Mason Espinosa is an American

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coach and former professional

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. He is the

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and pass game coordinator for

DePauw University DePauw University ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Greencastle, Indiana, United States. It was founded in 1837 as Indiana Asbury College and changed its name to DePauw University in 1884. The college has a Methodist heritage and was ...

, positions he has held since 2022. He has also played for the Albany Empire, the

Erie Explosion The Erie Explosion was a professional American indoor football team based in Erie, Pennsylvania. Founded in 2007 as the Pittsburgh RiverRats, the Explosion played in the Professional Indoor Football League, the United Indoor Football League, th ...

and the

Billings Wolves The Billings Wolves were a professional indoor football team based in Billings, Montana and members of the Indoor Football League (IFL) from 2015-2016. The Wolves began play in 2015 as an expansion team of the IFL and were owned by Ron Benzel ...

. Espinosa played

for

Ohio Wesleyan University Ohio Wesleyan University (abbrevriated OWU) is a private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Delaware, Ohio, United States. It was founded in 1842 by Methodist leaders and Ohio Valley, Centra ...

. He currently holds 17 individual Ohio Wesleyan records, as well as being the all-time

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(NCAC) career leader in passing yards and total yards, while also setting a single season NCAC record for completions. He was also an assistant football coach at Granville,

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-based

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, for the 2016–17 and 2017-18 seasons.

College career

Espinosa played college football at

. He was a 4-time all NCAC selection, and was the NCAC Player of the Year in 2012. In addition, he was named the ohiocollegefootball.com First-Team All-Ohio quarterback in 2012, and a Beyond Sports Network All-American that same year. He was the MVP of the 2013 National Bowl Game. In total, Espinosa finished as the record holder to 17 different records for Ohio Wesleyan, in addition to being the conference's all-time record holder in career passing yards (11,069), total yards (10,839), and completions (1004), ranking him statistically among the best to have played Division III football.

Professional career

Erie Explosion

Espinosa signed with the

of the

Professional Indoor Football League The Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL) was a professional indoor football league that played four seasons from 2012 to 2015. Like the Lone Star Football League, the PIFL was mainly composed of teams formerly part of Southern Indoor F ...

(PIFL) for the 2015 season. In his rookie year, he was an Honorable Mention for Rookie of the year and was the Week 9 PIFL Offensive Player of the week.

Columbus Lions

Espinosa started the 2016 season with the

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(AIF).

Billings Wolves

In late March 2016, Espinosa signed with the

of the

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(IFL). He led the Wolves to their only playoff appearance and was the IFL's week 10 Offensive Player of the Week.

Columbus Lions (second stint)

For the 2017 season, Espinosa signed and played with the Columbus Lions of the NAL. He was voted 2nd team All-NAL and was 2-time NAL Player of the Week, while leading Columbus to the NAL championship game against the

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, where they lost 27–21. He has re-signed with the Lions for 2018.

Albany Empire

On March 5, 2019, Espinosa was assigned to the Albany Empire of the

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Columbus Lions (third stint)

With the AFL closing down its teams in anticipation of either closure or reformatting as a touring league, the Columbus Lions re-signed Espinosa for the 2020 season.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Espinosa, Mason Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American football quarterbacks Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops football players Erie Explosion players Billings Wolves players Columbus Lions players Denison Big Red football coaches Albany Empire (AFL) players Players of American football from Tennessee