Damon Mason (2018) - Louisiana Athletics Hall of Fame

Damon Mason

Induction:
2018
Class:
1996

Mason, a three-year letterwinner for the Ragin' Cajuns football team from 1994-96, posted 135 tackles as a senior, putting him atop Louisiana's all-time list for tackles in a season by a defensive back. It was also the third-highest, single-season total for the Ragin' Cajuns defender, who finished with a career total 243 tackles, six interceptions and four sacks.

The LaPlace, La., native was honored as a national Defensive Player of the Week and was featured in Sports Illustrated after posting two interceptions, including one for a touchdown, to go along with two forced fumbles, one sack and a team-best nine tackles in the Ragin' Cajuns 29-22 upset win over nationally-ranked Texas A&M in 1996.

Mason, a first team All-Big West Conference selection in 1995, earned third-team All-America honors in 1996 and eventually signed a free agent contract with the Orlando Predators of the Arena Football League in November of 1997.

He played 12 seasons in the AFL from 1998-2011, spending time with Orlando, New Jersey, Las Vegas, Carolina, Grand Rapids, Austin, Utah and New Orleans. In his AFL career, Mason was a part of two Arena Bowl champion teams and finished as the all-time leading tackler in AFL history (1,009).