1 TD · D. Neal — 112 rush yds (25 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 7 · Oklahoma State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.41Jason Bean pass complete to Mason Fairchild for 44 yds for a TD (Two-Point Conversion failed)
Week 12 · Kansas State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.19Cole Ballard pass complete to Mason Fairchild for 59 yds to the KSU 6 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · UNLV · 2&13 · Q3 · EPA +2.97Jason Bean pass complete to Mason Fairchild for 20 yds to the UNLV 49 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Cincinnati · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.72Jason Bean pass complete to Mason Fairchild for 26 yds for a TD (Seth Keller KICK)
Week 1 · UNLV · 3&7 · Q2 · EPA +2.46Jason Bean pass complete to Mason Fairchild for 9 yds to the UNLV 43 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Missouri State · 3&13 · Q3 · EPA +2.35Jason Bean pass complete to Mason Fairchild for 14 yds to the KU 39 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Oklahoma State · 2&1 · Q2 · EPA +2.32Jason Bean pass complete to Mason Fairchild for 30 yds for a TD (Seth Keller PAT BLOCKED)
Week 11 · Texas Tech · 3&12 · Q2 · EPA +2.21Cole Ballard pass complete to Mason Fairchild for 12 yds to the KU 38 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Oklahoma State · 3&9 · Q1 · EPA +1.93Jason Bean pass complete to Mason Fairchild for 10 yds to the KU 36 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Nevada · 2&4 · Q3 · EPA +1.83Jalon Daniels pass complete to Mason Fairchild for 29 yds to the NEV 1 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 48-17vs Missouri State	2	21	10.5	0	14
Wk 2	W 34-23vs Illinois	1	16	16.0	0	16
Wk 3	W 31-24@ Nevada	5	74	14.8	0	29
Wk 5	L 14-40@ Texas	2	30	15.0	0	18
Wk 6	W 51-22vs UCF	3	19	6.3	0	12
Wk 7	L 32-39@ Oklahoma State	5	95	19.0	2	44	Season-high 95 yds
Wk 9	W 38-33vs Oklahoma	3	62	20.7	0	39
Wk 11	L 13-16vs Texas Tech	2	20	10.0	0	12
Wk 12	L 27-31vs Kansas State	1	59	59.0	0	59
Wk 13	W 49-16@ Cincinnati	1	26	26.0	1	26
Bowl	W 49-36@ UNLV	2	29	14.5	0	20
Total		27	451	19.3	3	59

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

Mason Fairchild

2019

202210 games

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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