Mason Maddox is a defensive lineman who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Kent State.
Maddox disrupts the pocket from the interior. The four seasons span two programs and three head coaches: Mike Sanford Jr., Kenni Burns and Mark Carney. On tape: 3 tackles against Bowling Green, Week 9, 2025.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
14 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Kent State | 14 | 6 | 1.5 | 1.0 |
| 2024 | Kent State | 6 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| 2023 | Kent State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 | Colorado | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Career | 25 | 10 | 3.0 | 1.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 10 games
Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 21-17vs Merrimack | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 14-62@ No. 24 Texas Tech | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 28-31vs Buffalo | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 10-66@ No. 7 Florida State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 0-44@ No. 5 Oklahoma | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 42-6vs Massachusetts | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 10-45@ Toledo | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 24-21vs Bowling Green | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 13 | L 16-28vs Central Michigan | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 35-31@ Northern Illinois | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 14 | 6 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Week 7 · 2025
W 42-6
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 1 tackle
Dominant 36-point win at home against Massachusetts.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
11%2 TFLSack rate
7%1 sackHurry rate
14%2 hurries14 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 1 sack.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mark Carney
Pass share
42.8%
292 pass / 390 run
Plays / game
56.8
12 games
Team sack rate
7.2%
320 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
4 coachesPlayed for 4 head coaches at 2 schools: Karl Dorrell, Mike Sanford Jr., Kenni Burns and Mark Carney.
