Mason White

Senior defensive back on Oregon State's 2026 roster.

DB · Oregon State · Sr. · #1

6′0″ · 194 lb · Van Nuys, CA

CFB Index 20 · #505 of 544 safetiesLow confidenceReturning to Oregon State for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 11 pm ETvs MontanaReser Stadium

The story

4 defensive back on Oregon State's 2025 roster.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Birmingham in 2020.
Transferred from TCU to Oregon State in 2024.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

CB recruit

No. 3396 nationally · Signed with Birmingham

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How he projects

Moves between deep coverage and the slot.

The full scouting read

Mason White

DB · Oregon State · Sr · #1

Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Across three seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Sonny Dykes and Trent Bray. The receipt: 5 tackles against Washington State — Week 14, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2023TCU5-7HC: Sonny Dykes · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2024Oregon State5-7HC: Trent Bray · Run-leaning

2025Oregon State2-10HC: Trent Bray · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

20Below cohort / limited sample #505 of 544?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#777 / 2975 · 67th pct

Tackles#1469 / 2975 · 49th pct

Solo tackles#1735 / 2975 · 40th pct

Tackles for loss#1936 / 2975 · 28th pct

1.0

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

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

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	1.9	0.1	0.0	0.3
Road5g	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.1
Weeks 8+5g	2.8	0.2	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

JaMarcus Shephard

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

20 · #505 of 544 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #505 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Oregon State	28	12	1.0	2	--	--
2024	Oregon State	17	11	1.5	--	--	--
2023	TCU	1	1	0.0	--	--	--
Career		46	24	2.5	2	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2025

W 45–13

vs Lafayette

4 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 TFL

Dominant 32-point win at home against Lafayette.

With G. Johnson — 79 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 95.9 · 82 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD · A. Hankerson — 204 rush yds (25 car) · 4 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 15-34vs California	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 27-36vs Fresno State	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 14-45@ Texas Tech	3	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 7-41@ Oregon	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 24-27vs Houston	2	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 23-27@ App State	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 14-39vs Wake Forest	3	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 8	W 45-13vs Lafayette	4	2	1.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 10-7vs Washington State	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 17-21vs Sam Houston	1	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	L 14-31@ Tulsa	3	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 8-32@ Washington State	5	4	0.0	—	0	Season-high 5 tackles
Total		28	12	1.0	—	2

How he plays

Play style

Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

12 games

28Tackles

12Solo

1TFL

0Sacks

2Pass def.

0INT

28 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 TFL.

Week 71 PD
Week 111 PD

Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.

2026 Outlook

Oregon State

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive back · Oregon State

Returning around him

Transfer portal: -15 net (20 in / 35 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Oregon State · Last season: 2-10 · Talent rank #76 · 2026 recruiting class #100

DNA match

Player DNA

Hybrid Nickel

Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Quincy Riley’s 2022 season.

Quincy Riley

87%match

Louisville · 2022

NFL Rd 4

Jer'Marius Lewis

UTSA · 2024

86%

Rod Moore

Michigan · 2023

All-Big Ten

84%

Que Reid

James Madison · 2023

84%

Josh Thompson

Texas · 2021

84%

Matches Quincy on

Height

TFL rate

Weight

Differs from Quincy on

Class year (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Quincy Riley's junior season at Louisville (2022).

Quincy Riley

93%match

Louisville · 2022

All-ACCNFL Rd 4

Tyrell Ajian

Kentucky · 2022

93%

Zion Childress

Kentucky · 2022

90%

Jer'Marius Lewis

UTSA · 2024

89%

Noa Pola-Gates

New Mexico · 2023

89%

Matches Quincy on

Class year

Weight

TFL rate

Player DNA

Players who play like Mason White

Stephen Saywahn

UL Monroe · 2024

87%

Kendrick Simpkins

Baylor · 2025

82%

Jordan Hansen

Northern Illinois · 2024

82%

The secondary · Oregon State

#6Jaheim PattersonDB · Jr.67 tackles · 2025
#8Sailasa VadrawaleDB · Jr.31 tackles · 2025
#1Mason WhiteDB · Sr.28 tackles · 2025
Kobe SingletonDB · Sr.28 tackles · 2025
#19Trey GlasperDB · So.23 tackles · 2025

21 more on the roster · Oregon State team page

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

2020

2023

20245 games