20 Facts About Mason Fine

Mason Fine was born on April 19,1997 and is an American professional football quarterback who is a free agent.

Mason Fine has Cherokee lineage on both sides of his family and is an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation.

The young Mason Fine paid special attention to former Oklahoma star quarterback and then-current Sooners assistant Josh Heupel, observing Heupel's throwing motion and paying attention to the advice he offered.

Mason Fine was initially trained by his father, who had never played football at any level.

Mason Fine went on to start at quarterback in his remaining three high school seasons, setting the all-time Oklahoma high school record for passing yards and touchdowns and becoming the first player to ever win the state's Gatorade Player of the Year award twice.

Mason Fine caught a break when North Texas hired Seth Littrell as head coach shortly after the end of the 2015 season.

Littrell, a former Oklahoma player who grew up in Muskogee, Oklahoma, was a close friend of Hennesy who operated an Air Raid offense similar to the one that Mason Fine quarterbacked at Locust Grove.

Mason Fine started nine games for North Texas as a true freshman in 2016, throwing for 1,572 yards and breaking the school record for longest play from scrimmage with an 80-yard touchdown run against UTSA to earn a spot on the Conference USA All-Freshman team.

Over his sophomore and junior years, Mason Fine led the Mean Green to 9 victories in each season and threw for a total of 7,845 yards and 58 touchdowns.

Mason Fine earned back-to-back CUSA Offensive Player of the Year awards and broke the school's career passing yards record along the way.

Mason Fine had been on the Saskatchewan Roughriders' negotiation list since 2017.

Mason Fine signed a three-year contract with the CFL team on December 30,2020.

Mason Fine spent his first season in the CFL serving as a backup quarterback behind Cody Fajardo, who had been the Roughriders' starting quarterback since the start of the 2019 season.

Mason Fine dressed for the final regular season game, and completed 5 passes for 64 yards.

Mason Fine dressed in the West Semi-Final and West Final as the team's backup quarterback.

On October 19,2022, it was announced that Mason Fine would be the Riders' starting quarterback for their penultimate match of the 2022 regular season against the Calgary Stampeders.

Mason Fine began the 2023 season as the backup quarterback to veteran Trevor Harris.

When Harris suffered a serious knee injury in Week 6, Mason Fine finished the game, and started the next four games.

Mason Fine missed four games with injury, and would dress for the final five games of the regular season, only seeing action in one game.

On January 23,2024, Mason Fine signed a two-year contract extension with the Roughriders.