2023 Football Roster
Roster
Jersey Number 26
Mason Tomlin
- Position:
- Defensive Back
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Senior
- Weight:
- 170
- Hometown:
- Pittsburgh, Pa.
- Previous School:
- Shadyside Academy
- College:
- Columbia College
- Major:
- Economics
2023: Played in seven games, making one start … Registered 13 tackles two pass breakups as nickelback … Recorded career-high six tackles at Yale … Missed final three games due to injury.
2022: Saw action in four games … Had two tackles at Georgetown … Made two stops in season-opener at Marist.
2021: Played in five games as a sophomore defensive back and on special teams … Saw action in each of the season’s last four games at cornerback and on special teams … Finished the season with eight tackles (four solo), one pass breakup and two quarterback hurries … Finished with a career-high four tackles (three solo) with one quarterback hurry in season finale at Cornell (Nov. 20) … Made one tackle and registered a quarterback hurry and pass breakup vs. Brown (Nov. 13) … Made one tackle at Yale (Oct. 30) … Made one tackle In career debut, made two tackles (one solo) vs. Marist (Sept. 18).
2020: Season canceled due to COVID pandemic.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2020 graduate of Shadyside Academy in Pittsburgh, Pa., where he played three years of varsity football for Head Coach Chuck DiNardo … First Team All-Allegheny Football Conference selection as a senior defensive back … Named team Most Valuable Player as a senior … Named team captain as a senior … Saw action as a wide receiver, defensive back, running back and quarterback … Four-year starter … Helped the Indians to a WPIAL Class 2A playoff berth as a senior in 2019 … Scored four touchdowns as a junior … Led the Indians to a 10-1 overall record as a junior in 2018 … Earned a total of nine varsity letters … Played basketball for three years, competed in track and field for three years also played one year of lacrosse as a midfielder … Named team Most Valuable Player and served as team captain in basketball as a senior… In track and field, competed in the long jump, triple jump, 300-meter hurdles and 100-meter dash … Averaged 15 points per game in basketball.
PERSONAL: Born Mason Reid Tomlin on January 15, 2002 in Tampa, Fla. … Son of Mike and Kiya Tomlin of Pittsburgh, Pa. … Has an older brother Dino and younger sister Harlyn… Son of Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach Mike Tomlin … Father played wide receiver at William & Mary (1990-94), mother was a gymnast at William & Mary (1993-96) and brother Dino currently plays wide receiver at Maryland … Uncle Ed played football at Maryland and was a co-captain on the 1989 team … Nickname is Mayce … Hobbies and interests include rapping and producing music and has a career goal of becoming a major figure in the industry … Also enjoys writing, photography and video editing … Favorite subject is philosophy … One word that describes him: driven … Favorite things about Columbia are the people, the campus and team colors … Became interested in Columbia after attending both the basketball and football summer camps … Committed to Columbia on December 19, 2019 … Chose Columbia to play football in the greatest city in the world while receiving a top-tier education … Selected Columbia over offers from Robert Morris and William & Mary … Enrolled at Columbia College.
2022: Saw action in four games … Had two tackles at Georgetown … Made two stops in season-opener at Marist.
2021: Played in five games as a sophomore defensive back and on special teams … Saw action in each of the season’s last four games at cornerback and on special teams … Finished the season with eight tackles (four solo), one pass breakup and two quarterback hurries … Finished with a career-high four tackles (three solo) with one quarterback hurry in season finale at Cornell (Nov. 20) … Made one tackle and registered a quarterback hurry and pass breakup vs. Brown (Nov. 13) … Made one tackle at Yale (Oct. 30) … Made one tackle In career debut, made two tackles (one solo) vs. Marist (Sept. 18).
2020: Season canceled due to COVID pandemic.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2020 graduate of Shadyside Academy in Pittsburgh, Pa., where he played three years of varsity football for Head Coach Chuck DiNardo … First Team All-Allegheny Football Conference selection as a senior defensive back … Named team Most Valuable Player as a senior … Named team captain as a senior … Saw action as a wide receiver, defensive back, running back and quarterback … Four-year starter … Helped the Indians to a WPIAL Class 2A playoff berth as a senior in 2019 … Scored four touchdowns as a junior … Led the Indians to a 10-1 overall record as a junior in 2018 … Earned a total of nine varsity letters … Played basketball for three years, competed in track and field for three years also played one year of lacrosse as a midfielder … Named team Most Valuable Player and served as team captain in basketball as a senior… In track and field, competed in the long jump, triple jump, 300-meter hurdles and 100-meter dash … Averaged 15 points per game in basketball.
PERSONAL: Born Mason Reid Tomlin on January 15, 2002 in Tampa, Fla. … Son of Mike and Kiya Tomlin of Pittsburgh, Pa. … Has an older brother Dino and younger sister Harlyn… Son of Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach Mike Tomlin … Father played wide receiver at William & Mary (1990-94), mother was a gymnast at William & Mary (1993-96) and brother Dino currently plays wide receiver at Maryland … Uncle Ed played football at Maryland and was a co-captain on the 1989 team … Nickname is Mayce … Hobbies and interests include rapping and producing music and has a career goal of becoming a major figure in the industry … Also enjoys writing, photography and video editing … Favorite subject is philosophy … One word that describes him: driven … Favorite things about Columbia are the people, the campus and team colors … Became interested in Columbia after attending both the basketball and football summer camps … Committed to Columbia on December 19, 2019 … Chose Columbia to play football in the greatest city in the world while receiving a top-tier education … Selected Columbia over offers from Robert Morris and William & Mary … Enrolled at Columbia College.
Postgame: FB | Coach Poppe after Brown
Saturday, November 15
Highlights: FB | Columbia vs. Brown
Saturday, November 15
Preview: FB | Coach Poppe - Week 9 | Presented by Amity Hall Uptown
Friday, November 14
Highlights: FB | Columbia 14, Harvard 31
Friday, November 07














