National Football Foundation

A remarkable leader and elite offensive lineman, Brandon Mason of Elon University has vaulted himself to the top of both the athletic and academic worlds.

A CoSIDA Second Team Academic All-America selection in 2003, Mason is a two-time member of the Division I-AA Athletics Director's Association Academic All-Star Team. An Academic All-Conference and CoSIDA All-District pick in 2003, he received the Zac Walker Scholarship for Academic Achievement and graduated Magna Cum Laude in May. 

A two-time All-Conference performer - First Team in 2003, Second Team in 2002, Mason was awarded the John Frye Scholarship as the Elon's top offensive lineman. Named Third Team All-Region by Don Hansen's Football Gazette, he fashioned an 83% season film grade to go with 26 knockdown blocks, 16 pancake blocks, 32 linebacker chops and only one sack allowed in 12 games in 2003. Starting all 34 games of his career, Mason was rated the nation's fifth-best center by The Sports Network in the 2004 preseason. 

Very active off the gridiron, Mason speaks at numerous community events, including the annual Elon University Athletics Banquet last spring. He also established new personal-best performances in numerous bench-pressing and weight-lifting exercises in the off-season. Mason earned his MBA from Elon in 2006 and is currently the Sarbanes-Oxley Manager for the United Guaranty Corporation.