Mason White is a defensive back at Oregon State who has not played in Oregon State's 8 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025.
Oregon State lists 27 defensive backs this season.
Oregon State is 5-3. Next: vs Texas State, Sat Nov 7.
White moves between deep coverage and the slot. The three seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Sonny Dykes and Trent Bray. A game that shows it: 5 tackles against Washington State — Week 14, 2025.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
28 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 TFL.
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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Oregon State | 28 | 12 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
| 2024 | Oregon State | 17 | 11 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2023 | TCU | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 46 | 24 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 15-34vs California | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 27-36vs Fresno State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 14-45@ No. 21 Texas Tech | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 7-41@ No. 6 Oregon | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-27vs Houston | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 23-27@ App State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 14-39vs Wake Forest | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 45-13vs Lafayette | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 10-7vs Washington State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 17-21vs Sam Houston | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 14-31@ Tulsa | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 8-32@ Washington State | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Total | 28 | 12 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Week 8 · 2025
W 45-13
vs Lafayette
1 tackle for loss · 4 tackles · 2 solo tackles
Dominant 32-point win at home against Lafayette.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
7%2 pass breakupsTackle volume
28tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%1 TFL28 tackles · 1 for loss · 2 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
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
Head Coach
Trent Bray
Pass share
51.7%
431 pass / 403 run
Plays / game
69.5
12 games
Team sack rate
5.5%
474 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #505 at the position.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
4 coachesPlayed for 4 head coaches at 2 schools: Sonny Dykes, Trent Bray, Robb Akey and JaMarcus Shephard.
