Former Jayhawks basketball player Frank Mason III might be looking to make a career change.
We’ve seen former college basketball players make the transition to the NFL tight end position, but how about a 5-foot-11, 190-pound guard converting to receiver or cornerback? It wouldn’t be so out of the ordinary for Mason, who as a high school basketball player with no experience playing football, was offered a full-ride scholarship to play football at West Virginia.
Mason tweeted over the weekend that he’d like an opportunity to revisit that offer with the Kansas City Chiefs.
I had an offer from West Virginia for a reason and I think I want to try out for the @Chiefs next year. Who can help make that happen? I can make an impact on both sides of the ball, no BS!
— Frank Mason (@FrankMason0) January 8, 2023
Mason, of course, went on to play college hoops for Bill Self at the University of Kansas, where he’d become a consensus First-Team All-American, Big 12 Player of the Year and a consensus National Player of the Year in 2017. He was selected by the Sacramento Kings in the second round of the 2017 NBA draft and appeared in 52 games. He’d later sign a two-way contract with the Milwaukee Bucks and earn the NBA G-League MVP in 2020.
He’s since bounced around between a few NBA G-League teams, but could his next home be GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium? The 28-year-old is still a world-class athlete, appearing in a Basketball tournament for Team USA this past Summer. At the very least, Brett Veach should give him an opportunity to try out at the team’s rookie minicamp this summer and see what happens. In the worst-case scenario, nothing comes of the tryout. In the best-case scenario, you find a diamond in the rough that could help your team.
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