Mason Crosby (2025) - CU Athletic Hall of Fame - University of Colorado Athletics

Mason Crosby

Induction:
2025
Class:
2006

A four-year letterman under both coaches Gary Barnett (three times) and Dan Hawkins (once) from 2003 to 2006, he became just the seventh two-time, first-team All-American in CU history, as well as only the seventh three-time, first-team All-Conference performer … He likely won the Lou Groza Award as a junior (when he was the Big 12’s Special Teams Player of the Year), as after the fact committee members admitted the way the ballot was set up confused voters (he was one of three finalists and finished third) … He set 33 single-game, season and career records at Colorado, most notably becoming the school’s all-time leading scorer with 307 points (he is one of just six players in history to be the leading scorer for both his alma mater and an NFL team) … He scored 94 points as a junior (31-of-31 PAT, 21-of-28 FG), his top scoring season … That year at Iowa State, after a tornado passed through the area but the wind still howling, he drilled a 57-yarder than on-lookers estimated could have been good from 80 yards … Among his CU placekicking records include all of the major marks: field goals made (66), field goals attempted (88), extra points made (109), extra point attempts (117), field goal percentage (75.0) and longest field goal made (60 yards) … He made 12 career kicks of 50 yards or longer (the previous record had been three), as he owned nine of the 14 longest kicks in CU history at the end of his career ... Excelled in late game heroics: he was 14-of-18 in the fourth quarter, including 12-of-14 in the final 9½ minutes with nine kicks of 41 yards or longer and seven of them with the score of the game within six points; his only misses came his senior year: a 63-yard try against Montana State as CU tried to rally in the waning minutes (2 yards short) and a 65-yard try in a bid to tie the NCAA record without a tee against Iowa State (27-inches short) ... He made 32-of-43 field goals outside of the state of Colorado, the average make from 36.8 yards and the average miss from 43.4 yards (included three blocked; 47.0 otherwise) … His 58-yard kick at Miami, Fla., in 2005 was the longest at sea level in NCAA history until 2024 … In addition, he kicked off 203 times, with 138 going for touchbacks (88 through the end zone), all school records, with the average starting yardline of the opponent its 22 after his kicks; 20 of 61 returned against him were not brought out beyond the 20 … In the postseason, he finished fourth all-time in scoring with 19 points in bowls (5-of-7 FG, 4-of-4 PAT), the second in kick scoring … He exited as the Big 12 Conference all-time leader in field goals made, attempted and percentage; he was selected the Big 12’s special teams player of the week nine times, a school record ... Green Bay selected him in the sixth round (the 193rd player overall) in the 2007 NFL Draft, and in 16 seasons with the club (2007-22), he would appear in a franchise-record 258 games with the Packers … He led the NFL in scoring as a rookie with 141 points (all 48 PAT kicks and 31-of-39 FG) … He won a Super Bowl ring with the Packers, scoring seven points in their 31-25 win over Pittsburgh in SB XLV (2010 season) … He finished as Green Bay’s all-time leading scorer with 1,918 points (854 more than the second spot) … He finished his career with the N.Y. Giants, who signed him late in 2023; he played in three games, scoring 21 points (6-of-7 PAT, 5-of-7 FG) … Overall, he scored 1,939 points to finish as the 11th leading scorer in NFL history, and made 44-of-80 field goals of 50 yards or longer, at least one in every season … He made 81.3 percent of his career field goal attempts (400 of 492) and 97.2 percent of his extra points (739 of 760) … In the postseason, he appeared in 23 games, scoring another 163 points (31-of-35 FG, all 70 PATs) … He was an eight-time NFC Special Teams Player of the Week over the course of his career … He set and still holds the NFL record for the most consecutive field goals made – 23 – in the postseason … In 2015, he was named as the second-team kicker on the FWAA 75th Anniversary All-America team … Married to the former Molly Ackerman, who lettered as a cheerleader at CU; the couple has five children … Mason and Molly, a lung cancer survivor, received the prestigious Award of Excellence from the Vince Lombardi Cancer Foundation in 2025; it recognizes individuals who capture the legendary Packers’ coach spirit of commitment and pursuit of excellence … Inducted into the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in July 2024 … Prepped at Georgetown (Texas) High School … Graduated from CU with a bachelor’s degree in Communication in 2006 … He was born September 3, 1984 in Lubbock, Texas.