#86

Mason Taylor

Former tight end at LSU. 2024: 55 catches, 546 receiving yards, 2 TD.

TE · LSU · Jr. · #86

6′6″ · 253 lb · Plantation, FL

CFB Index 66 · #18 of 135 TEsMedium-low confidenceNew York — drafted 2025, Rd 2, Pick 10, #42 overall

Recruiting

3★

TE recruit

No. 492 nationally · Signed with LSU

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former tight end at LSU. 2024: 55 catches, 546 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to LSU in 2022.
Drafted round 2 by the New York in 2025.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at LSU, 1,308 receiving yards — drafted at #42 overall by New York.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 88 yds vs Wisconsin.Wisconsin · W 35-312023

202214 games

Signed with LSU3-star out of St. Thomas Aquinas

2025

Drafted by New Yorkround 2, pick 42

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#492 national

CFB

College

LSU

2022–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #42

New York · 2025

Coaching lineage · 2022–2024

1 coach

2022–2024

Brian Kelly

LSU

Played his entire career under Brian Kelly.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

New YorkEntering 2nd NFL season

#42Rd 2 · Pick 10

New YorkEntering 2nd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Brian Kelly — 29-11 over that span.

2022LSU10-4HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced

2023LSU10-3HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced

2024LSU9-4HC: Brian Kelly · Pass-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

66Quality starter #18 of 135?

Medium-low confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (96th percentile). Strength: rec yards (90th percentile). Concern: catch rate (10th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#455 / 610 · 25th pct

9.9

Explosive rate#477 / 610 · 22nd pct

8.6%

TD rate#480 / 610 · 21st pct

2.9%

EPA / target#484 / 610 · 21st pct

0.59

Catch rate#547 / 610 · 10th pct

77.1%

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#8 / 168 · 96th pct

Rec yards#17 / 168 · 90th pct

546

Rec TDs#72 / 168 · 46th pct

Long catch#89 / 168 · 45th pct

Yards / catch#112 / 168 · 33rd pct

9.9

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

8th → 21st percentile

Explosive rate

19th → 22nd percentile

Catch rate

26th → 10th percentile

TD rate

23rd → 21st percentile

Yards / catch

14th → 25th 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

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	4.6	47.9	10.8	0.0
Road4g	4.5	40.8	8.7	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.5	53.8	10.2	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	3.7	37.2	10.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Lane Kiffin

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

66 · #18 of 135 TEs

Three-star recruit. Now #18 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	LSU	55	546	9.9	2	--
2023	LSU	36	348	9.7	1	--
2022	LSU	38	414	10.9	3	--
Career		129	1,308	10.1	6	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2024

W 29–26

vs Ole Miss

5 rec · 43 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With G. Nussmeier — 337 yds · 3 TD · 2 INT · QBR 73.0 · 16 rush yds (2 car) · P. Todd — 42 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 44 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 7 · Ole Miss · 3&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.38Garrett Nussmeier pass complete to Mason Taylor for 19 yds to the MISS 38 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Vanderbilt · 3&9 · Q1 · EPA +3.34Garrett Nussmeier pass complete to Mason Taylor for 24 yds to the VAN 48 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · UCLA · 2&11 · Q3 · EPA +3.33Garrett Nussmeier pass complete to Mason Taylor for 33 yds to the UCLA 48 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · South Alabama · 3&9 · Q3 · EPA +2.70Garrett Nussmeier pass complete to Mason Taylor for 9 yds to the USA 44 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Ole Miss · 4&6 · Q4 · EPA +2.69Garrett Nussmeier pass complete to Mason Taylor for 14 yds to the LSU 43 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · UCLA · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA +2.61Garrett Nussmeier pass complete to Mason Taylor for 12 yds to the UCLA 44 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · South Carolina · 3&2 · Q4 · EPA +2.54Garrett Nussmeier pass complete to Mason Taylor for 2 yds for a TD (Damian Ramos KICK)
Week 11 · Alabama · 4&4 · Q3 · EPA +2.45Garrett Nussmeier pass complete to Mason Taylor for 12 yds to the ALA 26 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Florida · 4&4 · Q4 · EPA +2.34Garrett Nussmeier pass complete to Mason Taylor for 15 yds to the FLA 21 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Oklahoma · 3&7 · Q1 · EPA +2.18Garrett Nussmeier pass complete to Mason Taylor for 15 yds to the LSU 39 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 20-27vs USC	7	62	8.9	0	15
Wk 2	W 44-21vs Nicholls	4	40	10.0	0	17
Wk 3	W 36-33@ South Carolina	6	58	9.7	1	20
Wk 4	W 34-17vs UCLA	8	77	9.6	0	33	Season-high 77 yds
Wk 5	W 42-10vs South Alabama	3	43	14.3	0	30
Wk 7	W 29-26vs Ole Miss	5	43	8.6	0	19
Wk 8	W 34-10@ Arkansas	3	25	8.3	0	13
Wk 9	L 23-38@ Texas A&M	3	21	7.0	1	15
Wk 11	L 13-42vs Alabama	4	50	12.5	0	26
Wk 12	L 16-27@ Florida	6	59	9.8	0	20
Wk 13	W 24-17vs Vanderbilt	3	40	13.3	0	24
Wk 14	W 37-17vs Oklahoma	3	28	9.3	0	15
Total		55	546	10.1	2	33

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