Kansas State Wildcats lose transfer defensive back for season with knee injury
The Kansas State football team will have to finish the season without one of its regular contributors on defense.
Cincere Mason, a 6-foot and 217-pound defensive back, will miss the remainder of the year with a knee injury, K-State coach Chris Klieman said during his weekly news conference on Tuesday.
His absence will be an unfortunate blow for the Wildcats’ secondary.
Mason is a senior transfer from Kennesaw State who has played in all 10 games for the Wildcats this season, including one start against Oklahoma. Mason made 15 tackles and defended one pass while he was on the field.
His best game came at the beginning of the year when he made three tackles against Stanford. But he made an impact in all of his appearances and recorded a defensive stat in every game while playing nickel back and safety.
Mason transferred to K-State during the offseason coming off three productive seasons at Kennesaw State, where he totaled 83 tackles and five interceptions.
K-State could turn to other reserve defenders such as T.J. Smith and Wayne Jones to fill his shoes in remaining games against Baylor and Texas.
He is the third defensive player K-State has lost for the season. Defensive end Khalid Duke was also sidelined for the remainder of the year after suffering a knee injury against Nevada. Defensive back Aamaris Brown opted to transfer.
Klieman also shared an injury update on defensive end Spencer Trussell, who missed parts of K-State’s last game against West Virginia with an ankle injury.
“Spencer is going to be kind of a game-time decision or week-to-week,” Klieman said. “His was an ankle, but we know it’s not long term. Can we get him back this week? There’s a chance we can. If not he would be ready for Texas, we believe.”
This story was originally published November 16, 2021 at 3:16 PM with the headline "Kansas State Wildcats lose transfer defensive back for season with knee injury."