#78 Mason Richman Season 2023-24

2024 Honors - - Honorable Mention All-Big Ten (coaches; media)... Academic All-Big Ten... part of offensive line that was recognized as a semifinalist for the Joe Moore Award... Hayden Fry Award, offense... Phil Steele preseason second-team All-Big Ten... Athlon Sports preseason fourth-team All-Big Ten... one of eight seniors named to 2024 Player Council... 2024 - - Started at left tackle in all 12 games marking his 51st career and 42nd consecutive start... has the most career starts by an offensive lineman in the Kirk Ferentz era... paved the way for offense rushing for 200+ yards in eight games, which is the most since 2015... the team's 199.8 rushing yards per game ranks second in the Big Ten and ranks 21st nationally.

2023 Honors – – Honorable mention All-Big ten by league coaches and media… Phil Steele fourth-team All-Big Ten… preseason third-team All-Big Ten by Athlon Sports… preseason fourth-team All-Big Ten by Phil Steele… National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society inductee… CSC Academic All-District… Academic All-Big Ten… Hayden Fry “Extra Heartbeat” Award, offense… one of six juniors named to 2023 Player Council… 2023 – – Started at left tackle in all 14 games… paved way for 254 rushing yards in 41-10 win over Western Michigan, which is the most since 2019… helped team tally 181 rushing yards in 20-14 win over Purdue and 179 rushing yards in 22-0 win over Rutgers… helped team to 200 rushing yards in 15-6 win at Wisconsin, which is the program’s most vs. the Badgers since 2008… letterwinner.

2022 Honors – – Academic All-Big Ten for second year… Dean’s List student (2022 fall, 2023 spring)… Coaches Appreciation Award, offense… honorable mention All-Big Ten by league coaches… named Academic All-District by College Sports Communicators… one of five sophomores named to Player Council… 2022 – – Started at left tackle in all 13 games… played every offensive down in last three games… letterwinner.

2021 Honors – – Coaches Appreciation Award, offense… Academic All-Big Ten… honorable mention All-Big Ten by league coaches and media… Dean’s List student (2022 spring)… 2021 – – Started at left tackle in 12 games, missing two games due to injury… letterwinner.

 

2020 Honors – – Dean’s List student (2020 fall, 2021 spring)… 2020 – – Redshirted after seeing action in three games… one of eight true freshmen to see game action.

High School Honors – – Earned first-team all-state honors as a senior… first-team all-conference and named to Elite 81… finalist for Class 6A Defensive Player of the Year… second-team all-conference as a junior… three-time Honor Roll student… Career – – Earned three letters in football while helping team advance to state playoffs three straight seasons… team captain as a senior… recorded 48 tackles in nine games as a senior, with 12 tackles for loss, three sacks and 12 pressures… also recorded five blocked kicks and recorded one safety… had 45 tackles in seven games as a junior, with nine tackles for loss and five sacks… had nine tackles in three games as a sophomore… also lettered in basketball.

Personal – – Born 5/7/2002… sport and recreation management major… parents are Kathryn Richman Wallace and John Richman… high school coach was Allen Terrell.