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Jersey Number 45
Mason Shelton
- Position:
- LB
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 230
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Maryville, Tenn.
- High School:
- Maryville HS
2023 (Redshirt Junior)
- Played in 12 game games
- Finished the season with 21 tackles, including 11 solo stops, 0.5 tackles for loss, and one fumble recovery
- Career-high six tackles with four solo stops against Appalachian State (Oct. 10)
- Four tackles against Army (Nov. 18)
- Tallied two tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Texas State (Nov. 11)
- Recorded two tackles and one fumble recovery against Duquesne (Sept. 16)
2022 (Redshirt Sophomore)
- Played in all 13 games on the year, predominantly on special teams
- Finished the season with 14 tackles and 0.5 tackles-for-loss
- Recorded a season-high four tackles in the regular-season finale at James Madison (Nov. 26)
- Totaled three tackles and 0.5 tackles-for-loss in the home win over Buffalo (Sept. 17)
- Also picked up two tackles in home wins over Army (Sept. 3) and Southern Miss (Nov. 12)
- Picked up two tackles in the road win at Georgia State (Sept. 22)
- Registered one tackle in the 2022 Hercules Tires Sun Belt Conference Football Championship game at Troy (Dec. 3)
- Also took the field for the Chants in the 2022 TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl versus East Carolina (Dec. 27)
2021 (Redshirt Freshman)
- Played in 12 games on the season, primarily on special teams
- Missed the 2021 Tailgreeter Cure Bowl game with an injury
- Finished the season with seven total tackles and 1.5 tackles-for-loss
- Blocked a punt in the home win over UMass (Sept. 25)
- Returned a blocked punt for a touchdown in the road win at Georgia Southern (Nov. 6)
- Had four tackles and 1.0 tackle-for-loss in his collegiate debut versus The Citadel (Sept. 2)
- Recorded two tackles in the home win over Texas State (Nov. 20)
- Had 0.5 tackles-for-loss in the Sun Belt Conference win over ULM (Oct. 2)
- Earned a spot on the Dean's List (3.5 GPA or higher) for the 2022 spring semester
2020 (Freshman)
- Redshirt season
- Did not see any game action on the season
- Named to the Dean's List (3.25 GPA or higher) for both the 2020 fall and 2021 spring semesters
High School
- Rated as a three-star recruit at linebacker by ESPN, 247Sports, and Rivals
- Ranked as high as the 37th-best overall prospect in the state of Tennessee in the Class of 2020 by Rivals
- Played linebacker for Maryville High School and head coach Derek Hunt
- Led his Rebels team to a perfect 15-0 record and a 2019 TSSAA Division I Class 6A state championship title
- Also a member of the 2017 state championship team
- Recorded eight total tackles, 2.0 tackles-for-loss, 2.0 sacks, forced a fumble and recovered a fumble in the state championship game win
- Finished his senior season with 129 total tackles, 62 solo and 62 assisted, 17.0 tackles-for-loss, 6.5 sacks, five forced fumbles, and one fumble recovery
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