
Navy’s hard-nosed, special-teams-first grinder
Mason Plante is best known as a tough, team-first Navy player whose value has come more from reliability and physicality than box-score fireworks. Navy’s roster bio describes him as a hard-nosed player and a key special teams performer who has battled injuries, including a shoulder injury that ended his 2018 season and a note that he missed most of the following year. That kind of resilience matters in Navy’s system: if you want a back who embraces contact, earns trust, and can help in the trenches and on special teams, Plante fits the mold.