On Tuesday, Mason Taylor was named one of eight semifinalists for the John Mackey Award. The John Mackey Award is given annually to the tight end who best exemplifies the play, sportsmanship, academics, and community values of John Mackey. The LSU Tigers have never had a tight end that has won the award.
Junior @masontaylor52 is a semifinalist for the John Mackey Award, which goes to the top tight end in the nation! pic.twitter.com/9ZICyyvZGu
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Mason Taylor was named a finalist alongside Eli Stowers of Vanderbilt, Gunnar Helm of Texas, Harold Fannin Jr of Bowling Green, Tyler Warren of Penn State, Colston Loveland of Michigan, Mitchell Evans of Notre Dame, and Tanner Koziol of Boise State.
While at LSU, Mason Taylor has rewritten the record books leading LSU in receptions by a tight end with 113 and yards with 1,131 yards in a career. Taylor still has at least four games left in the regular season and potential Bowl games to add to his records if he does decide to head to the NFL Draft.
In all likelihood, it will take a massive final stretch from Mason Taylor to even make the cut to be a finalist but, its still an incredible honor to be in the race. Fannin is having an incredible season as he's one of two players over 1,000 receiving yards trailing Arizona's Tetairoa McMillan by just 33 yards with 1,033 yards on the season.
LSU may need Mason Taylor's biggest game yet
As a True Freshman, Mason Taylor etched his name in LSU history scoring a touchdown and later the game winning two point conversion to knock off Alabama. If he's going to leave for the NFL Draft, there'd be no better game to give LSU one last massive performance than against the team he put his name on the map. The Crimson Tide have given up some massive plays in the passing game and it could be a massive game from Taylor once again.