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ASU: Veteran player...one of the team leaders...gives ASU a steady presence at linebacker...hampered early in career by injuries...can also play on special teams...one of six players on the Sun Devil roster who has already earned his undergraduate degree. 2001: Started all 11 games...second on team in tackles with 61...had 27 unassisted tackles...seven tackles were for losses, totaling 34 yards...had two sacks for losses of 26 yards...broke up three passes...recovered one fumble against USC...forced two fumbles...had 10 tackles and a sack against Stanford. 2000: Returned from a torn ACL suffered in spring ball to play in six games...had nine tackles, seven unassisted...also recorded one tackle for a loss of one yard and one pass deflection...had three tackles vs. Arizona, plus a pass deflection...pulled down two tackles vs. Stanford. 1999: Earned the Gail Scott Most Improved Defensive Player award ... earned Pac-10 All-Freshman Team honors by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer...started 10 of 12 games and tallied 57 tackles--fourth-best on the team ... third on the team with 2.5 sacks and nine tackles for loss ... tallied seven tackles, including an assisted sack for a loss of eight yards, in his Sun Devil debut vs. Texas Tech ... started the first two games of the season and then the final eight...played all three linebacker positions and forced the coaches to play him ... made an impressive effort in ASU's 28-7 win over Washington with four solo tackles, including a fumble recovery after his 10-yard sack ... exploded with a career-best 11 tackles at Oregon...had five tackles, a sack, two TFK and a pass deflection in the Aloha Bowl. 1998: Redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 1998 graduate of Bonneville High School, Ogden, Utah...was named to all-region, all-area, and all-state teams in 1997...in 1996 was named all-region and honorable mention all-area...collected 85 tackles, two interceptions (one for a touchdown), two caused fumbles, five fumble recoveries, eight quarterback sacks and six pass deflections as a senior...as a junior, he collected 92 tackles, three interceptions (two for scores), three caused fumbles, four fumble recoveries and five sacks...also earned honorable mention all-region in basketball during 1996 season...scored a career-high 34 points, collected seven rebounds, seven steals and seven blocked shots in one game.
PERSONAL: Has earned his bachelor's degree in communications ... parents are John (marketing agent) and Lenora (teacher)......has four brothers and two sisters...his father, two uncles, and a cousin all played college baseball...lists his best individual performance in one game was 11 tackles, two sacks, and the winning interception for a touchdown...full name is Mason Douglas Unck.
CAREER HIGHS: Unassisted Tackles: 9, at Oregon (10/30/99). Assisted Tackles: 7, at Stanford (9/22/01). Total Tackles: 11, at Oregon (10/30/99). Sacks: 1, three times, last at Stanford (9/22/01). Tackles For Loss: 2, three times, last vs. Oregon State (10/20/01).
Unck's Career Statistics
Year G/GS UT/AT TT TFL/Yds Sacks/Yds PD FF FR Int
1999 12/10 31/26 57 9/54 2.5/24 3 1 1 0
2000 6/0 7/2 9 1/1 0/0 1 0 0 0
2001 11/11 27/34 61 7/34 2/26 3 2 1 0
Career 29/21 65/62 127 17/89 4.5/50 7 3 2 0
Unck's Game-by-Game Statistics
2001
Opp. UT/AT TT TFL/Yds. Sacks/Yds Int. PD
San Diego State 5/1 6 0/0 0/0 0 0
at Stanford 7/3 10 1/13 1.0/13 0 0
San Jose State 1/4 5 1/3 0/0 0 0
La-Lafayette 3/2 5 0/0 0/0 0 1
at USC 0/2 2 0/0 0/0 0 0
Oregon State 4/4 8 2/2 0/0 0 0
Washington 5/1 6 1/2 0/0 0 1
at Oregon 1/1 2 1/1 0/0 0 0
Washington State 3/5 8 0/0 0/0 0 0
Arizona 2/2 4 0/0 0/0 0 0
at UCLA 3/1 4 0/0 0/0 0 1
2000
Opp. UT/AT TT TFL/Yds. Sacks/Yds Int. PD
at San Diego State -DNP-
Colorado State -DNP-
Utah State -DNP-
at UCLA -DNP-
California -DNP-
Washington 3/0 3 1/1 0/0 0 0
at Washington State -DNP-
Oregon 0/0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0
USC 0/1 1 0/0 0/0 0 0
at Stanford 2/0 2 0/0 0/0 0 0
at Arizona 2/1 3 0/0 0/0 0 1
vs. Boston College 0/0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0
1999
Opp. AT UT TT Sacks/Yds TFL/Yds
Texas Tech 6 1 7 0.5/8 1/8
New Mexico St. 0 2 2 0 0
@California 0 0 0 0 0
UCLA 4 3 7 0 1/3
@Notre Dame 3 2 5 0 2/7
@Washington 0 4 4 1/10 1/10
Washington St. 2 0 2 0 0
@Oregon 2 9 11 0 1/2
@USC 0 3 3 0 1/2
Stanford 5 2 7 0 0
Arizona 3 1 4 0 0
Wake Forest 1 4 5 1/6 2/22
