Running back, Washington State, 2011–⁠14

Marcus Mason

Number
No. 35
Height
5′9″
Hometown
Etiwanda, CA

Marcus Mason played running back at Washington State (2011–⁠14).

Career highs

88rushing yards, career highvs. Idaho State, 20118catches, career highthree times; last vs. Utah, 2013118receiving yards, career highat California, 2013

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2011Washington State191538.1165
2012Washington State12151.304
2013Washington State874294.9250
2014Washington State571.405
Career1236044.9365

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2011Washington State263.004
2012Washington State14886.3130
2013Washington State523907.5268
2014Washington State122.002
Career694867.0368

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTD
2011Washington State132600
2012Washington State5650
2013Washington State3460
2014Washington State3670
Career244380

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklFF
2011102131
201292460
2013N134150
2014E6 of 12011–

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played); E, ESPN play-by-play participants, via SportsDataverse: tackles only, counted in the games whose play-by-play names tacklers (G: those games, of his team’s), so part of the season, not its total. A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2011Washington State35RB
2012Washington State35RB
2013Washington State35RB
2014Washington State35RB5′9″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. rush
2013Washington State1350.1476th (n=226)0.0718.814%0.07
2014Washington State7-0.49––-3.5––

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2014 Washington State 4 games, 7 rushing yards
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDRecRec ydsRec TD
Sep 5atNevadaL 13–⁠24––––––
Oct 25vs.ArizonaL 37–⁠59––––––
Nov 8atOregon StateW 39–⁠32420120
Nov 22atArizona StateL 31–⁠52150–––
2013 Washington State 13 games, 429 rushing yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDRecRec ydsRec TD
Aug 31atAuburnL 24–⁠3164302200
Sep 7atUSCW 10–⁠7112402180
Sep 14vs.Southern UtahW 48–⁠10370–––
Sep 21vs.IdahoW 42–⁠04160–––
Sep 28vs.StanfordL 17–⁠5532207280
Oct 5atCaliforniaW 44–⁠22732041181
Oct 12vs.Oregon StateL 24–⁠529491480
Oct 19atOregonL 38–⁠6241508550
Oct 31vs.Arizona StateL 21–⁠554130180
Nov 16atArizonaW 24–⁠17116317200
Nov 23vs.UtahW 49–⁠37108608881
Nov 29atWashingtonL 17–⁠2711540690
Dec 21 ✦vs.Colorado StateL 45–⁠484503180
2012 Washington State 5 games, 14 catches, 88 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDRecRec ydsRec TD
Oct 27atStanfordL 17–⁠244−10–––
Nov 3atUtahL 6–⁠492704210
Nov 10vs.UCLAL 36–⁠441408541
Nov 17atArizona StateL 7–⁠46120110
Nov 23vs.WashingtonW 31–⁠284301120
2011 Washington State 9 games, 13 returns, 260 yards
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDRecRec ydsRec TD
Sep 3vs.Idaho StateW 64–⁠216881140
Sep 10vs.UNLVW 59–⁠77220–––
Oct 1atColoradoW 31–⁠27120–––
Oct 8atUCLAL 25–⁠28––––––
Oct 15vs.StanfordL 14–⁠44––––––
Oct 29atOregonL 28–⁠43––––––
Nov 5atCaliforniaL 7–⁠30––––––
Nov 19vs.UtahL 27–⁠30––––––
Nov 26atWashingtonL 21–⁠385410120

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

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