#85
Mason Taylor
NYJ · 2025–presentACT
MasonTaylor#85TE
Age
22
May 8, 2004
Height
6'5"
77"
Weight
251
lb
College
LSU
2022-2024
Drafted
2025
Rd 2, Pk 42
Exp
1
seasons
Contract
$10M
4y · $2.6M APY
Status
ACT
ACT

2025 Season

Latest production
Rec
44
2025
Targets
65
regular season
Rec Yds
369
regular season
TD
1
regular season
Y/R
8.4
regular season
Catch %
68%
44/65
Updated 2026-06-02

Career

Team path from high school through the NFL, with draft context and accolades.
01 / Career

Career Path

2022 — Present · Includes honors
2025
New York Jets · Tight End
TE · 16 active weeks
NFL
2022–2024
LSU · TE
NCAA

Draft Profile

2025 Draft
Selection
Round 2, Pick 42
#42 overall by New York Jets
TeamNYJ
Overall#42

Data Sources & Attribution

Credits
Headshot — wikipediaTammy Anthony Baker from Louisiana. Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Source file
Statistics — nflverseStats are sourced from nflverse. Carl S, Baldwin B, Sharpe L, Ho T, Edwards J (2025). nflverse: Easily Install and Load the ‘nflverse’. R package version 1.0.3.9001, https://nflverse.nflverse.com/. Advanced metrics shown here are drawn via nflverse from Pro Football Reference Advanced Stats and NFL Next Gen Stats.
Pro Football ReferenceSports Reference LLC. “Pro Football Statistics and History.” Pro-Football-Reference.com. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/. (Accessed 2026-06-02.)
Athleticism & RASCombine and pro-day measurements compiled by Ray Carpenter, nfl-draft-data. Relative Athletic Score (RAS) by Kent Lee Platte, https://ras.football/.