New Orleans Saints Executive Vice President/General Manager Mickey Loomis announced that the team has been awarded tight end Mason Pline off waivers. Here are five things to know about the Saints roster addition:
- Pline joins the Saints fresh off a season with the San Francisco 49ers. The 6-foot-7, 260-pound tight end signed with San Francisco as an undrafted free agent following the 2024 NFL Draft and would spend 15 weeks with the team's practice squad in 2025. Pline recorded one special teams tackles during the 2024 preseason.
- The tight end finished his collegiate career at Furman University. In 13 games with the Paladins, Pline recorded 32 receptions for 287 yards and four touchdowns. His most productive game for Furman came against the Western Carolina Catamounts on Oct. 21, 2023 when he recorded four receptions for 88 yards and a touchdown. Pline's four receiving touchdowns led the team for the season.
- Prior to Furman, the Fowler, Mich., native attended Ferris State University. He started as a basketball player for the school for three seasons where he played 83 games and averaged 6.9 points per game and 4.4 rebounds per game in 15.5 minutes of action.
- He converted to football full time in 2021 and played two seasons for the Ferris State Bulldogs, helping them to back-to-back Division II National Championships in 2021 and 2022.
- He attended Fowler High School where he averaged 13 points, eight rebounds and four assists and earned all-state, all-area and all-conference honors in basketball. He also played football during his high school career.
New Orleans Saints announced the club was awarded tight end Mason Pline off waivers. Check out Pline in action with the San Francisco 49ers during his NFL career.
San Francisco 49ers tight end Mason Pline (43) catches a pass during practice at the team's NFL football training camp, Wednesday, July 23, 2025, in Santa Clara, Calif.
San Francisco 49ers tight end Mason Pline during NFL football training camp in Santa Clara, Calif., Wednesday, July 31, 2024.
San Francisco 49ers tight end Mason Pline (89) during NFL football training camp in Santa Clara, Calif., Wednesday, July 31, 2024.
San Francisco 49ers tight end Mason Pline (89) leaps and catches a pass during pregame warmups before an NFL football game against the Las Vegas Raiders, Friday, Aug. 23, 2024 in Las Vegas. The 49ers and the Raiders tied 24–24.
San Francisco 49ers tight end Mason Pline (89) during NFL football training camp in Santa Clara, Calif., Wednesday, July 31, 2024.
San Francisco 49ers tight end Mason Pline (89) during NFL football training camp in Santa Clara, Calif., Wednesday, July 31, 2024.
San Francisco 49ers tight end Mason Pline (89) runs onto the field before an NFL preseason football game against the Las Vegas Raiders, Friday, Aug 23, 2024, in Las Vegas. The Raiders and 49ers finished in a tie 24-24.
San Francisco 49ers tight end Mason Pline (89) catches a pass during pregame warmups before an NFL football game against the New Orleans Saints, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024 in Santa Clara, Calif. The 49ers defeated the Saints 16-10.
San Francisco 49ers tight end Mason Pline (43) catches a pass during practice at the team's NFL football training camp, Wednesday, July 23, 2025, in Santa Clara, Calif.
San Francisco 49ers tight end Mason Pline (89) warms up prior to an NFL preseason football game against the New Orleans Saints, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024 in Santa Clara, Calif.
