Player Dossier

2022-2024

LSU

Mason Taylor

TE • 6'6" • 253 lbs • Plantation, FL, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

Mason Taylor reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

26%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

49

Developing production for a tight end

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Reliability

58

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

60

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · LSU

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Snapshot

Career Teams
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Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
LSU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Purdue

Player Story

Mason Taylor built his college career from 2022 through 2024 as a tight end from Plantation, FL wearing No. 86, spending time with LSU. The clearest part of Mason Taylor's career was his receiving role: 129 catches,...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2022 · Rating 0.885

St. Thomas Aquinas · Fort Lauderdale, FL

Committed To
LSU
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2025
Selection
Round 2 · Pick 10
Overall
No. 42
NFL Team
New York Jets

Mason Taylor, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · LSU. Mason Taylor reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
1,308
Receptions
129
Touchdowns
6

Quick Answers

Mason Taylor quick answers

Latest team and position
LSU · TE
Career Receiving Yards
1,308
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 38 games
Best season
2024 Regular Season · LSU
Top game
Purdue
Recruit profile
3-star · St. Thomas Aquinas · LSU
High school pipeline
Cardinal Ritter · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
NFL Draft
2025 · Round 2 · Pick 10 · New York Jets
Latest roster
No. 86 · Junior
2024 Receiving yards rank
546 receiving yards · TE 17th (top 4%) · SEC 25th (top 10%) · National 198th (top 10%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2022 PostseasonLSU14588160.4
2022 Regular SeasonLSU1433326260.4
2023 PostseasonLSU12788054.4
2023 Regular SeasonLSU1229260154.4
2024 Regular SeasonLSU1255546275.7

Related Context

Mason Taylor played TE for LSU. Across 3 tracked seasons, Mason Taylor recorded 1,308 receiving yards, 3 tackles, and 6 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2024 with LSU.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

LSU paired 546 primary output with 67.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 67.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2024 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: UCLA

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2024 Regular Season · LSU

Games

12

Receiving Yards / G

45.5

Efficiency

67.5

Usage

17.2

Consistency

78.2

Best Game by takeover score

UCLA

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. USC: 62. Nicholls: 40. South Carolina: 58. UCLA: 77. South Alabama: 43. Ole Miss: 43. Arkansas: 25. Texas A&M: 21. Alabama: 50. Florida: 59. Vanderbilt: 40. Oklahoma: 28

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. USC: 7 by 59. Nicholls: 4 by 66.7. South Carolina: 6 by 64.4. UCLA: 8 by 64.2. South Alabama: 3 by 95.6. Ole Miss: 5 by 57.3. Arkansas: 3 by 55.6. Texas A&M: 3 by 46.7. Alabama: 4 by 83.3. Florida: 6 by 65.6. Vanderbilt: 3 by 88.9. Oklahoma: 3 by 62.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins44.3 · Games = 8 · -3.8 vs Losses
Losses48 · Games = 4 · +3.8 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

12 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

UCLA

Best efficiency game

95.6 vs South Alabama

Result
Sun 12/1vs OklahomaW 37-173289.39.30015
Sun 11/24vs VanderbiltW 24-1734013.313.30024
Sat 11/16@ FloridaL 16-276599.89.80020
Sun 11/10vs AlabamaL 13-4245012.512.50026
Sat 10/26@ Texas A&ML 23-3832177115
Sat 10/19@ ArkansasW 34-103258.38.30013
Sat 10/12vs Ole MissW 29-265438.68.60019
Sat 9/28vs South AlabamaW 42-1034314.314.30030
Sat 9/21vs UCLAHigh volumeW 34-178779.69.60033
Sat 9/14@ South CarolinaW 36-336589.79.70120
Sat 9/7vs NichollsW 44-214401010017
Sun 9/1vs USCL 20-277628.98.90015

Player Story

Mason Taylor story

Mason Taylor built his college career from 2022 through 2024 as a tight end from Plantation, FL wearing No. 86, spending time with LSU. The clearest part of Mason Taylor's career was his receiving role: 129 catches, 1,308 receiving yards, and 6 touchdowns across 38 career games in the available record. His career also includes 3 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Mason Taylor's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    LSU

    2022-2024

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20222022202320232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 PostseasonLSU41468.112.7
2022 Regular SeasonLSU41468.112.70
2023 PostseasonLSU34859.113.9-66
2023 Regular SeasonLSU34859.113.90
2024 Regular SeasonLSU54667.517.2198

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Purdue

Week 1 · W 63-7 · Postseason

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

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Receiving Yards

87.2 takeover

88 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs Wisconsin

Week 1 · W 35-31 · Postseason

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Receiving Yards

86.4 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

88 receiving yards with a 83.8 efficiency score.

#3

vs UCLA

Week 4 · W 34-17

77

Receiving Yards

82.5 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

77 receiving yards with a 64.2 efficiency score.

#4

@ South Carolina

Week 3 · W 36-33 · Conference game

58

Receiving Yards

74.3 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

58 receiving yards with a 64.4 efficiency score.

#5

vs USC

Week 1 · L 20-27

62

Receiving Yards

73.3 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

62 receiving yards with a 59 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · LSU

546 primary output · 67.5 efficiency · 17.2 usage

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#2

2022 Postseason · LSU

60.4

414 primary · 68.1 efficiency · 12.7 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · LSU

60.4

414 primary · 68.1 efficiency · 12.7 usage

Milestones

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100+ receiving yards

1

8+ catch outings

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2+ TD games