24 Aug 2025 501 Football Team 2025: Mason Ball – Jacksonville

Jacksonville junior running back and linebacker Mason Ball is a young man on a mission this season. His goal? Returning Titans football to greatness.

“I want to bring a winning culture back to Jacksonville and give this city and my community something to be excited about on Friday nights,” he said.

With a new head coach at the helm, the team’s turnaround begins with belief in one another.

“Coach Swinton is a winner with a winner’s mindset,” Ball said. “We’re heading into this season with a winner’s mindset, too. As a team, we’re ready to give all we have, mentally and physically, for all four quarters.”

“Mason is a great student-athlete and leader for our team,” Head Coach Reggie Swinton said. “He is always talking to kids about making the right decisions. On offense, I expect him to rush for more than 1,000 yards, earning All-State honors.”

With two years remaining at the high school level, Ball has already received multiple offers to play football at the next level and maintains a positive outlook on his bright future.

“No matter how far I go in football or how big I get, I will forever be humble and true to myself,” he said. “There have been so many people in my life who have believed in me, even when I didn’t. I want to be able to give back and see the joy in my friends’ and family’s faces when I achieve what they all believed I always could.”