Mason Carrier
Minnesota Golden Gophers
65
Depth

Mason Carrier

Minnesota Golden GophersAverage
WLBDefenseDepth
3rd String

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Mason Carrier is listed 3rd string at WLB for Minnesota Golden Gophers.

Redshirt sophomore · #46 · 6'3", 235 lbs

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Depth at WLB · Minnesota Golden Gophers

  1. 14984Matt KingsburyStarter
  2. 21969Joey Gerlach
  3. 34665Mason CarrierYou
  4. 44452Ethan Stendel

Minnesota Starting Lineup

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The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Detroit Lakes, ranked #943 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 10 tackles, 2 TFL, 0 sacks. That's 1% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 65 overall (Depth tier).

Recruit3★ · #943 NatlTeam Share1%
Detroit Lakes, MN
Jersey
#46
Class
RS SO
Height
6'3"
Weight
235 lbs

2025 Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
20251020

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8692
National Rank
#943
High School
Detroit Lakes
Hometown
Detroit Lakes, MN

Why this rating?

On a 83-rated defense; 57th-percentile production (×0.94 for competition level) put them -6 vs unit starters → 65.

Team defense (SP+)
83
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 57% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.94)
Depth-chart adjustment
-6 for role; −12 depth penalty

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 11LPURTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 41-13

Oct 3WMICHTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 20-14

Sep 27WWASHTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 27-24

Sep 12LMSSTTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 38-13

Sep 4WEIUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 59-7

Mason Carrier's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

10 tkl · 2 TFL · 0 sacks
Usage / Involvement9%
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