STRENGTHS
Maason is THE Defensive lineman in this draft who has the potential to be the best, Defensive lineman from this draft. He has excellent size, strength, and length and very good overall intimidating athletic talent. Maason Showed on film and in workouts, good athletic agility with an excellent burst off the line of scrimmage at the snap of the ball. He can be a dominating Defensive Lineman who at times, demands a double team to keep him out of an opponent’s backfield. Mason has pass-rushing skills when lined up inside or outside because of his size and athletic talent. His ability to change the line of scrimmage in his favor, and make tackles behind the line of scrimmage is unique for his size. Maason has excellent hidden potential to be the type of Defensive lineman a team could build their defense around.
CONCERNS
After Maason’s very successful freshman year, he may have been struggling with adversity for the first time in his athletic and emotional life. He was a big fish in a little pond coming from a small high school to a big university. After his injury and one-game suspension, Maason hasn’t played with the same passion he showed in his freshman year. He seems to have forgotten all of the techniques he used in his first year and it looked to me on film that the fun was taken out of the game for him. He is on the ground too much and in general, is way too inconsistent, in all aspects of his game.
BOTTOM LINE: 2.67
Maason has top ten athletic talent and size, to be a dominating Defensive Lineman at the next level. He comes from an area in Louisiana that has about 33 thousand people and a high school that has 1,00 students with an average class size of 24 students. Think about that. He goes to a university, that has about 30 thousand students and his first year of playing realizes that he can play with the big guys and be a core player for his team and a star. Then he gets injured for the first time in his athletic life. Then he is criticized and suspended for nothing. He strikes me as being upset, angry, and maybe feels like his coaches and teammates didn’t back him or support him and now he is a kid feeling like he is all alone and just wants out. All of this is conjecture on my part. I’m trying to find a reason for the shocking difference in his passion to play football from his 2021 season to his 2023 season. If I happen to be right, selecting Maason in the first three rounds just might happen but if I’m not right, I still might take a chance on selecting him because his talent and size to dominate potentially, is unique and well worth taking a chance on him in the later rounds.
