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- Position Tight End
- Class Senior
- Ht./Wt. 6-9 / 270
- Hometown Klien, TX.
- Highschool Klien HS
2024 SEASON (SENIOR)
Selected to 2024 Reese’s Senior Bowl Watchlist … chosen to 2025 Shrine Bowl 1000 Watchlist.
2023 SEASON (JUNIOR)
Saw action in eight games with seven starts as a junior … missed a five-game stretch during Big 12 play due to injury … managed to catch 18 passes for 178 yards and four touchdowns on the season … ranked tied for second on the team for receiving touchdowns and led the tight room in all receiving categories … his four touchdown catches were one more than his combined total from his previous two seasons … made at least one reception in all eight games and had two or more catches in five different contests … credited with appearing in 355 offensive snaps by Pro Football Focus, which gave him a 70.4 overall grade for the season … targeted 24 times for receptions on the season with 18 of those being completions, which ranked third on the team among those with at least 10 targets … his .750 percentage trailed only the completion rates of fellow tight end Baylor Cupp (91.7) and running back Tahj Brooks (82.4) … graded out at 73.5 as a run blocker by PFF, which led the team among those with 100 offensive snaps … SEASON HIGHLIGHTS: caught one pass for 10 yards in the season opener at Wyoming (9/2) … hauled in a career-high four receptions for 37 yards and a touchdown against Oregon (9/9) … touchdown came via a 7-yard strike from Tyler Shough early in the second quarter … followed with another touchdown catch the next week as part of three receptions for a season-high 43 yards against Tarleton State (9/16) … connected with Shough on a 28-yard touchdown to give the Red Raiders a 21-0 lead with 4:36 remaining in the first quarter … combined for three catches the next two games with one reception for 14 yards at West Virginia (9/23) and two for 16 yards in the win over Houston (9/30) … missed the next five games, however, due to injury … returned against UCF (11/18) for three catches for 32 yards and a key touchdown in the come-from-behind victory … scampered into the end zone on a 19-yard touchdown pass from Behren Morton to tie the game with 3:13 remaining until halftime … received his highest grade of the season versus the Knights with at 83.2 by PFF … had only one catch for four yards in the regular-season finale at Texas (11/24) … found the end zone again in the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl versus Cal (12/16) as part of three catches for 22 yards … touchdown tied the game early in the second quarter as Morton found him for a 15-yard strike … AWARDS AND HONORS: recognized on the Academic All-Big 12 second team for a second-consecutive year.
2022 SEASON (SOPHOMORE)
Appeared in 10 games as a sophomore with seven starts … missed each of the final three games of the season due to injury … finished on the receiving end of 12 catches for 100 yards and a pair of touchdowns … shared the high for receptions in the tight end room with Baylor Cupp … had a catch in seven of the 10 games he played … credited with playing in 412 offensive snaps by Pro Football Focus, which led the tight end room … also saw action on special teams, mainly on the field goal protection unit … SEASON HIGHLIGHTS: opened the year with one catch for 21 yards in the season-opening win against Murray State (9/3) … reception went for a touchdown from Behren Morton to cap Texas Tech’s 63-10 victory … matched his career high with three receptions twice on the year at N.C. State (9/17) and versus West Virginia (10/22) … totaled 26 yards through the air against the Wolfpack and then a season-high 35 yards in the win over the Mountaineers … made one catch in three different games against Texas (9/24), at Oklahoma State (10/8) and Baylor (10/29) … lone reception versus Texas was an important one as it went 13 yards, pushing the Red Raiders to the one yard line for a SaRodorick Thompson touchdown that cut the deficit to 31-24 before halftime … last outing of the year came in the win over Kansas (11/12) with two catches for three yards and a touchdown … gave the Red Raiders a 24-7 lead early in the second quarter on a one-yard pass from Tyler Shough … AWARDS AND HONORS: recognized on the Academic All-Big 12 second team.
2021 SEASON (FRESHMAN)
Demonstrated why he was highly-touted out of high school as only a true freshman … appeared in 12 games overall with eight starts at tight end … missed only the win over Iowa State due to injury … seven of his eight starts on the year came either in Big 12 play or in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl … caught 14 passes on the season for 198 yards and a touchdown … finished fifth on the team in receiving yards and sixth for receptions … led all freshmen in both categories as well … targeted 19 times through the passing game, resulting in a 73.7 completion percentage … size radius helped him rank fourth on the team in completion percentage among receivers with at least 10 targets … credited with appearing in 353 snaps on offense, grading out at 74.1 according to Pro Football Focus … that grade ranked eighth on the team and led all freshmen … his overall grade was fifth nationally among tight ends listed as either a sophomore or freshman … caught at least one pass in six different games and has multiple receptions in five of those contests … recorded four different receptions of at least 20 yards … contributed on special teams as well as part of the kick return and field goal protect units … credited with 119 snaps on special teams with 71 coming as a blocker on kickoff return … SEASON HIGHLIGHTS: made collegiate debut in the season opener versus Houston (9/4) and then his first career start the next week versus Stephen F. Austin (9/11) … hauled in his first career catch in the non-conference finale against Florida International (9/18) … likely his best performance of the season with three catches for 61 yards and a touchdown versus the Panthers … touchdown came via a 25-yard pass from Tyler Shough with less than a minute remaining in the third quarter, giving the Red Raiders a 44-21 lead … reception was his longest of the season that would be matched two additional times … had one catch for seven yards in the Big 12 opener at Texas (9/25) … combined for five receptions over a two-game stretch against TCU (10/9) and at Kansas (10/16) … had two catches for 22 yards versus the Horned Frogs and then three receptions for 38 yards in the win over the Jayhawks … one of his three catches at Kansas went for 25 yards, matching his season long … posted two receptions for 31 yards at Oklahoma (10/30) … missed the win over Iowa State (11/13) due to injury, returning the next week against Oklahoma State (11/20) … made his final three catches of the season versus the Cowboys, resulting in 39 yards overall … the Oklahoma State game kicked off the first of three-consecutive games to be in the starting lineup.
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Klein High School in his hometown of Spring, Texas … graduated high school early in order to enroll at Texas Tech in January for spring practice … tabbed a preseason candidate for High School All-America honors by Sports Illustrated prior to his senior season … earned first team All-District 15-6A honors as both a junior and senior … was an Academic All-District honoree as a senior as well … previously caught 30 passes for 523 yards and 12 touchdowns as a junior … also a member of the school’s basketball program … was a first team All-District 15-6A honoree on the hardwood as a junior, his final prep season … consensus three-star prospect by the likes of ESPN, Rivals and 247Sports … listed at No. 25 among tight ends by 247Sports and No. 26 by ESPN … received more than 15 scholarships offers, the majority of which from power-five schools … CHOSE TEXAS TECH OVER: Arizona State, Colorado, Duke, Illinois, Iowa State, Kansas, Michigan State, Ole Miss, North Texas, Northwestern, Penn, Pittsburgh, Rice, SMU, Utah and Virginia.
PERSONAL
Mason Tharp … son of Clay and Susanne Tharp … has an older sister, Cameron … sister was also a collegiate student-athlete, competing in soccer at the University of Oklahoma from 2018-21 … a supply chain management major at Texas Tech.
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