Lufkin’s Bronson Massie Picks Up Offer From Washington

Lufkin’s Bronson Massie Picks Up Offer From Washington

Lufkin's Bronson "Boom" Massie works against Palestine's Korbin Boles during one-on-one drills at the third annual ETSN.fm + APEC Football Recruiting Combine on May 10 in Tyler. (Rob Graham, ETSN.fm)

What a day for Lufkin senior Bronson Massie.

The defensive end turned in a solid performance Tuesday at Texas Tech's college football satellite camp in Longview and then closed the evening with a new scholarship opportunity from Washington.

Massie (6-2, 210) reported the news through his personal Twitter account. It's his fifth FBS opportunity and his second from a Pac-12 school, following California.

With the benefit of visiting Hawaii, which the NCAA awards a 13th regular season game for doing, the Huskies turned in an 8-6 record under first-year head coach Chris Peterson. A nice landing spot for the program after losing former coach Steve Sarkisian to USC.

Washington finished third in the Pac-12 North Division behind Stanford and College Football Playoff semifinalist Oregon. It earned a bowl game berth against Oklahoma State, a 30-20 loss, in the Cactus Bowl to wrap up the year.

Peterson is best known for his work at Boise State between 2006 and 2013. His 2006 team was the very first from a mid-major college football conference to reach a BCS bowl game, and it upset an Oklahoma team featuring former Palestine running back Adrian Peterson.

The head coach went on to guide Boise State to a second BCS game in 2009. He wrapped up his career there with a 92-12 mark.

Paired with Peterson's record at Washington, the head coach is 100-18 in eight seasons.

Massie is one of the region's most physically imposing defensive linemen and helped guide Lufkin to a Class 5A Division I bi-district playoff appearance. He finished 2014 with 88 tackles (18 for loss) with 11 sacks and six forced fumbles, earning third-team honors on the ETSN.fm East Texas Football Super Team.

With the accolade, the defensive end was invited to the third-annual ETSN.fm + APEC Football Recruiting Combine in Tyler last month.

He put up six reps of 225 pounds on the bench press, recorded a broad jump of 105 inches and a max height vertical of nearly 11 feet. He ran a laser-timed 4.92 40-yard dash as well.

In addition to Washington and California, Massie holds offers from Stephen F. Austin, Texas State, Colorado State and Louisiana Tech. He will become eligible to sign with any program that offers him on Feb. 3.

2016 East Texas Football Players With Division I FBS Offers

  • Austin Anderson, OL, Mineola, 6-4, 289 – committed to Texas A&M; additional offers from Arizona State, Arkansas State, Auburn, California, Cincinnati, Houston, Illinois, Kansas State, Louisiana Tech, Miami, Michigan, Mississippi State, Missouri, North Carolina, North Texas, Northwestern, Oklahoma State, Ole Miss, SMU, Southern Miss, TCU, Texas, Texas State, Texas Tech, Tulsa, Vanderbilt (27)
  • Riley Anderson, OL, Mineola, 6-5, 287 – committed to Texas A&M; additional offers from Arizona State, Arkansas State, Auburn, California, Cincinnati, Houston, Illinois, Kansas State, Louisiana Tech, Miami, Michigan, Mississippi State, Missouri, North Carolina, North Texas, Northwestern, Oklahoma State, Ole Miss, SMU, Southern Miss, Texas, TCU, Texas State, Texas Tech, Tulsa, Vanderbilt (27)
  • Demarco Boyd, RB/LB, Gilmer, 6-0, 215 — committed to Texas; additional offers from Baylor, Florida State, Texas A&M (4)
  • Gabe Foster, RB/DB, Newton, 6-3, 180 — offers from Purdue, ULM (2)
  • Ke’Mon Freeman, QB/ATH, Liberty-Eylau, 5-11, 188 – offers from Arkansas State, North Texas, SMU (3)
  • Travon Fuller, CB, Athens, 6-0, 160 — committed to Texas A&M (1)
  • Alex Gregory, WR, Nacogdoches, 5-11, 175 —offers from Texas State, ULM (2)
  • Zach Hall, ATH, Tyler Lee, 5-11, 170 – offers from Baylor, Texas Tech (2)
  • La’Darius Hamilton, LB, Corrigan-Camden, 6-1, 220 — offer from ULL (1)
  • Adrian Harris, OL, John Tyler, 6-2, 290 — offer from ULM (1)
  • Jerrod Johnson, OL, Lufkin, 6-2, 290 — offer from ULM (1)
  • Keenen Johnson, ATH, Alto, 6-1, 190 – offers from SMU, ULL (2)
  • Brandon Jones, S, Nacogdoches, 6-0, 190 — offers from Alabama, Arizona State, Arkansas, Baylor, Boise State, California, Florida State, Georgia, Houston, Kentucky, Louisiana Tech, Louisville, LSU, Maryland, Miami, Michigan, Michigan State, Mississippi State, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Ole Miss, Oregon, Penn State, Purdue, SMU, Stanford, TCU, Tennessee, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Tulsa, UCLA, USC, Washington State (38)
  • Braylon Jones, DT, John Tyler, 6-3, 285 – offers from Air Force, Army, Colorado State, Houston, Navy (5)
  • Bronson Massie, DE/LB, Lufkin 6-3, 202 – offers from California, Colorado State, Louisiana Tech, Texas State, Washington (5)
  • Denzel Mims, WR, Daingerfield, 6-4, 180 – committed to Baylor; additional offers from Arkansas State, North Texas, Texas State, Texas Tech, Tulsa (6)
  • Cody Mitchell, TE, Jasper, 6-5, 225 — offers from Illinois, Louisiana Tech, Missouri, Texas State, ULL (5)
  • Kendrick Rogers, WR, Frankston, 6-6, 207 — committed to Texas A&M; additional offers from Arkansas State, Cincinnati, Houston, Louisiana Tech, Memphis, Mississippi State, North Texas, SMU, ULL, ULM (11)
  • Micahh Smith, DB, Marshall, 5-11, 185 — offer from Texas State (1)
  • Aphonso Thomas, RB, Van, 5-10, 180 — committed to Nebraska; additional offers from Colorado State, Kansas, Nevada, Texas State (5)
  • Jeremy West, OL/DL, Chapel Hill, 6-2, 297 — offer from ULL (1)
  • Andre Wiley Jr., OLB/S, Liberty-Eylau, 5-10, 170 – offers from Arkansas State, Army, Louisiana Tech, Navy, Texas State (5)

 

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