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2021 Football Roster

72 Mason Scheidegger

72 Mason Scheidegger

  • Height:
    6-5
  • Weight:
    335
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Fonda, Iowa
  • Highschool:
    Newell Fonda HS

Summary

Biography

2021
Team Captain … could not compete due to injury … MVFC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award winner … MVFC honor roll member ... named to the National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society

2020-21
Team Captain … CoSIDA Academic All-District honoree … season was reduced to four games in the spring due to COVID-19 ... preseason all-MVFC pick … missed games one and four due to injury, but started at left guard the other two … part of a unit that helped the Coyotes rank in the top five nationally in fewest penalties … helped lead an offensive attack that ranked second in the Valley in passing at 243 yards per game … was not charged a year of eligibility due to NCAA rules related to the pandemic ... MVFC President's Council Academic Award honoree … MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award ... MVFC Honor Roll member ... named to the National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society

2019
Team captain ... one of 10 Coyotes who started all 12 games, he at right guard … was an honorable mention all-MVFC honoree … helped lead a unit that led the MVFC in passing and had three 300-yard rushing performances … helped USD convert 47 percent of its third downs in Valley play, which ranked second, and was 16th nationally in third-down percentage … unit also ranked second in the Valley and 20th nationally in total offense at 434 yards per game ... MVFC President's Council Academic Award honoree ... MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award ... MVFC Honor Roll member

2018
Honorable mention all-MVFC honoree … one of 10 Coyotes who started all 11 games … was the starting center for the first three games before moving to left guard for MVFC play ... aided an offense that led the Valley and ranked 13th nationally in passing at 285 yards per game … the Coyotes averaged 411 yards a game, which ranked 42nd nationally … has started all 24 games since the start of the 2017 season ... MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award ... MVFC Honor Roll member

2017
One of four Coyotes who started all 13 games and the only redshirt freshmen to do so … competed on all five positions along the offensive line and started at every position except right tackle … started at center in the season opener and moved to left tackle for six games in the middle of the season when Nick Jensen went down with an injury … Freshman All-American Team second-team by Phil Steele … honorable mention for the HERO Sports Freshman All-America Team … named to the Missouri Valley Football Conference All-Newcomer Team … part of a unit that ranked second nationally and set a MVFC record for average total offense with 523 yards per game … helped USD average 38.2 points per game, which ranked fourth nationally … the Coyotes rushed for more than 280 yards four times and passed for more than 400 yards four times ... MVFC Honor Roll member

2016
Redshirted … was named Offensive Scout Team Player of the Week (leading up to UNI) … MVFC Conference Honor Roll member

Prep
Scheidegger is an all-state offensive and defensive lineman who was invited to compete in the Iowa Shrine Bowl ... a four-year letterwinner, he helped lead Newell Fonda to its first-ever state championhip in 2014 ... also holds Newell Fonda’s shot put record at 50-feet-3.5-inches and is an all-conference basketball player who averaged 12 points per game as a junior ... is an academic all-state honoree and a National Honor Society member

Personal
Parents are Kyle and Tami ... studying interdisciplinary studies at USD
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Historical Player Information

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    2016Freshman

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    6'4" 300 lbs
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    2017Redshirt Freshman

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    6'5" 310 lbs
    72
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    2018Sophomore

    OL
    6'5" 325 lbs
    72
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    2019Junior

    OL
    6'5" 330 lbs
    72
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    2020Senior

    OL
    6'5" 330 lbs
    72
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    2021Senior

    OL
    6'5" 335 lbs
    72