Oklahoma State Has Its Fourth Quarterback and He Came From Down the Street

STILLWATER – Oklahoma State had decided on a three-man quarterback room and then started summer work outs and realized you need four quarterbacks. Practice will soon get crazy, and you almost have to have a designated scout team or demonstration quarterback, and he needs to be good because you have to give your defense good looks. 

The approval by Federal Judge Claudia Wilken and her insistence that walk-ons be grandfathered paved the way for Stillwater High School quarterback Mason Schubert to be added to the Oklahoma State program as a walk-on. Schubert had long been discussed as a potential recruited walk-on for OSU. The ups and downs of the House vs. NCAA suit had that on pause.

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Mason Schubert throwing at “The Show” camp last summer.

The 6-2 ½, 193-pound Schubert has always wanted to be at Oklahoma State. His father, Garrett, owns and runs the End Zone, a store that sells Oklahoma State gear for all seasons and all sports. Mason Schubert has grown up over at Oklahoma State and attended about every camp he could including last summer’s The Show. He was always under consideration but had played in smaller programs in Perkins and then Morrison before jumping up in Class 6A-II last season at Stillwater. 

“I was just excited,” Mason said when he got the calls from both Kenyatta Wright and Todd Bradford from Oklahoma State to walk-on for the Cowboys. “This has been a lifelong dream of mine to play at Oklahoma State.”

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Schubert last season at Stillwater vs. Lawton Ike.

Under the same offensive coordinator, Chad Cawood, that is now Stillwater head coach and coached both Gunnar and Gage Gundy, Schubert flourished at Stillwater. This past season he led Stillwater to the Class 6A-II semifinals and a 9-3 overall record and 6-1 in district play. He finished the season with 1,887-yards passing and 307-yards rushing. He completed 138-of-209 passing with 26 touchdowns and only three interceptions. He had another eight touchdowns rushing. 

He has played football, baseball, basketball, and wrestled in his prep sports career.

The final determining factor for Schubert in getting to Oklahoma State besides the approval of the House vs NCAA settlement and the inclusion of walk-ons was his continued work ethic. He was offered by several schools and was all set to enroll on scholarship and play at Southwestern Oklahoma State in Weatherford. He had been seen in workouts by Oklahoma State quarterbacks coach Kevin Johns and then, most recently, by Cowboys new offensive assistant Gunnar Gundy, a fellow left-handed quarterback. Gundy was impressed with Schubert’s strength, velocity, and accuracy in a throwing workout, and he may have passed on his opinion.  

“It was hard to tell Coach Rice (at Southwestern) because he had treated me so well,” added Schubert. “I think he understood because he knew I wanted to play at Oklahoma State and stay here around home. My role now is scout team and just work on getting better and better. I need to do everything I can to help the team.”