Introduction
Mason Fine (born April 19, 1997) is an American college football quarterback who currently plays for the North Texas Mean Green.
Early years
Fine, who is one-quarter Cherokee, grew up in Peggs, Oklahoma and became a football star at Locust Grove High School in nearby Locust Grove.As a four-year starter for the Pirates, Fine set the all-time Oklahoma high school record for passing yards and touchdowns and became the first player to ever win the state's Gatorade Player of the Year award twice. On February 3, 2016, Fine signed a national letter of intent to play college football at the University of North Texas.
College career
North Texas
2016
Fine started nine games for North Texas as a true freshman in 2016, throwing for 1,572 yards and breaking the school record for longest play from scrimmage with an 80-yard touchdown run against UTSA to earn a spot on the Conference USA All-Freshman team
2017–2018
Over his sophomore and junior years, Fine led the Mean Green to 9 victories in each season and threw for a total of 7,845 yards and 58 touchdowns. He earned back-to-back CUSA Offensive Player of the Year awards and broke the school's career passing yards record along the way.
2019
Going into Fine's senior season in 2019, he was named as the top college quarterback in Texas by Dave Campbell's Texas Football and received national media attention for the Heisman campaign started on his behalf by the UNT athletic department.
Statistics
| Year | Team | Passing | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yards | TD | INT | |||||
| 2016 | North Texas | 10 | 155 | 261 | 59.4 | 1,572 | 6 | 5 | |||
| 2017 | North Texas | 14 | 324 | 511 | 64.0 | 4,052 | 31 | 15 | |||
| 2018 | North Texas | 13 | 303 | 469 | 64.6 | 3,793 | 27 | 5 | |||
| 2019 | North Texas | 11 | 235 | 380 | 61.8 | 2,820 | 27 | 7 | |||
| Career | 48 | 1,017 | 1,621 | 62.7 | 12,237 | 91 | 32 | ||||