Tag: Mason Kinsey

Watch: Titans’ Logan Woodside works out with Anthony Firkser, Mason Kinsey

All three will be competing for roles with the Titans in training camp.

Tennessee Titans quarterback Logan Woodside is entering his fourth season in the NFL since being drafted back in 2018 by the Cincinnati Bengals, and the second in which he stands to be the lone backup quarterback to Ryan Tannehill.

However, nothing is set in stone yet. The inexperienced Woodside, who has only played mop-up snaps during his career and has thrown just three passes in total, stands to have competition from DeShone Kizer, and quite possibly Rookie Minicamp invite, Brady White, in training camp.

Woodside is already hard at work preparing for the battle, as evidenced by this video of him working out with tight end Anthony Firkser and wide receiver and 2020 Titans UDFA, Mason Kinsey.

Woodside isn’t the only one of this trio set to compete in training camp, as Kinsey will be trying to earn a spot at the bottom of the depth chart, while Firkser is trying to cement himself as the team’s No. 1 tight end over Geoff Swaim, and anyone else the Titans might bring in down the road.

We were in a similar spot last year with Woodside, wondering if the Titans would bring in a more experienced option to possibly take the job. We’ll see if Tennessee opts to do, or if Woodside will just compete with those signal-callers already on the roster.

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See it: Mason Kinsey signs futures contract with Titans

Kinsey was a UDFA signing of the Titans in 2020.

The Tennessee Titans are bringing back a familiar face on a futures contract in wide receiver Mason Kinsey.

Kinsey was a 2020 UDFA signing of the Titans following the NFL draft and spent the entirety of training camp with the team, although he didn’t make it past final cuts in September.

The Berry College product then went on to join the New England Patriots’ practice squad, but he never saw action in a game. Kinsey returned to Nashville for a tryout in December but wasn’t signed.

Kinsey took to Twitter to announce his futures contract signing:

With the signing of Berry, the Titans now have 18 players signed to futures contracts. Here’s a look at the full list:

  1. 1. WR Mason Kinsey
  2. T Paul Adams
  3. WR Rashard Davis
  4. TE Parker Hesse
  5. WR Cody Hollister
  6. TE Tommy Hudson
  7. LB Jan Johnson
  8. T Brandon Kemp
  9. QB DeShone Kizer
  10. K Tucker McCann
  11. C Daniel Munyer
  12. DE Nate Orchard
  13. LS Matt Orzech
  14. TE Jared Pinkney
  15. WR Chester Rodgers
  16. LB Tuzar Skipper
  17. LB Davin Bellamy
  18. DL Daylon Mack

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Titans holding WR tryouts with pair of familiar faces

Both players were with the Titans in training camp this year.

The Tennessee Titans need to add some depth at the wide receiver position in some form or fashion for the stretch run of the 2020 campaign, so it comes as no surprise that the team is taking a look at wideouts via tryouts.

According to the league’s transaction wire from Monday, the Titans are holding tryouts with wide receivers Mason Kinsey and Rashard Davis.

Those names should sound familiar, as Kinsey and Davis were both with the Titans in training camp before getting cut when rosters were trimmed to 53 players.

Kinsey was a 2020 undrafted free-agent signing of Tennessee. He has yet to play in an NFL game and was most recently on the practice squad of the New England Patriots.

Davis has appeared in one game during his career, which came in 2019 with the Titans. He fielded a pair of punt returns for nine yards and caught one pass for 16 yards on one offensive snap.

Tennessee’s need for more wide receivers stems from the fact that Adam Humphries was placed on Injured Reserve prior to the Week 14 game and Kalif Raymond was placed on the Reserve/COVID-19 list last week.

Look for the Titans to add another wideout to their practice squad and possibly promote one to the 53-man roster at some point. Tennessee has two wide receivers on their practice squad right now in Chester Rogers and Cody Hollister, although the latter was placed on the COVID-19 list this past week.

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UGA great Tavarres King has helping hand in Berry College standout signing UDFA contract

Former Georgia football WR Tavarres King had a helping hand in Berry College WR Mason Kinsey signing a UDFA deal with the Tennessee Titans.

