2026 Football Roster
Jersey Number 21
Mason King
- Position:
- Running Back
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 215
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Centralia, Ill.
- High School:
- Centralia HS
- Prev School:
- Illinois State
2025 (R-Senior at Illinois State)
- Saw action in three games, rushed nine times for 38 yards
2024 (R-Junior at Illinois State)
- Played in one game, suffered season-ending injury
2023 (R-Sophomore at Illinois State)
- Missouri Valley Football Conference Newcomer of the Year
- All-MVFC First-Team
- MVFC All-Newcomer Team
- played in 10 games for the Redbirds, leading the team with 983 and 14 rushing touchdowns on 150 carries
- led the MVFC with 14 touchdown and 98.3 yards per game
- averaged 6.6 yards per carry which ranked him in the top 10 in the FCS
- tallied 5 games with over 100 yards rushing, including a season-high 170 with three touchdowns in a win over Western Illinois
- also ran for 169 yards and three scores in a win over Murray State
- led the team in scoring with 84 points
2022 (R-Freshman at NIU)
- Saw action in six games in 2022, carrying the ball 23 times for 88 yards with a touchdown
2021 (Freshman at NIU)
- netted 67 yards on 17 carries and scored his first career touchdown and recorded a personal best 44 yards on four carries vs. Bowling Green
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