Mason Cole

PRO CAREER

• Has played in 77 games (56 starts) over his five-year NFL career (Arizona, 2018-20; Minnesota, 2021; Pittsburgh, 2022)
• Started 32 of 46 career games with Cardinals
• Played in 30 games (16 starts) over the 2019-20 seasons, including two starts at left guard in 2019 and 14 starts at center in 2020
• One of just six rookie offensive lineman to start all 16 games in 2018, joining Will Hernandez (N.Y. Giants), Mike McGlinchey (San Francisco), Kolton Miller (Oakland), Quenton Nelson (Indianapolis) and Frank Ragnow (Detroit)
• Became just the fourth rookie in Cardinals history to start all 16 games along the offensive line, joining Bobbie Massie (2012), Alex Stepanovich (2004) and Leonard Davis (2001)
• Made NFL debut in Week 1 of 2018 (vs. Washington)
• Made NFL starting debut in Week 1 of 2018 (vs. Washington)

PRO CAREER

• Has played in 77 games (56 starts) over his five-year NFL career (Arizona, 2018-20; Minnesota, 2021; Pittsburgh, 2022)
• Started 32 of 46 career games with Cardinals
• Played in 30 games (16 starts) over the 2019-20 seasons, including two starts at left guard in 2019 and 14 starts at center in 2020
• One of just six rookie offensive lineman to start all 16 games in 2018, joining Will Hernandez (N.Y. Giants), Mike McGlinchey (San Francisco), Kolton Miller (Oakland), Quenton Nelson (Indianapolis) and Frank Ragnow (Detroit)
• Became just the fourth rookie in Cardinals history to start all 16 games along the offensive line, joining Bobbie Massie (2012), Alex Stepanovich (2004) and Leonard Davis (2001)
• Made NFL debut in Week 1 of 2018 (vs. Washington)
• Made NFL starting debut in Week 1 of 2018 (vs. Washington)

2022 (STEELERS)

• Started all 17 regular-season games at center
• Blocked for a 1,000-plus-yard rusher for a second consecutive season
• Blocked for RB Najee Harris to run for 111 yards in Week 17 at Baltimore
• Part of an offensive line that did not allow a sack in two games and just one sack in four games
• Received only one penalty all season in Week 13 at Atlanta

2021 (VIKINGS)

• Played in 14 regular-season games (seven starts), including starts at center (four) and right guard (three)
• Started at right guard at Detroit (Week 13), vs. Pittsburgh (Week 14) and at Chicago (Week 15)
• Started at center at Baltimore (Week 9), at L.A. Chargers (Week 10), vs. Green Bay (Week 11) and at San Francisco (Week 12)
• Blocked for Pro Bowl RB Dalvin Cook
• Cook was selected to his third consecutive Pro Bowl and led the NFC in rushing yards with 1,159
• Cook set the franchise record for rushing yards in the first half with 153, breaking Adrian Peterson's record of 143 set at Seattle on Nov. 4, 2012, in Week 14 vs. Pittsburgh
• Cook ultimately ran for 205 yards against the Steelers (only 200-yard rusher in the NFL in 2021)

2020 (CARDINALS)

• Played in 14 regular-season games (all starts) at center for the NFL's sixth-ranked offense and seventh-ranked rushing attack, helping Arizona gain the third-most total net yards (6,153) and score the fifth-most points (410) in franchise history
• Part of an offensive line that protected Kyler Murray, who completed 27-of-37 passes for 380 yards, and led three different Cardinals into the end zone on the ground (Kenyan Drake, Chase Edmonds and Murray) at N.Y. Jets on Oct. 11
• Played every offensive snap for a unit that scored a season-high 38 points and gained 438 total yards, including a season-high 261 on the ground on Monday Night Football at Dallas (10/19)
• Protected for Murray who completed 27 passes for a career-high 406 yards and three TDs while taking just one sack on 36 dropbacks vs. Philadelphia on Dec. 20 (also helped the Cardinals gain a season-high 526 total net yards)

2019 (CARDINALS)

• Played in all 16 regular-season games (two starts at left guard) for the NFL's 10th-ranked rushing offense (1,990 yards) that averaged a single-season franchise-record 5.03 yards per carry (second in the NFL)
• Started for a unit that gained 153 rushing yards (the second most allowed by the 49ers) on 23 carries (6.7-yard avg.) vs. San Francisco on Oct. 31
• Started and protected QB Kyler Murray, who threw for 324 yards and three TDs on 27-of-44 passing at Tampa Bay on Nov. 10
• Part of an offense that gained 412 total net yards and 253 rushing yards at Seattle on Dec. 22, marking the first time since 1982 the Cardinals rushed for 200+ yards in consecutive games

2018 (CARDINALS)

• Started all 16 regular-season games at center, becoming the fourth rookie in franchise history, and the first since Bobby Massie in 2012, to start every game on the offensive line
• Only the fourth rookie lineman to start every game for the Cardinals in team history
• Mainstay of an offensive line that featured 10 different starting combinations
• Only Cardinal to play every offensive snap throughout the season and joined Korey Cunningham and Colby Gossett as the first rookie trio since 1978 to start at left tackle, left guard and center (excluding the 1987 strike season)

COLLEGE

• In four seasons at Michigan (2014-17), started all 51 games setting a school record for an offensive lineman and tying the overall record for a Wolverine player
• Started 25 consecutive games at left tackle for the Wolverines before switching to center in 2016
• Started all 13 games at center in 2016 before switching back to left tackle for his senior season
• Earned All-Big Ten honors at both left tackle and center – and was also on the Outland Trophy watch list at both positions
• As a senior in 2017, started all 13 games at left tackle, running his streak of consecutive starts to 51 in a row
• All-Big Ten honoree (second team, coaches and media) and All-Big Ten selection by the Associated Press (second team offense)
• Tied Jon Jansen for most consecutive starts for a Michigan offensive lineman against Ohio State as a senior (50 consecutive) and broke that record the following game in the Outback Bowl against South Carolina (1/1/18)
• As a junior in 2016, switched to center and started all 13 games after starting at left tackle in each of his first two seasons with the Wolverines
• Named All-Big Ten second team by the conference coaches and media
• Started all 13 games at left tackle as a sophomore in 2015, earning his second letter
• Helped the offense rank in the top 25 in five offensive categories, including seventh in red zone scoring efficiency (92.9 percent scoring rate)
• As a true freshman in 2014, started all 12 games at left tackle
• Made his collegiate debut against Appalachian State and started at left tackle, becoming the first true freshman in Michigan history to start a season opener on the offensive line

PERSONAL

• Started 53 consecutive games in four years at East Lake (Tarpon Springs, FL) High School
• Played in the 2014 U.S. Army All-American Bowl
• Named to the USA TODAY Sports Preseason High School All-America Team as a senior in 2013
• One of the nation's top lineman recruits, received 22 scholarship offers which included Alabama, Clemson, Florida, Ohio State and USC
• Named first-team all-state and all-area as a junior in 2012
• Graduated with a degree from the College of Literature, Science and the Arts at Michigan
• Married his wife, Madison, in Florida during the 2020 offseason