Cincere Mason

Position:
Defensive Back
Height:
6-0
Weight:
217
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Atlanta, Ga.
High School:
Grady
Prev School:
Kennesaw State Univ.

CAREER HONORS
• 2022 First Team Academic All-Big 12

CAREER: Spent his final two collegiate seasons at K-State after playing three years at Kennesaw State... Saw time in 51 career games with 29 starts, including 20 games with two starts for the Wildcats.

2022: Played in 11 games with a start at West Virginia, which ultimately ended up being his final game as he was injured and out for the remainder of the season... Carded 31 tackles, one tackle for loss three interceptions and five total passes defended... Ranked sixth in the Big 12 in interceptions, including one he returned 37 yards for a touchdown against the Mountaineers... It was the Wildcats’ first pick-six since 2020... Also tallied interceptions in the first two games of the season, the first Wildcat with picks in consecutive games since Jahron McPherson in 2020 (vs. Oklahoma and Texas Tech) and the first to do so in the first two games of a season since Terence Newman in 2002 (vs. Western Kentucky and Louisiana-Monroe)... Tied his career high with seven tackles at TCU... Also had five stops against Iowa State and Texas... A First Team Academic All-Big 12 performer.

2021: A transfer from Kennesaw State who played in nine of the first 10 games – including a start against Oklahoma – until an injury cut his year short... Tallied a season-high three tackles in the opener against Stanford, while he had two apiece against Nevada, Oklahoma State, Oklahoma, Iowa State and Kansas... Also registered a tackle for loss against TCU and broke up a pass at Oklahoma State.

2020 AT KENNESAW STATE: Saw action in all five games with starts in each of the final four games... Had a season-high two passes defended against Dixie State and Robert Morris... Also recovered a fumble in the latter contest... Ended the season with a career-best seven tackles – which included a tackle for loss – at Monmouth.

2019 AT KENNESAW STATE: Started all 14 games for the No. 3 total defense in FCS... Recorded three pass breakups, including two at No. 3 Weber State in the second round of the FCS Playoffs... Tallied his fifth career interception in the final game of the regular season against Gardner-Webb... Had a season-high six tackles at Campbell... Forced a fumble at Presbyterian and recovered a fumble at No. 11 Wofford in the opening round of the FCS Playoffs.

2018 AT KENNESAW STATE: Played in 12 games and made 10 starts at safety as a freshman... Recorded a team-high four interceptions to rank second in the Big South... Picked off a pass in each of the final three games of the season, including one in each FCS playoff game against Wofford and South Dakota State... Tallied a career-high three passes defended at Tennessee Tech... Also recovered a fumble at Charleston Southern... Had multiple tackles in nine games, including a season-best four in an FCS playoff game against Wofford.

2017 AT KENNESAW STATE: Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Grady head coach Earthwind Moreland... Earned First Team All-Region 6-AAAAA as both a safety and punt returner during his senior campaign... Helped the Knights earn a 10-2 record in 2016 and an undefeated 7-0 mark in region play... Began his high school career at South Cobb before transferring.

PERSONAL: Cincere Mason was born December 16, 1998, in Atlanta, Georgia... Son of Len Mason and Stacy Lucas... Has four siblings... Pursuing his MBA at K-State.