Education
Mason attended Park Vista Community High School in Lake Worth, Florida, where he was a standout football and basketball player, and also ran track.
Mason attended Park Vista Community High School in Lake Worth, Florida, where he was a standout football and basketball player, and also ran track.
He was drafted by the Rams in the third round of the 2014 NFL Draft. He played college football at Auburn. He was also on the school"s track & field team, where he competed as a sprinter and jumper.
He placed 7th in the 100 meters at the 2009 Park Vista Meet, with a time of 10.9 seconds.
At the 2010 Palm Beach County Championship, he earned a sixth-place finish in the long jump event, recording a career-best jump of 6.63 meters. He also competed in high jump, he got a top-jump of 1.88 meters at the 2011 Warrior Invitational.
Considered a four-star recruit by Rivals.com, he was rated the 14th best running back in his class. He committed to Auburn over offers from West Virginia and Mississippi.
In his first college game, Auburn against Utah State, Tre Mason returned a kick-off 97 yards for a touchdown.
In the 2013 Securities and Exchange Commission Championship Game against Missouri, Mason set an Securities and Exchange Commission Championship rushing record with 304 yards (breaking Louisiana State University"s Justin Vincent"s previous 2003 record of 201 yards), touchdown record with four touchdowns, rushing attempts record with 46, carries and was named the game"s most valuable player. As a junior in 2013, Mason was a first-team All-Southeastern Conference (Securities and Exchange Commission) selection. He was named one of the six finalists for the 2013 Heisman Trophy.
In the 2014 British Computer Society National Championship Game, Mason rushed for 195 yards on 34 carries and a touchdown in a 34–31 defeat by the Florida State Seminoles.
lieutenant was also the third-highest rushing yards total in a single season in Securities and Exchange Commission history, behind only Herschel Walker (1,891 yards in 1981) and Darren McFadden (1,830 yards in 2007). However, all three were eclipsed by Alabama"s Derrick Henry (2,219 yards), and Louisiana State University"s Leonard Fournette (1,953 yards), placing Mason"s 2013 performance at fifth-highest all time.
He rushed for 1,643 yards and 24 touchdowns as a senior in 2010, and was named the 2009 Palm Beach Large School Offensive Player of the Year and First-Team All-Palm Beach County by the Sun-Sentinel. He finished his season with 1,816 rushing yards, breaking the school record held by Heisman winner Bo Jackson"s 1,786 set in 1985.
