Meet R Mason Thomas, Oklahoma's NFL Draft prospect with unique name originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.

R Mason Thomas is a promising NFL Draft prospect out of Oklahoma.

Maybe the most intriguing thing about him, though, is his name. It's not often you see just a single letter hovering out there like that. So what's the deal with the Sooners' former standout?

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“It doesn’t stand for anything. Some people put a period there (after the R). My first name is R Mason. There’s a space in between the capital R and the capital M. My mom didn’t want me to be an R name, like Richard or Raymond. But on her side of the family, [there’s] a lot of R names. Her dad, her grandfather, my uncle, her brother, even his son’s name starts with an R. She didn’t want an R name, but she wanted to keep the R going, so she made it R Mason.”

Because it's just the letter, it really doesn't need a period after it, either, even if it looks odd hanging out there like that.

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He spent his whole college career with the Sooners and could be taken in the 2026 NFL Draft.

He had 9.0 sacks in 2024 and 6.5 more in 2025 and could make an impact down the road at the professional level.

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