Mason Posa

Honors and Awards:

2025: FWAA Freshman All-American, Third team All-Big Ten (coaches), On3 Freshman All-American, 247Sports Freshman All-American, Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Nov. 20), Shaun Alexander Award Freshman of the Week (Nov. 20)

2025 Season: Played in 11 games, making five starts at linebacker … finished his freshman season with 61 tackles, 4.0 sacks, two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery … had a breakout game in his first career start making 13 tackles vs. Oregon (Oct. 25) … followed that up by making 11 tackles and 2.5 sacks vs. Washington (Nov. 8), including a game-winning stop on the Huskies’ final drive, earning Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors … made 12 tackles at Indiana, including a sack of Heisman-winner Fernando Mendoza (Nov. 15) … made five tackles and deflected a pass in a win over Illinois (Nov. 22) … posted nine tackles including six solo stops against Minnesota (Nov. 29)

2025 Highlights:

High School/Personal:

Earned a four-star composite recruit across all recruiting platforms

Three-time New Mexico 6A State Champion

Selected to the 2025 NBC All-American Bowl

Led La Cueva to the State Championship in 2024, posting 133 tackles, 9.0 sacks, 21 TFLs, 2 interceptions, 3 forced fumbles and 3 defensive touchdowns as a senior

Selected to first team All-State, All-Metro and All-District in 2023

Posted 77 tackles, 9 sacks, 24 TFLs, 5 interceptions and 2 forced fumbles, earning first-team All-State, All-Metro and All-District honors in 2022

Three time New Mexico State Champion wrestler, going 87-3 across three weight classes in three years

High school coach was Brandon Back

Parents are Debbie and Javier Posa

Father, Javier wrestled at Oklahoma, tallying three NCAA All-American honors

Intends to study finance

Favorite Badger is TJ Watt