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Auburn football: Shaun Shivers looks like next big thing among Tigers’ history of smaller backs

By Rob Maxwell

Freshman Shaun Shivers showed that he can be a threat in this Auburn offense. (Photo by Michael Chang/Getty Images)
Freshman Shaun Shivers showed that he can be a threat in this Auburn offense. (Photo by Michael Chang/Getty Images) /
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Tre Mason exploded in 2013. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) /

Tre Mason

If you’re an Auburn football fan and Tre Mason isn’t one of your all-time favorite Tigers, there’s something wrong with you.

At 5-9, 205, Mason’s career on the Plains started slow, took off and then shot into the stratosphere.

As a freshman, he ran 28 times for 161 yards and a touchdown. Not bad.

In 2012, he kept the 1,000-yard rusher streak intact when he rushed for five yards on the final play of Alabama’s 49-0 rout of the Tigers.

Here’s more of what he did for the Tigers:

  • Ran for 1,816 yards and 23 touchdowns as a junior and was a Heisman Trophy finalist.
  • Named All-American and All-SEC running back in 2013 when Auburn reached the BCS title game.
  • Ranked sixth all-time in Auburn history with 2,979 rushing yards.
  • Tied for fourth with 32 rushing TDs.
  • Holds Auburn single-season marks for 1,816 rushing yards and 23 touchdowns.
  • In the SEC Championship Game in 2013 against Missouri, Mason ran 46 times for 304 yards and four touchdowns.
  • He ran for 195 yards and a TD against FSU in the title game.

Mason was selected in the third round of the 2014 NFL Draft by St. Louis and currently is playing in the CFL.

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