Mason King

2024: Suffered a season-ending injury in the season opener at Iowa ... redshirted. 2023: 2023-24 ISU Athletics Male Newcomer of the Year ... Missouri Valley Football Conference Newcomer of the Year ... All-MVFC First-Team selection at running back ... MVFC All-Newcomer Team pick ... 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 … earned MVFC weekly honors twice, once as offensive player of the week and once as newcomer of the week. At Northern Illinois: Saw action in six games in 2022, carrying the ball 23 times for 88 yards with a touchdown … in 2021, 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 … also recorded one carry for four yards in the MAC Championship game win over Kent State. Centralia HS: Garnered second team all-state honors by the News-Gazette in 2021 … rushed for 1,359 yards on 213 carries and 19 touchdowns in 2019 … added 135 yards receiving on 13 receptions in his junior year.