Mason Foster

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Mason Foster

No. 59 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Middle Linebacker

Personal information

Date of birth: March 1, 1989

Place of birth: Seaside, California

Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)

Weight: 242 lb (110 kg)

Career information

High school: Seaside (CA)

College: Washington

NFL Draft: 2011 / Round: 3 / Pick: 84

Debuted in 2011 for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Career history

Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2011–present)

Roster status: Active

Career highlights and awards

College Football All-American (2010)
First-team All-Pac-10 (2010)

Career NFL statistics as of 2013

Tackles	281
Sacks	6.0
Forced fumbles	2
INT'S	5
Stats at NFL.com

Mason Foster (born March 1, 1989) is an American football linebacker for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Buccaneers in the third round of the 2011 NFL Draft. He played college football at Washington.^[1]

High school career

Foster attended Seaside High School, where he played for the Seaside Spartans high school football team, leading them to a 12-1 overall record, a 5-0 league record, a Monterey Bay league title and the CIF Central Coast Section small school championship in 2006. Foster led a defense that allowed just six points per game during the regular season and recorded four shutouts, as well as taking over at quarterback midway through the season. Foster was named the Monterey County player of the year by the Monterey Herald, defensive player of the year by the Salinas Californian, an All-Central Coast Section first-team linebacker by the San Jose Mercury News, and CalHiSports all-state first team for 2006. He was ranked the No. 68 linebacker recruit in the country by Rivals.com.

College career

2007

As a true freshman, Foster played in all 13 games, starting four games including three at weakside linebacker and one at middle linebacker.

2008

Started all 12 at one outside linebacker spot, leading the Pac-10 Conference in tackles per game with 8.75 and topped the Washington's team with 12.0 tackles for loss. Foster earned honorable mention All-Pac-10 as well as being named the Huskies' team MVP (Defense).

2009

Started all 12 of the Huskies' games at one linebacker spot, finishing second on the team with 85 total tackles while leading the Pac-10 with six forced fumbles. Named honorable mention All-Pac-10 as well as The Sporting News' All-Pac-10 first team.

2010

Started all 13 of the Huskies' games at linebacker, recording 162 tackles (12.46/gm) finishing second in FBS. Foster was named an All-American.^[2] Earned Defensive MVP honors for the 2011 Holiday Bowl in a win over Nebraska.^[3] Was invited to, and played in the 2011 Senior Bowl.^[4]

Professional career

Pre-draft

Pre-draft measurables
Ht	Wt	Arm length	Hand size	40-yd dash	10-yd split	20-yd split	20-ss	3-cone	Vert	Broad	BP
6 ft 1 in	245 lb	31 in	9 5/8 in	4.75 s			4.45 s	7.14 s	31 in	9 ft 2 in	22 reps
All values from NFL Combine^[5]

In the months leading up to the 2011 NFL Draft, Foster was considered one of the top linebackers and was expected to be selected in the 3rd or 4th round. After the Senior Bowl, analysts were in agreement that he had in fact improved his draft stock with many saying he could go as high as the late second round.^[6] Foster continued to impress at the NFL Scouting Combine where he performed very well in the on-field drills.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Foster was selected in the 3rd round (84th overall) by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 2011 NFL Draft.^[7] He was fined $20,000 for a hit on Chad Ochocinco following the second preseason game. Ochocinco offered to pay the fine for him, as he disagreed with the league's decision, but the league stated that he would not be able to.^[8] Foster began his rookie season as the Buccaneers' starting middle linebacker.

References

↑ "Tampa Bay Buccaneers select Clemson DE Da'Quan Bowers, Washington OLB Mason Foster in second, third rounds". Tampabay.com. 2011-04-29. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
↑ "Scout.com 2010 All-America Team". Collegefootball.Scout.com. 2010-12-01. Retrieved 2010-12-19.
↑ "Holiday Bowl: After deadline...". LosAngelesTimes. 2010-12-31. Retrieved 2011-05-02.
↑ "Under Armour Senior Bowl Lands Locker, Foster". SeniorBowl.com. 2011-01-09. Retrieved 2011-01-30.
↑ "Mason Foster Combine Profile", NFL.com, retrieved March 1, 2011
↑ "Senior Bowl notes: Whose stock is up?". ESPN.com. 2011-01-28. Retrieved 2011-03-01.
↑ "Former Huskies linebacker Mason Foster drafted by Tampa Bay Buccaneers". Seattle Times. 2011-04-29. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
↑ Smith, Michael David (August 24, 2011). "Mason Foster fined $20,000 for hit on Ochocinco". profootballtalk.com. Retrieved 2011-08-24.

External links

Career statistics and player information from NFL.com • ESPN • Pro-Football-Reference
Washington Huskies bio
Tampa Bay Buccaneers profile
NFL Combine profile

v t e Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2011 NFL Draft selections

Adrian Clayborn Da'Quan Bowers Mason Foster Luke Stocker Ahmad Black Allen Bradford Anthony Gaitor Daniel Hardy

v t e Tampa Bay Buccaneers current roster

Active roster	3 Mike Kafka 8 Mike Glennon 9 Michael Koenen 10 Connor Barth 17 Eric Page 18 Skye Dawson 19 Mike Williams 22 Doug Martin 23 Mark Barron 24 Darrelle Revis 25 Mike James 26 Anthony Gaitor 27 Johnthan Banks 28 Rashaan Melvin 29 Leonard Johnson 31 Bobby Felder 32 Jeff Demps 33 Deveron Carr 34 Michael Smith 35 Kelcie McCray 37 Keith Tandy 38 Dashon Goldson 39 Marc Anthony 44 Michael Hill 45 Lonnie Pryor 49 Bradley McDougald 51 Danny Lansanah 54 Lavonte David 58 Ka'lial Glaud 59 Mason Foster 60 Scott Solomon 65 Matthew Masifilo 66 Patrick Omameh 67 Emmett Cleary 68 Jason Foster 69 Demar Dotson 70 Donald Penn 72 Gabe Carimi 73 Jace Daniels 74 Everett Dawkins 75 Davin Joseph 76 Jeremy Zuttah 77 Carl Nicks 80 Chris Owusu 81 Tim Wright 83 Vincent Jackson 84 Tom Crabtree 85 Tommy Streeter 88 Luke Stocker 89 Russell Shepard 90 Derek Landri 91 Da'Quan Bowers 92 William Gholston 93 Gerald McCoy 94 Adrian Clayborn 96 Steven Means 97 Akeem Spence -- Marvin Booker -- David Hunter -- Patrick Murray -- Patrick Scales -- Jake Schum

Free Agents	1 Lawrence Tynes (UFA) 4 Rian Lindell (UFA) 6 Dan Orlovsky (UFA) 11 Tiquan Underwood (UFA) 21 Michael Adams (UFA) 30 Brian Leonard (UFA) 36 Danny Gorrer (UFA) 41 Erik Lorig (UFA) 43 Bobby Rainey (ERFA) 46 Spencer Larsen (UFA) 48 Andrew Economos (UFA) 50 Daniel Te'o-Nesheim (UFA) 51 Jacob Cutrera (UFA) 52 Jonathan Casillas (UFA) 56 Dekoda Watson (UFA) 57 Adam Hayward (UFA) 62 Ted Larsen (UFA) 79 Jamon Meredith (UFA) 82 Nate Byham (UFA) 86 Kyle Adams (ERFA) 95 Gary Gibson (UFA)

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Persondata
Name	Foster, Mason
Alternative names
Short description	American football player
Date of birth	March 1, 1989
Place of birth	Seaside, California, USA
Date of death
Place of death

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