Former Pearl-Cohn football star Rashad Mason through the years

Nashville Tennessean
East Nashville assistant football coach and teacher's aide Rashad Mason at the football field on Friday, August 16, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. Mason was a former Nashville high school football standout who was the No. 4 prospect in the state his senior year. He signed with North Carolina but had problems and was dismissed from the school. He eventually ended up at Georgetown College in Kentucky and worked to turn his life around.
East Nashville assistant football coach and teacher's aide Rashad Mason at the football field on Friday, August 16, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. Mason was a former Nashville high school football standout who was the No. 4 prospect in the state his senior year. He signed with North Carolina but had problems and was dismissed from the school. He eventually ended up at Georgetown College in Kentucky and worked to turn his life around.
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-Text: The wrecked SUV driven by Pearl-Cohn Student Jonathan Patton ists in the southbound lane of 1-65 near Metro Center after flipping and crossing the jersey barrier divder Patton was killed and fellow Pearl-Cohn students Rashad Mason and Justin Stevenson were seriously injured. -

-on I-65 Monday night just north of Downtown Nashville.
- -Text: The wrecked SUV driven by Pearl-Cohn Student Jonathan Patton ists in the southbound lane of 1-65 near Metro Center after flipping and crossing the jersey barrier divder Patton was killed and fellow Pearl-Cohn students Rashad Mason and Justin Stevenson were seriously injured. - -on I-65 Monday night just north of Downtown Nashville.
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East Nashville assistant football coach and teacher's aide Rashad Mason talks with students during an ACT prep class on Friday, August 16, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. Mason was a former Nashville high school football standout who was the No. 4 prospect in the state his senior year. He signed with North Carolina but had problems and was dismissed from the school. He eventually ended up at Georgetown College in Kentucky and worked to turn his life around.
East Nashville assistant football coach and teacher's aide Rashad Mason talks with students during an ACT prep class on Friday, August 16, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. Mason was a former Nashville high school football standout who was the No. 4 prospect in the state his senior year. He signed with North Carolina but had problems and was dismissed from the school. He eventually ended up at Georgetown College in Kentucky and worked to turn his life around.
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-Media surrounds Rashad Mason after signing a letter of intent to North Carolina sign at Pearl-Cohn High School in Nashville, Tenn., Wednesday, February 7, 2007. -

-(Mandy Lunn/ The Tennessean)
- -Media surrounds Rashad Mason after signing a letter of intent to North Carolina sign at Pearl-Cohn High School in Nashville, Tenn., Wednesday, February 7, 2007. - -(Mandy Lunn/ The Tennessean)
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East Nashville assistant football coach and teacher's aide Rashad Mason talks with Rashaun Richardson, left, Strohn Johnson, and Bryson Singletary, after tossing the football around on Friday, August 16, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. Mason was a former Nashville high school football standout who was the No. 4 prospect in the state his senior year. He signed with North Carolina but had problems and was dismissed from the school. He eventually ended up at Georgetown College in Kentucky and worked to turn his life around.
East Nashville assistant football coach and teacher's aide Rashad Mason talks with Rashaun Richardson, left, Strohn Johnson, and Bryson Singletary, after tossing the football around on Friday, August 16, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. Mason was a former Nashville high school football standout who was the No. 4 prospect in the state his senior year. He signed with North Carolina but had problems and was dismissed from the school. He eventually ended up at Georgetown College in Kentucky and worked to turn his life around.
Mark Zaleski/ For The Tennessean
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-Text: A Glencliff defender, #24, breaks up a pass play as Pearl Cohn's Rashad Mason tries to pull in the ball for a touchdown. Photo by Billy Kingsley/Staff
- -Text: A Glencliff defender, #24, breaks up a pass play as Pearl Cohn's Rashad Mason tries to pull in the ball for a touchdown. Photo by Billy Kingsley/Staff
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East Nashville assistant football coach and teacher's aide Rashad Mason at the football field on Friday, August 16, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. Mason was a former Nashville high school football standout who was the No. 4 prospect in the state his senior year. He signed with North Carolina but had problems and was dismissed from the school. He eventually ended up at Georgetown College in Kentucky and worked to turn his life around.
East Nashville assistant football coach and teacher's aide Rashad Mason at the football field on Friday, August 16, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. Mason was a former Nashville high school football standout who was the No. 4 prospect in the state his senior year. He signed with North Carolina but had problems and was dismissed from the school. He eventually ended up at Georgetown College in Kentucky and worked to turn his life around.
Mark Zaleski/ For The Tennessean
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-Text: Pearl-Cohn's Rashad Mason can't hold ontothe ball after Station Camp's Darius Moore (6) blocks the pass.JOHN PARTIPILO/THE TENNESSEAN
- -Text: Pearl-Cohn's Rashad Mason can't hold ontothe ball after Station Camp's Darius Moore (6) blocks the pass.JOHN PARTIPILO/THE TENNESSEAN
Copyright 2006;Yes Tennessean
East Nashville assistant football coach and teacher's aide Rashad Mason, right, spends time talking with and tossing the football around with Bryson Singletary, left, Rashaun Richardson, and Strohn Johnson on the football field on Friday, August 16, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. Mason was a former Nashville high school football standout who was the No. 4 prospect in the state his senior year. He signed with North Carolina but had problems and was dismissed from the school. He eventually ended up at Georgetown College in Kentucky and worked to turn his life around.
East Nashville assistant football coach and teacher's aide Rashad Mason, right, spends time talking with and tossing the football around with Bryson Singletary, left, Rashaun Richardson, and Strohn Johnson on the football field on Friday, August 16, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. Mason was a former Nashville high school football standout who was the No. 4 prospect in the state his senior year. He signed with North Carolina but had problems and was dismissed from the school. He eventually ended up at Georgetown College in Kentucky and worked to turn his life around.
Mark Zaleski/ For The Tennessean
East Nashville assistant football coach and teacher's aide Rashad Mason at the football field on Friday, August 16, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. Mason was a former Nashville high school football standout who was the No. 4 prospect in the state his senior year. He signed with North Carolina but had problems and was dismissed from the school. He eventually ended up at Georgetown College in Kentucky and worked to turn his life around.
East Nashville assistant football coach and teacher's aide Rashad Mason at the football field on Friday, August 16, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. Mason was a former Nashville high school football standout who was the No. 4 prospect in the state his senior year. He signed with North Carolina but had problems and was dismissed from the school. He eventually ended up at Georgetown College in Kentucky and worked to turn his life around.
Mark Zaleski/ For The Tennessean