Mason Fairchild

#89 · TE · Sr. · Kansas6′4″ · 260 lb · Andale, KS

Mason Fairchild: TE · Kansas · #89.

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Mason Fairchild

TE · Kansas · Sr · #89

Creates mismatches lined up all over the formation. Played for two head coaches at Kansas: Les Miles and Lance Leipold. The first career honor came in 2022: All-Big 12. On tape: 95 receiving yards and 5 receptions against Oklahoma State, Week 7, 2023.

Style of play

Play style

Lined up out wide as often as inline. Creates mismatches downfield.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Kansas in the news

Baylor fires Dave ArandaKSN.com Oct 25
Kansas beats Baylor ending streakOct 24

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2023	Kansas	27	451	16.7	3	59
2022	Kansas	35	443	12.7	6	48
2021	Kansas	13	128	9.8	1	20
2020	Kansas	5	57	11.4	0	27
2019	Kansas	2	32	16.0	0	23
Career		82	1,111	13.5	10	59

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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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@ No. 3 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 No. 6 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 No. 23 Kansas State	1	59	59.0	0	59
Wk 13	W 49-16@ Cincinnati	1	26	26.0	1	26
Bowl	W 49-36vs UNLV	2	29	14.5	0	20
Total		27	451	16.7	3	59

Signature game

Week 7 · 2023

L 32-39

at Oklahoma State

5 rec · 95 yds · 2 TD

With J. Bean — 410 yds · 5 TD · 2 INT · QBR 75.6 · T. Wilson — 4 rec · 86 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 7 · Oklahoma State · 1st and 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 · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.19Cole Ballard pass complete to Mason Fairchild for 59 yds to the KSU 6 for a
Week 1 · UNLV · 2nd and 13 · Q3 · EPA +2.97Jason Bean pass complete to Mason Fairchild for 20 yds to the UNLV 49 for a
Week 13 · Cincinnati · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.72Jason Bean pass complete to Mason Fairchild for 26 yds for a TD (Seth Keller KICK)
Week 1 · UNLV · 3rd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +2.46Jason Bean pass complete to Mason Fairchild for 9 yds to the UNLV 43 for a
Week 1 · Missouri State · 3rd and 13 · Q3 · EPA +2.35Jason Bean pass complete to Mason Fairchild for 14 yds to the KU 39 for a

4 more plays

Week 7 · Oklahoma State · 2nd and 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 · 3rd and 12 · Q2 · EPA +2.21Cole Ballard pass complete to Mason Fairchild for 12 yds to the KU 38 for a
Week 7 · Oklahoma State · 3rd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +1.93Jason Bean pass complete to Mason Fairchild for 10 yds to the KU 36 for a
Week 3 · Nevada · 2nd and 4 · Q3 · EPA +1.83Jalon Daniels pass complete to Mason Fairchild for 29 yds to the NEV 1 for a

Teams and coaches

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

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 61 (#30 of 137). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2023 season

61Quality starter #30 of 137 · 2023?

10 metrics · season cumulative

2023 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. 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 in 2023. 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

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
Road4g	3.2	56.2	18.7	0.8

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

2023 season

Head Coach

Lance Leipold

Pass share

39.0%

311 pass / 487 run

Plays / game

61.4

13 games

Team sack rate

4.6%

329 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

27 catches in 11 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS tight end who plays every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

61 · #30 of 137 TEs · 2023

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

Mason Fairchild

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Style of play

Fans

Kansas in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

27 catches in 11 games

Five seasons at Kansas

2019

2022 10 games