Mase Funa
HISTORY — from college profile
2022 (jr): SDCCU Holiday Bowl Defensive MVP ... Pac-12 Defensive Lineman of the Week (Week 4) ... Made eight starts and played in all 13 games for the Ducks … Career-high 32 total tackles (12 solo) with 3.5 tackles for loss, two sacks, one interception and one pass breakup … Multiple tackles in six of 13 games played … Played 482 total snaps on defense, earning a 68.6 overall grade from Pro Football Focus with a 72.4 mark in coverage … at Washington State (Sept. 24): Named the Pac-12 Defensive Lineman of the Week after playing a key role in Oregon’s comeback win in Pullman … Iced Oregon’s victory with first career interception in final minute of the game, returning it 27 yards for a touchdown to put the Ducks up by 10 … Only pick-six by a Duck in 2022, and first since Sept. 25, 2021 … Also assisted on a TFL and made four tackles … vs. No. 10 Utah (Nov. 19): Finished with a season-high eight tackles (four solo) while assisting on a TFL and breaking up a pass … vs. North Carolina (Dec. 28, Holiday Bowl): Named the defensive MVP of the SDCCU Holiday Bowl after finishing with seven total tackles, 2.0 TFLs and first sack since the 2019 season.
2021 (soph): Started all 12 of the games he played in his third season with the Ducks … Finished with 28 total tackles, 17 solo tackles, one tackle-for-loss, and one fumble recovery … Played 411 total defensive snaps … Ranked seventh among Ducks with a solid 70.0 overall defensive grade from Pro Football Focus … Third on the team with a 77.0 run-defense grade, and eighth in tackling at 73.1 … Credited by PFF with 13 total quarterback pressures, nine hurries and four QB hits … Missed two games due to injury ... vs. Fresno State (Sept. 4): Returned a fumble 13 yards to set up Oregon’s first touchdown of the 2021 season … vs. Arizona (Sept. 25): Made two solo tackles and a tackle-for-loss … vs. No. 17 Utah (Dec. 3): Notched three solo tackles in the 2021 Pac-12 Championship Game … vs. No. 16 Oklahoma (Dec. 29): Finished the Valero Alamo Bowl with three tackles, two solo.
2020 (soph): Played in all seven games and made six starts for Oregon during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season … Sixth on the team with 31 total tackles, including 18 solo … Tied for third among Ducks with 3.5 tackles for loss, totaling seven yards … vs. Stanford (Nov. 7): Opened the season with a pair of solo tackles … vs. UCLA (Nov. 21): Made a career-high nine tackles, five solo, while recording 2.0 TFL … Second career game with 2.0 or more TFL … at California (Dec. 5): Recorded three tackles and a 3-yard TFL … at USC (Dec. 18): Helped Oregon win its second straight Pac-12 title with six total tackles, including three solo stops … vs. Iowa State (Jan. 2): Made six tackles, four solo, and 0.5 TFL in the Fiesta Bowl.
2019 (fr): The Athletic Freshman All-America second team ... PFF All-Pac-12 third team ... PFF Pac-12 Team of the Week (Week 7) ... Finished third among Pac-12 freshmen in both sacks (4.0) and tackles for loss (8.5) … Ranked second on the team in sacks and third in TFLs … First five career tackles were all for loss and featured three sacks … Played in all 14 games and made one start … Had 26 total tackles with 19 solo … Also had four quarterback pressures … All four sacks came at home … Had a TFL in six games, including five in the first three … vs. No. 16 Auburn (Aug. 31): First career tackle came on third-and-two in the fourth quarter and went for a loss … vs. Nevada (Sept. 7): Registered three tackles for loss and two sacks in first career home game … Became the first Duck since 2017 with three TFLs and two sacks in a game … First Oregon freshman with two sacks in a game since Jalen Jelks in 2015 … vs. Montana (Sept. 14): Made first career start and picked up third sack over the first three games.
High School: Attended Mater Dei High School (Santa Ana, CA) ... Consensus 4-star prospect and top 100 player by ESPN and 247Sports … Finished No. 68 overall and the No. 14 player in California in the 247Sports composite rating … Ranked the No. 5 overall outside linebacker in the class and No. 53 overall in the ESPN300 … The No. 7 inside linebacker in the nation and No. 96 overall prospect by 247Sports … No. 2 ranked inside linebacker in California by 247Sports and the top strong-side defensive end in the state by Rivals … Rivals rated him the No. 101 player in the country and the No. 8 strong-side defensive end … Consensus top 17 player in California … Invited to play in the Polynesian Bowl … Named to the PrepStar Top 150 Dream Team … Missed senior season at Mater Dei High School with an injury … Coached by Bruce Rollinson … As a junior, earned first-team All-CIF Southern Section and first-team OC Register All-County honors … Helped the Monarchs capture the CIF Division 1 Southern Section championship and national title with a 15-0 record … Also earned first-team All-Trinity League recognition after finishing with 52 tackles, 6.5 sacks, three forced fumbles and two interception returns for touchdowns … Chose Oregon over BYU, California, Florida State, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Oregon State, Tennessee, Texas, UCLA, USC and Utah.
PERSONAL
Name is pronounced "Mace FOO-nuh".
--6/14/23
2022
defensive | ||||||
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TFL | QB HUR | TOT | TD | PD | SACKS | SOLO |
2.0 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 9.0 |
interceptions | |||
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TD | AVG | YDS | INT |
1.0 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 1.0 |
2021
fumbles | ||
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REC | LOST | FUM |
2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
defensive | ||||||
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TFL | QB HUR | TOT | TD | PD | SACKS | SOLO |
1.0 | 1.0 | 28.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 17.0 |
2020
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TFL | QB HUR | TOT | TD | PD | SACKS | SOLO |
3.5 | 0.0 | 31.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 18.0 |
2019
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TFL | QB HUR | TOT | TD | PD | SACKS | SOLO |
8.5 | 4.0 | 26.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 19.0 |
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