{{Short description|Canadian gridiron football player (born 2000)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox Canadian Football League biography |name=Jacob Mason |team=Montreal Alouettes |image=2024, 38, Jacob Mason.jpg |image_upright=1 |caption=Mason with the Montreal Alouettes in 2024 |status=Active |import=no |position1=Fullback |birth_date={{birth date and age|2000|6|13}} |birth_place=Burlington, Ontario, Canada |number=38 |CIS=McMaster |high_school= |Height_ft=6 |Height_in=2 |Weight_lbs=240 |CFLDraftedYear=2023 |CFLDraftedRound=5 |CFLDraftedPick=39 |teams= * Montreal Alouettes ({{CFL Year|2023}}–present) |career_footnotes= |career_highlights= * Grey Cup champion (2023) |CFL=jacob-mason/167956/ }} '''Jacob Mason''' (born June 13, 2000) is a Canadian professional football fullback for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
==University career== Mason played U Sports football for the McMaster Marauders from 2018 to 2023.<ref name=McMaster>{{cite web|url=https://marauders.ca/sports/football/roster/jacob-mason/14977 |title=Jacob Mason |publisher=McMaster Marauders |access-date=September 27, 2024}}</ref> He used a redshirt season in 2019 and did not play in 2020 due to the cancellation of the 2020 U Sports football season.<ref name=McMaster/>
==Professional career== Mason was drafted in the fifth round, 39th overall, by the Montreal Alouettes in the 2023 CFL draft and signed with the team on May 11, 2023.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.montrealalouettes.com/2023/05/11/alouettes-sign-10-players-ahead-of-training-camp/ |title=Alouettes sign 10 players ahead of training camp |publisher=Montreal Alouettes |date=May 11, 2023}}</ref> Following 2023 training camp, he returned to McMaster to complete his university eligibility.<ref name=MTLbio>{{cite web |url=https://en.montrealalouettes.com/players/jacob-mason/167956/ |title=Jacob Mason |publisher=Montreal Alouettes |access-date=November 13, 2023}}</ref> He then returned to the Alouettes later that season when he re-signed on October 5, 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/2023/10/05/als-sign-fullback-jacob-mason-and-defensive-back-kenneth-durden/ |title=Als sign fullback Jacob Mason and defensive back Kenneth Durden |publisher=Canadian Football League |date=October 5, 2023}}</ref> Mason finished the season on the practice roster as the Alouettes won the 110th Grey Cup.<ref name=MTLbio/> He then re-signed with the team on November 27, 2023.<ref name=MTLbio/>
In 2024, Mason made the opening day roster and made his professional debut on June 7, 2024, against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.<ref name=MTLbio/>
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==External links== {{Commons}} * [https://en.montrealalouettes.com/players/jacob-mason/167956/ Montreal Alouettes bio]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mason, Jacob}} Category:2000 births Category:Living people Category:Canadian football fullbacks Category:McMaster Marauders football players Category:Montreal Alouettes players Category:Players of Canadian football from Ontario Category:People from Burlington, Ontario