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2026 Football NSD

Mason Marden Season 2025-26

PositionLinebacker
Weight195 lbs
Height6-1
ClassFreshman
HometownSt.Louis, Mo.
High SchoolLadue Horton Watkins

High School

  • Will help to fill an immediate position of need for the Sun Devils with the departure of Keyshaun Elliott after this season, a player who coincidentally also hails from the state of Missouri
  • Led Ladue Horton Watkins to the 2025 Missouri High School Football Class 5 playoffs as a senior this season
  • Finished with 419 career tackles, the most in Ladue history and also set school history marks with 193 tackles as a senior this season and a single-game record of 25 tackles … Led the state in tackles in each of the last two seasons
  • Had a gaudy 170 total tackles (20 for loss), three sacks, two interceptions and four forced fumbles as a junior in 2024 … Also carried the ball 15 times for 294 yards and four touchdowns … Earned All-State honors and was named the Conference Defensive Player of the Year for the effort
  • Unanimously regarded as a three-star prospect by all major recruiting outlets and a Top-25 prospect out of the state of Missouri … The No. 15 player in the state, according to ESPN and the No. 42 linebacker prospect in the country by the outlet … Also regarded as a Top-150 linebacker in the nation by 247Sports (105) as well as the On3 Industry Rankings and 247 Composite
  • Also competed in track and field, where he earned All-State recognition and was part of the third-fastest 4x400-meter relay team in program history