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Tre Mason disappearance from football has ended.

The former Auburn running back, the man who broke Bo Jackson’s single-season rushing record and was a Heisman Trophy finalist in 2013, wants to return to the NFL after a three-year hiatus that included off-the-field transgressions and strange reports that questioned Mason’s mental stability.

Former Auburn teammates and coaches lost touch with the player, who stopped returning phone calls and text messages, but Mason has reemerged via a slick video director Ryan Snyder has pieced together that places the running back in the best light possible.

“I feel like sometimes the media,” says Mason, “they don’t always want to be correct, they want to be first. ‘Oh, he’s crazy or he went missing.’ I made a mistake off the field and that’s brought me to being out of the league. I’m not going to sit here and say, oh, I’m a perfect human being. I’m not perfect. But I learn form a lot of things. I’m not really worried about the negative comments people have to say.”

The video spanning 2 minutes, 35 seconds includes old highlights from his college days with Auburn and NFL days with the Rams and up-to-date footage of Mason’s workouts in his home state of Florida and elsewhere.

“Not being in the league or on the field, right now, is a beauty and a struggle because I’m injury free and of course I want to be on the field playing professional football,” he said.

He added he is in a “better place” spiritually and mentally after a run-in with police that caught headlines on TMZ and led to people questioning his mental health.

“I’m confident in my skill set,” Mason says. “I didn’t reach my peak. I’m not even close to my peak right now. I’m young, I’m 24 years old.”

The video is titled “Episode 1: Acquisition.” Presumably, more videos are to come on Mason’s new YouTube channel.

Mason played for the Rams in 2014 and 2015, but his playing time took a significant hit in 2015 as former Georgia running back Todd Gurley entered the fold at running back. He rushed for 765 yards and four touchdowns during his rookie season and only 207 yards and one touchdown in 2015 before calling it quits.