Senior defensive lineman on Florida's 2026 roster.
6′5″ · 293 lb · Hattiesburg, MS · Petal
The numbers
sacks · 2025
1.5 TFL · 16 tackles · 1 hurries
Best game: 1 TFL, 2 tackles, at Louisiana
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman on Florida's 2025 roster.
Mason Clinton
Wins his gap play after play. Mason Clinton has played for two head coaches across two seasons and two programs. The receipt on tape: 4 tackles against Jacksonville State, Week 5, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Florida
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: solo tackles (12th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2025 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 2.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jon Sumrall
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Southern Miss | 16 | 6 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Louisiana | -- | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 16 | 6 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-34vs Mississippi State | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 42-25vs Jacksonville State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 22-10@ Louisiana | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 27-21@ Arkansas State | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 14-41vs Texas State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 35-42@ South Alabama | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | L 16-27vs Western Kentucky | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 6 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Derek Wilkins’s 2024 season.
Matches Derek on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Esaias Carpenter's sophomore season at Marshall (2021).
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Player DNA
Pronunciation Career Stats (PDF) 2025 at Southern Miss: Played in 12 games and had 16 tackles (10 solo) with 1.5 tackles-for-loss, a quarterback hurry and pass breakup... Had three tackles and 0.5 TFL in the season opener vs. Mississippi State (Aug. 30)... At Louisiana, had two tackles, a 1.0 TFL...
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