4 months ago
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- Published: Jan. 05, 2026, 1:09 p.m.
Mason McKenzie established himself arsenic 1 of nan apical quarterbacks successful Division II assemblage football, and now he’s fresh for a caller challenge.
The erstwhile Saginaw Valley State awesome caller announced Sunday his determination to transportation to Boston College, wherever he’ll person 2 years of eligibility.
McKenzie is coming disconnected a sophomore play astatine SVSU that saw him gain Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Player of nan Year honors aft starring nan convention successful full discourtesy astatine 275.3 yards per game.
The 6-foot-1, 190-pound dual-threat backmost completed 180 of 301 passes (60 percent) for 2,086 yards and 17 touchdowns against 11 interceptions, while rushing for a team-high 942 yards and 10 scores connected 159 carries successful 11 games for nan 6-5 Cardinals.
After redshirting his first twelvemonth astatine SVSU, McKenzie won nan starting backmost spot successful 2024 and earned GLIAC Freshman of nan Year honors that season, erstwhile he completed 55 percent of his passes for 2,054 yards and 14 touchdowns against 4 interceptions, while rushing for 662 yards and six scores connected 117 carries.
Prior to his clip astatine SVSU, McKenzie was an all-state backmost astatine Caledonia, guiding nan Fighting Scots to nan Division 1 authorities title crippled arsenic a senior, erstwhile he accounted for much than 3,000 yards of discourtesy and 39 touchdowns during nan 2022 campaign.
At Boston College, he’ll subordinate a squad coming disconnected a 2-10 season, including a 1-7 Atlantic Coast Conference record, nether second-year caput coach Bill O’Brien.
McKenzie’s move from Division II to Division I comes a twelvemonth aft different GLIAC prima backmost – Ferris State’s Trinidad Chambliss – made a akin jump, and now nan Forest Hills Northern High School alum is leading Mississippi into nan College Football Playoff semifinals.
Whether aliases not McKenzie’s profession has a akin trajectory remains to beryllium seen, but Chambliss is impervious that GLIAC quarterbacks tin excel astatine nan Division-I level.
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Patrick Nothaft is simply a newsman for MLive.com and covers section sports successful Grand Rapids. Patrick writes astir various topics, pinch a superior attraction connected precocious schoolhouse sports. He besides has acquisition covering collegiate...
