NFL CAREER – With two NFL seasons under his belt and after his first full campaign in Head Coach Kellen Moore's offense, Mason Tipton will continue to compete for snaps on offense, also having carved out a niche on special teams in the return game.
CAREER TRANSACTIONS – Placed on Injured Reserve (groin), 1/3/26; Agreed to terms, 4/29/24. Â
2025 – Appeared in 14 games with three starts, making 11 receptions for 76 yards, carrying two times for 23 yards and returning 12 kickoffs for 378 yards (club-best 31.5 avg.)…Returned a kickoff 36 yards vs. Tampa Bay, Oct. 26…Vs. Atlanta, Nov. 23, made first start of season and caught three passes for 22 yards, rushed once for 11 yards and returned a kickoff for a career-long 75 yards. It was the longest kickoff return for the Saints since a 75-yard runback by Deonte Harty on Nov. 15, 2020 vs. San Francisco…At Tampa Bay, Dec. 7, started and also returned a kickoff 54 yards…Vs Carolina, Dec. 14, started and caught one pass for five yards and returned one kickoff for 19 yards…Vs. New York Jets, Dec. 21, caught four passes for 29 yards and had one carry for a career-long 12 yards. 2024 – Played in 11 games with one start and finished with 14 receptions for 99 yards and returned one kickoff 21 yards…Made his NFL debut in the opener vs Carolina, Sept. 8, catching one pass for six yards…Vs. Philadelphia, Sept. 22, rotated on offense and caught two passes for 11 yards…Vs. Tampa Bay, Oct. 13, caught a pass for 15 yards…Vs. Denver, Oct. 17, caught a career-high six passes for 45 yards and returned one kickoff for 21 yards…At Los Angeles Chargers, Oct. 27, caught two passes for 14 yards.
COLLEGE – Tipton finished his college career at Yale ranked third in school history in touchdown receptions (19), fifth in receptions (132) and sixth in receiving yards (2,067)...Three-time All-Ivy selection…Unanimous first-team All-Ivy selection in 2023 after leading the league with ten TD receptions, which was sixth in the FCS and tied for the fourth-most in school history...Named to the New England Football Writers Association All-New England team...Finished with 52 receptions for 786 yards (15.1 avg.), both career-highs...Caught at least one touchdown pass in seven of Yale's ten contests...Had three touchdown receptions in win at Brown...Caught season-high ten passes in win at Princeton…Season-high 136 receiving yards in win over Morgan State...Had 15-yard TD run in win over Sacred Heart…Honorable mention All-Ivy selection in 2022. Appeared in eight games, missing two contests due to injury and finished with 29 receptions for 386 yards with two touchdowns...Had a season-high 83 receiving yards in victory at Cornell...Had a season-high six receptions in win over Dartmouth…Named All-Ivy second-team in 2021, when he appeared in all ten games and led the Bulldogs with 570 receiving yards and three TDs. Ranked seventh nationally with 21.1 yards per catch...Had a season-high 132 receiving yards with five catches including a TD against Penn...Made three catches for 61 yards against Harvard on Nov. 20 in the 137th edition of The Game…In 2019, worked his way into the starting lineup as a first-year player in three-wide sets. Selected to two Ivy League Weekly Honor Rolls for performances against Princeton and Harvard. Played in eight games, caught 24 passes for 325 yards and four TDs…Graduated with a bachelor's degree in biology.
PERSONAL – Attended Archbishop Hoban (Akron, Ohio) HS, where he was three-time state champion and three-year letterman...First-team All-Region/All-League with 48 receptions and 1,186 yards with six TDs as senior...Three-year letterman and first-team All-Region and All-League in baseball...Greater Akron All-Star with .423 batting average...Member of the National Honor Society…Father, Lawrence, played football at the University of Akron…Born on Sept. 27, 2000 in Akron, Ohio.
