Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 0-62@ Louisville | 3/8 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | -- | Season-high 19 yds |
#10
Mason Garcia
Sophomore quarterback for East Carolina. 2023: 408 passing yards, 1 TD, 2 INT.
6′5″ · 249 lb · Myrtle Beach, SC
East Carolina 2023 alumnus
Recruiting
4★
PRO recruit
No. 374 nationally · Signed with Carolina Forest
Last played in 2024.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Sophomore quarterback for East Carolina. 2023: 408 passing yards, 1 TD, 2 INT.
- Signed as a 4-star recruit to Carolina Forest in 2020.
- Transferred from East Carolina to Austin Peay in 2024.
Mason Garcia
Extends plays with his feet until something opens up. East Carolina to Austin Peay — the move that set up everything since. One game to point at: 19 pass yds, 7 rush yds against Louisville — Week 1, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- portal record
- game log
How it ended
Four seasons at East Carolina, 571 passing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
20203 games
- Recruited4-star out of Carolina Forest
2024
The snaps went the other way.
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
East Carolina
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2020–2023
1 coach2020–2023
East Carolina
Played his entire career under Mike Houston.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | East Carolina | 48 | 95 | 50.5% | 408 | 4.3 | 1 | 2 | 85.9 | 26 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | East Carolina | 7 | 12 | 58.3% | 54 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 96.1 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | East Carolina | 2 | 3 | 66.7% | 21 | 7.0 | 1 | 1 | 168.8 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | East Carolina | 9 | 22 | 40.9% | 88 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 74.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 66 | 132 | 50.0% | 571 | 4.3 | 2 | 3 | 86.8 | 26 | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | East Carolina | 50 | 227 | 4.5 | 2 | -- |
| 2022 | East Carolina | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 0 | -- |
| 2021 | East Carolina | 8 | 19 | 2.4 | 1 | -- |
| 2020 | East Carolina | 19 | 87 | 4.6 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 82 | 347 | 4.2 | 4 | -- |
Game log
2024 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Mike Houston — 20-26 over that span.
2020East Carolina3-6HC: Mike Houston · Run-leaning
2021East Carolina7-5HC: Mike Houston · Balanced, fast tempo
2022East Carolina8-5HC: Mike Houston · Balanced
2023East Carolina2-10HC: Mike Houston · Balanced
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 1 game: 19.0 YDS/g, 0.0 TD/g, 2.4 YPA, 0.0 INT/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Blake Harrell
Pass share
43.5%
77 pass / 100 run
Plays / game
59.0
3 games
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
How he plays
Play style
Makes plays with feet when the pocket collapses. Efficiency still on the rise.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Scrambler
Makes plays with feet when the pocket collapses. Efficiency still on the rise.
QB
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Artur Sitkowski’s 2021 season.
Differs from Artur on
Rush usage (higher)
Class year (lower)
Weight (higher)
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Landyn Locke’s path through Sam Houston.
Matches Landyn on
Completion %
Yards per attempt
Recruiting rating
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Phil Jurkovec's senior season at Pittsburgh (2023).
1%match
Differs from Phil on
Class year (lower)
TD rate (lower)
Yards / attempt (lower)
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology