Cincere Mason

Senior safety for Kansas State. 2022: 3 interceptions, 2 pass breakups, 31 tackles.

S · Kansas State · Sr. · #9

6′0″ · 215 lb · Atlanta, GA

CFB Index 53 · #218 of 493 safetiesMedium confidenceKansas State 2022 alumnus

The story

4 safety for Kansas State. 2022: 3 interceptions, 2 pass breakups, 31 tackles.

Signed with Kennesaw State in 2017.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

S recruit

Signed with Kennesaw State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Two seasons at Kansas State, 46 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2017

Signed with Kennesaw Stateout of Grady

Career arc

Recruit

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2017 class

CFB

College

Kansas State

2021–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Chris Klieman — 18-9 over that span.

2021Kansas State8-5HC: Chris Klieman · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2022Kansas State10-4HC: Chris Klieman · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

53Rotational starter #218 of 493?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: interceptions (90th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Interceptions#42 / 811 · 90th pct

Passes defended#744 / 2755 · 66th pct

Solo tackles#1115 / 2755 · 58th pct

Tackles#1258 / 2755 · 54th pct

Tackles for loss#1784 / 2755 · 29th pct

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QB hurries#1444 / 2755 · 24th pct

Sacks#1454 / 2755 · 24th pct

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Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	2.8	0.2	0.0	0.2
Road5g	3.4	0.0	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	4.0	0.2	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Collin Klein

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

53 · #218 of 493 safeties

Unranked recruit. Now #218 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Kansas State	31	19	1.0	2	3	--
2021	Kansas State	15	11	1.0	1	--	--
Career		46	30	2.0	3	3	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 34-0vs South Dakota	2	2	0.0	1	0
Wk 2	W 40-12vs Missouri	1	1	0.0	1	1
Wk 3	L 10-17vs Tulane	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 41-34@ Oklahoma	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 10-9@ Iowa State	5	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 28-38@ TCU	7	2	0.0	—	1	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 9	W 48-0vs Oklahoma State	4	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 27-34vs Texas	5	2	1.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 31-3@ Baylor	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 48-31@ West Virginia	3	1	0.0	1	0
Total		31	19	1.0	3	2

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

Cincere Mason

2017

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Game log

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