Countdown to Kickoff – Best of the Last 20 Years: # 85 – Jeron Mastrud

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NORMAN, OK - OCTOBER 31: Tight end Jeron Mastrud #85 of the Kansas State Wildcats pulls in a pass in front pressure form linebacker Travis Lewis #28 of the Oklahoma Sooners at the one-yard line in the third quarter on October 31, 2009 at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma. (Photo by Peter G. Aiken/Getty Images) | Getty Images

Jeron Mastrud​

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Bio​

Career: 2006 – 2009

Position: Tight End

Height: 6’6”

Weight: 250

Hometown: Beaverton, Oregon

High School: Southridge

Career Stats​

Games Played: 49

Games Started: 48

Receptions: 106

Yards: 1219

Touchdowns: 3

Notes​

High School

• Played quarterback, defensive end, and tight.
• First team All-Portland Metro as a defensive end
• Third team All-State defensive end
• Threw for 731 yards and 10 touchdowns as a senior.

Kansas State

• Started 48 out of 49 possible games

K-State Career Awards​

• First Team All-Big 12 (2009)
• Broke the Kansas State tight end reception record
• Graduated Kansas State ranked 1oth in receptions and 18th in receiving yards.

Highlights​

Bring on the Cats Staff​

Drew:

Mastrud is another player I was unfamiliar with before starting this series. The first 3-seasons of his career take place during the rip in the time-space continuum that swallowed the Kansas State football team, but he emerged from the time warp in 2009 to be the fourth-leading receiver for Bill Snyder’s squad.

There are rumors regarding Mastrud being the Wildcats’ second-leading receiver in 2008, but as I mentioned before, no official records from 2006-2008 exist. If he had 38 receptions for 435 yards and 2 touchdowns as a junior, those stats have been lost to the mystery of the cosmos.

Here’s an odd fact about Mastrud’s career: Kansas State was 0-3 in games where he scored a touchdown and lost the game where he set his career high in receiving yards. That’s not a knock on Mastrud; he even went on to have a cup of coffee in the NFL, but it’ more a commentary on those lost 2006-2008 seasons.

Anyways, Mastrud was a solid, serviceable tight end for the Wildcats during a strange stretch of football. He set a record that a couple of players later in the countdown broke, but when someone finishes their career at the top of their position’s all-time leaderboard, they’ve done something worthy of making this illustrious countdown.

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