Mario Patton

Position:
Defensive Line
Height:
6-1
Weight:
310
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
High School:
Cleveland Heights

2018 • Senior

• Played in all 12 games on the defensive line
• Totaled 26 tackles, including 4.0 TFLs, and one pass breakup
• Broke his tackles down to 10 solo and 16 assisted stops
• Began the year with two takedowns, including an assisted TFL, against Duquesne (8/25)
• Helped out on four stops at Boston College (9/1)
• Notched four tackles, including three unassisted stops and 0.5 TFLs, at Georgia Southern (9/8)
• His lone stop at Ohio (9/29) was a TFL
• Earned four tackles, including an assisted TFL, against USF (10/6)
• Made three stops and broke up a pass against Coastal Carolina (10/20)
• Posted four takedowns, including three solo, in the three-overtime win over Liberty (11/3)
• Capped his career with two stops at No. 5 Georgia (11/17) on one solo and one assisted TFL

2017 • Junior

• Appeared in 11 games as a reserve defensive tackle
• Had eight tackles on the season (2-6), including an assisted TFL, and broke up two passes
• First pass breakup came against Hawai'i (8/26)
• Also had a pass breakup in the following game, at Coastal Carolina (9/2)
• Made his first tackle of the season against Old Dominion (9/9)
• Assisted on two tackles, including a TFL, at Tennessee (9/23)
• Also assisted on two tackles at Mississippi State (11/3)

2016 • Sophomore

• Appeared in 12 games
• Recorded 12 tackles, including a two-yard sack
• Season high four tackles - including a sack - came vs. Boston College (9/10)
• Broke up one pass and added a tackle in the win over FIU (9/17)
• Had back-to-back two-stop games at Mississippi State (9/24) and against Tulane (10/1)

2015 • Freshman

• Redshirted the season

Before Massachusetts

• Posted 24 tackles, including six TFLs, for Cleveland Heights High School in 2014
• Team MVP and team captain as a senior
• Earned 2014 Northeast Lakes All-District Team Special Mention honors
• Played for head coach Jeff Rotsky

Personal

• Majoring in building and construction technology