Profile of Deaunte Mason

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FROM HERALD-LEADER SPORTS COLUMNIST JOHN CLAY: A 6-3, 215-pounder named Mr. Football for Class AAA Tennessee. As quarterback, helped Pearl-Cohn to AAA semifinals both junior and senior years. Threw for 2,375 yards and ran for 1,052 last year. Accounted for 35 touchdowns. Orlando Sentinel placed him its top 11 Tennessee prospects. Teammate of UK signee William Johnson.

FROM UKATHLETICS.COM: Named “Mr. Football” for Class AAA in Tennessee … Dual-threat quarterback with good size … Began starting at quarterback midway through his freshman season at Pearl-Cohn HS in Nashville, Tenn. … Helped Pearl-Cohn advance to the Class AAA state semifinals as a junior and senior … Threw for 2,375 yards as a senior, also rushing for 1,052 yards, and accounted for 35 total touchdowns … Also the team’s punter and placekicker … Passed for almost 2,000 yards an 19 touchdowns as a junior, to go along with 906 rushing yards and 15 TDs … All-state as a junior and senior … Regional Most Valuable Player and also Nashville Metro MVP as a senior … Coached by Tony Brunetti … One of the top-11 prospects in Tennessee by the Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel … One of the top-20 prospects in the state by Rivals.com … Among the nation’s top 100 QBs by Scout.com … Teammate of fellow UK signee William Johnson … Plays basketball and runs track … Member of the 4x200-meter relay team that won the state championship his junior year … President of his school’s chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes … Currently a finalist for the Admiral Lawrence Scholarship Award given by the Nashville chapter of the National Football Foundation … Name is pronounced “dee-AUN-tay.”