 Garcia with East Carolina in 2023 | |
| Austin Peay Governors | |
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| Position | Quarterback |
| Class |  |
| Major | Communication |
| Personal information | |
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Weight | 249 lb (113 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College |
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| High school | Carolina Forest (Carolina Forest, South Carolina) |
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Mason Garcia is an American football quarterback who will play for the Austin Peay Governors. He previously played for the East Carolina Pirates.
Garcia grew up in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and attended Carolina Forest High School where he lettered in football and basketball. He was rated a four-star recruit and committed to play college football at East Carolina over offers from Appalachian State, Bowling Green, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Coastal Carolina, Colorado State, Kent State, Missouri, Pittsburgh, Syracuse and Youngstown State. [1] [2]
During Garcia's true freshman season in 2020, he appeared in three games and started one of them as Holton Ahlers's top backup quarterback. He finished the season with completing 10 out of 23 passing attempts for 104 yards while rushing 19 times for 87 yards. [3] During the 2021 season, he played in six games in a reserve role. He finished the season with completing two out of three passing attempts for 21 yards, one touchdown and a pick. [4] During the 2022 season, he appeared in three games in a reserve role at quarterback. He finished the season with completing seven out of 12 passing attempts for 54 yards while rushing five times for 14 yards. [5]
During the 2023 season, he started the Week 1 game against Michigan during the first quarter where he completed 11 out of 18 passing attempts for 80 yards with an interception while rushing eight times for 36 yards. [6] He also started the Week 2 game against Marshall where he completed 10 out of 23 passing attempts for 62 yards with a touchdown and an interception while also rushing 16 times for 118 yards. [7] [8] He entered the transfer portal on December 4, 2023. [9]
On December 13, 2023, Garcia announced that he would be transferring to Austin Peay. [10]
| Season | Games | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Record | Comp | Att | Pct | Yards | Avg | TD | Int | Rate | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | ||
| East Carolina Pirates | ||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | 3 | 1 | 0−1 | 10 | 23 | 43.5 | 104 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 81.5 | 19 | 87 | 4.6 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | — | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 21 | 7.0 | 1 | 1 | 168.8 | 8 | 19 | 2.4 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | — | 7 | 12 | 58.3 | 54 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 96.1 | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 8 | 3 | 0−3 | 48 | 95 | 50.5 | 408 | 4.3 | 1 | 2 | 85.9 | 50 | 227 | 4.5 | 2 | |
| Austin Peay Governors | ||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0−0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career [11] | 20 | 4 | 0−4 | 67 | 133 | 50.4 | 587 | 4.4 | 2 | 3 | 87.9 | 82 | 347 | 4.2 | 4 | |
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