2025 Football Roster
Roster
Mason Posa
- Class:
- Freshman
- Position:
- LB
- Hometown:
- Albuquerque, N.M.
- High School:
- La Cueva
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 231
2025: FWAA Freshman All-American, Third team All-Big Ten (coaches), On3 Freshman All-American, 247Sports Freshman All-American, Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Nov. 20), Shaun Alexander Award Freshman of the Week (Nov. 20)
2025 Season: Played in 11 games, making five starts at linebacker … finished his freshman season with 61 tackles, 4.0 sacks, two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery … had a breakout game in his first career start making 13 tackles vs. Oregon (Oct. 25) … followed that up by making 11 tackles and 2.5 sacks vs. Washington (Nov. 8), including a game-winning stop on the Huskies’ final drive, earning Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors … made 12 tackles at Indiana, including a sack of Heisman-winner Fernando Mendoza (Nov. 15) … made five tackles and deflected a pass in a win over Illinois (Nov. 22) … posted nine tackles including six solo stops against Minnesota (Nov. 29)
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— Wisconsin Football (@BadgerFootball) November 9, 2025
High School/Personal
- Earned a four-star composite recruit across all recruiting platforms
- Three-time New Mexico 6A State Champion
- Selected to the 2025 NBC All-American Bowl
- Led La Cueva to the State Championship in 2024, posting 133 tackles, 9.0 sacks, 21 TFLs, 2 interceptions, 3 forced fumbles and 3 defensive touchdowns as a senior
- Selected to first team All-State, All-Metro and All-District in 2023
- Posted 77 tackles, 9 sacks, 24 TFLs, 5 interceptions and 2 forced fumbles, earning first-team All-State, All-Metro and All-District honors in 2022
- Three time New Mexico State Champion wrestler, going 87-3 across three weight classes in three years
- High school coach was Brandon Back
- Parents are Debbie and Javier Posa
- Father, Javier wrestled at Oklahoma, tallying three NCAA All-American honors
- Intends to study finance
- Favorite Badger is TJ Watt
