2019
Saw action in eight games as a reserve defensive lineman ... Had a season-best two tackles in games versus Oklahoma and Utah.
2018
Did not see game action in his first year in the UCLA program.
SOUTHWESTERN JUNIOR COLLEGE
Three-star recruit according to 247 Sports … Played in six games and was credited with 22 tackles and 4.5 sacks last season at Southwestern College ... Team won the 2017 American Championship Bowl.
HIGH SCHOOL
Earned three varsity letters in football as a defensive end at Torrey Pines HS ... First-team All-Avocado West League selection in 2015 ... Honorable mention all-league selection in 2014.
PERSONAL
Parents: Allison Gilman (mother), Ricardo Rivas (stepfather), Steven Mason I (biological father) … Has one younger sister ... Played ice hockey as a youth and participated in football for the first time in high school ... Sociology major.