Following the conclusion of the 2020 NFL Draft, Berry College (Rome, Ga) wide receiver Mason Kinsey signed a free agent deal with the Tennessee Titans. Kinsey is the only Division III player in 2020 to sign as a free agent and the first Vikings player in history to sign with an NFL team.

The Habersham Central High (Mt. Airy, Ga) product claimed his third consecutive All-Conference first-team honor and was named a D-III third-team All-American. The Demorest, Ga. native holds program records in nearly every receiving category, finishing his career with a Southern Athletic Association record 3,343 receiving yards and 50 receiving touchdowns. The 6-foot, 195-pound wideout led Berry to a 9-2 record and the Vikings’ fourth consecutive conference championship. For his efforts, Kinsey received an invitation to the prestigious East-West Shrine Bowl, the only D-III player selected.

During his freshman year in high school, due to a lack of reps, Kinsey was about to give up on football and focus on basketball. Georgia wide receiver Tavarres King, then a senior, stepped into the picture.

King persuaded Kinsey he had a future in football and should transition from running back to receiver. King, a former Habersham Central 4-star recruit, Georgia Gatorade Player of the Year and one of the SEC’s top receivers, saw something in Kinsey and proceeded to lend his advice and backing.

With King’s guidance and support, Kinsey went on to become a two-time all-region selection and Habersham Central’s second all-time leading receiver behind King. He declined a preferred walk-on offer to Mercer and enrolled in Berry to pursue a sports management degree and an opportunity to play football.

“He’s like my big brother and I love him to death,” Kinsey told Forbes.com of his relationship with King. “He has really helped me out and I definitely would not be the player I am today without him. I give a lot of props to him.”

Kinsey’s desire and hunger to put in the work makes him stand out and King took ealy notice of his work ethic.

“That’s what I love about Mason,” King told Forbes.com. “He is real hungry, real eager to learn and a hard-working kid.”

During his tenure at the University of Georgia, King caught 135 passes for 2,602 receiving yards and 21 touchdowns, good for ninth in career receptions, fourth in career yardage and third in career receiving touchdowns. A former fifth-round draft choice of the Denver Broncos, King played six years in the NFL for five teams, with his last stop in Minnesota in 2018.  King knows the NFL scouting system.

“I would tell him all the time, if you are good, they will find you,” said King. “It’s all about making plays and making the most of his opportunities. Mason has done that to this point and I expect him to continue to do that.”

Read Forbes’ story on King and Kinsey here.

The Browns Wire Podcast: Interview with NFL prospect Mason Kinsey

The Browns Wire Podcast: Interview with NFL prospect Mason Kinsey, the only D-III player at the Shrine Bowl

Welcome to The Browns Wire Podcast, hosted by Josh Keatley (@JoshKeatley16). This week Adam Moore (@moore2102) and I talk to NFL Draft prospect, Mason Kinsey (MasonKinsey87) of Berry College.

It’s also available on all of your favorite podcast apps, including iTunes, TuneIn, Stitcher and Spotify. Thanks for listening!

Music provided by Good Reverend.

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Colts met with two prospects at East-West Shrine Game

Colts met with two prospects at the Shrine Game.

With the postseason heating up as the championship games arrive Sunday, the Indianapolis Colts were hard at work during the week of practices for the East-West Shrine Game.

The first of the collegiate All-Star weeks for the offseason, the Colts only reportedly met with two prospects throughout the week. These interviews should be taken with a grain of salt as most teams make contact with any player that might be on their draft board, regardless of where they are sitting.

According to Walter Football, the Colts only met with two players during the Shrine Game week. The two players listed were Oklahoma cornerback Parnell Motley and Berry wide receiver Mason Kinsey.

Motley, a senior out of Oklahoma, stands six feet tall. In his four seasons as a Sooner, Motley recorded 176 tackles (130 solo), six interceptions and 39 passes defended. He also recorded 7.5 tackles for loss and six forced fumbles.

Kinsey stands at 5-foot-11, 187 pounds according to the Berry team website. During the 2019 season, he recorded 65 receptions for 1,221 yards and 16 touchdowns. He scored 50 touchdowns over the last three seasons at Berry.

These interviews should be taken with a grain of salt, but they should be noted once we begin to get closer to the NFL Combine and eventual draft in April.