Mase Funa

HISTORY — from college profile

2022 (jr): SDCCU Holiday Bowl Defensive MVP ... Pac-12 Defensive Lineman of the Week (Week 4) ... Made eight starts and played in all 13 games for the Ducks … Career-high 32 total tackles (12 solo) with 3.5 tackles for loss, two sacks, one interception and one pass breakup … Multiple tackles in six of 13 games played … Played 482 total snaps on defense, earning a 68.6 overall grade from Pro Football Focus with a 72.4 mark in coverage … at Washington State (Sept. 24): Named the Pac-12 Defensive Lineman of the Week after playing a key role in Oregon’s comeback win in Pullman … Iced Oregon’s victory with first career interception in final minute of the game, returning it 27 yards for a touchdown to put the Ducks up by 10 … Only pick-six by a Duck in 2022, and first since Sept. 25, 2021 … Also assisted on a TFL and made four tackles … vs. No. 10 Utah (Nov. 19): Finished with a season-high eight tackles (four solo) while assisting on a TFL and breaking up a pass … vs. North Carolina (Dec. 28, Holiday Bowl): Named the defensive MVP of the SDCCU Holiday Bowl after finishing with seven total tackles, 2.0 TFLs and first sack since the 2019 season.

2021 (soph): Started all 12 of the games he played in his third season with the Ducks … Finished with 28 total tackles, 17 solo tackles, one tackle-for-loss, and one fumble recovery … Played 411 total defensive snaps … Ranked seventh among Ducks with a solid 70.0 overall defensive grade from Pro Football Focus … Third on the team with a 77.0 run-defense grade, and eighth in tackling at 73.1 … Credited by PFF with 13 total quarterback pressures, nine hurries and four QB hits … Missed two games due to injury ... vs. Fresno State (Sept. 4): Returned a fumble 13 yards to set up Oregon’s first touchdown of the 2021 season … vs. Arizona (Sept. 25): Made two solo tackles and a tackle-for-loss … vs. No. 17 Utah (Dec. 3): Notched three solo tackles in the 2021 Pac-12 Championship Game … vs. No. 16 Oklahoma (Dec. 29): Finished the Valero Alamo Bowl with three tackles, two solo.

2020 (soph): Played in all seven games and made six starts for Oregon during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season … Sixth on the team with 31 total tackles, including 18 solo … Tied for third among Ducks with 3.5 tackles for loss, totaling seven yards … vs. Stanford (Nov. 7): Opened the season with a pair of solo tackles … vs. UCLA (Nov. 21): Made a career-high nine tackles, five solo, while recording 2.0 TFL … Second career game with 2.0 or more TFL … at California (Dec. 5): Recorded three tackles and a 3-yard TFL … at USC (Dec. 18): Helped Oregon win its second straight Pac-12 title with six total tackles, including three solo stops … vs. Iowa State (Jan. 2): Made six tackles, four solo, and 0.5 TFL in the Fiesta Bowl.

2019 (fr): The Athletic Freshman All-America second team ... PFF All-Pac-12 third team ... PFF Pac-12 Team of the Week (Week 7) ... Finished third among Pac-12 freshmen in both sacks (4.0) and tackles for loss (8.5) … Ranked second on the team in sacks and third in TFLs … First five career tackles were all for loss and featured three sacks … Played in all 14 games and made one start … Had 26 total tackles with 19 solo … Also had four quarterback pressures … All four sacks came at home … Had a TFL in six games, including five in the first three … vs. No. 16 Auburn (Aug. 31): First career tackle came on third-and-two in the fourth quarter and went for a loss … vs. Nevada (Sept. 7): Registered three tackles for loss and two sacks in first career home game … Became the first Duck since 2017 with three TFLs and two sacks in a game … First Oregon freshman with two sacks in a game since Jalen Jelks in 2015 … vs. Montana (Sept. 14): Made first career start and picked up third sack over the first three games.
 
High School: Attended Mater Dei High School (Santa Ana, CA) ... Consensus 4-star prospect and top 100 player by ESPN and 247Sports … Finished No. 68 overall and the No. 14 player in California in the 247Sports composite rating … Ranked the No. 5 overall outside linebacker in the class and No. 53 overall in the ESPN300 … The No. 7 inside linebacker in the nation and No. 96 overall prospect by 247Sports … No. 2 ranked inside linebacker in California by 247Sports and the top strong-side defensive end in the state by Rivals … Rivals rated him the No. 101 player in the country and the No. 8 strong-side defensive end … Consensus top 17 player in California … Invited to play in the Polynesian Bowl … Named to the PrepStar Top 150 Dream Team … Missed senior season at Mater Dei High School with an injury  … Coached by Bruce Rollinson … As a junior, earned first-team All-CIF Southern Section and first-team OC Register All-County honors … Helped the Monarchs capture the CIF Division 1 Southern Section championship and national title with a 15-0 record … Also earned first-team All-Trinity League recognition after finishing with 52 tackles, 6.5 sacks, three forced fumbles and two interception returns for touchdowns … Chose Oregon over BYU, California, Florida State, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Oregon State, Tennessee, Texas, UCLA, USC and Utah.

PERSONAL

Name is pronounced "Mace FOO-nuh".

--6/14/23

2022

defensive
TFL	QB HUR	TOT	TD	PD	SACKS	SOLO
2.0	0.0	25.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	9.0

interceptions
TD	AVG	YDS	INT
1.0	27.0	27.0	1.0

2021

fumbles
REC	LOST	FUM
2.0	0.0	0.0

defensive
TFL	QB HUR	TOT	TD	PD	SACKS	SOLO
1.0	1.0	28.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	17.0

2020

defensive
TFL	QB HUR	TOT	TD	PD	SACKS	SOLO
3.5	0.0	31.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	18.0

2019

defensive
TFL	QB HUR	TOT	TD	PD	SACKS	SOLO
8.5	4.0	26.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	19.0