Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2024Houston
Bryan Massey
DB • 5'11" • 190 lbs • Katy, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Bryan Massey shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 2.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
31
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
30
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
40
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · SMU
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- SMU • Houston
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Abilene Christian
Player Story
Bryan Massey built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a defensive back from Katy, TX wearing No. 22, spending time with Houston and SMU. The clearest part of Bryan Massey's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- SMU
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Bryan Massey, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · SMU. Bryan Massey shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 2.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 105
- TFL
- 3.5
- Passes defended
- 8
- Touchdowns
- 4
Quick Answers
Bryan Massey quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Houston · DB
- Career Tackles
- 105
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 43 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · SMU
- Top game
- Abilene Christian
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Katy · SMU
- High school pipeline
- Katy · 61 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 22 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 4 tackles · DB 696th (top 72%) · Big 12 423rd (top 59%) · National 3,585th (top 59%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | SMU | 5 | 6 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 8.3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | SMU | 12 | 29 | 2.5 | 0 | - | 6 | 4 | 54.2 |
| 2022 Regular Season | SMU | 10 | 40 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 14.5 |
| 2023 Postseason | SMU | 9 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 13.3 |
| 2023 Regular Season | SMU | 9 | 24 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 13.3 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Houston | 7 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 35.3 |
Related Context
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Bryan Massey played DB for SMU and Houston. Across 5 tracked seasons, Bryan Massey recorded 105 tackles and 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2022 with SMU.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
SMU paired 9.5 primary output with 18 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 17.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2024 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across SMU, Houston.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Houston
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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2022 Regular Season · SMU
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.1
Efficiency
17.7
Usage
3.2
Consistency
3.3
Best Game by takeover score
Houston
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Maryland: 0. TCU: 0. UCF: 0. Navy: 0. Cincinnati: 0. Tulsa: 0. Houston: 1. South Florida: 0. Tulane: 0. Memphis: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Maryland: 2 by 8.3. TCU: 4 by 16.7. UCF: 2 by 8.3. Navy: 7 by 29.2. Cincinnati: 6 by 25. Tulsa: 6 by 25. Houston: 4 by 26.7. South Florida: 4 by 16.7. Tulane: 3 by 12.5. Memphis: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
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Wins0.2 · Games = 5 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 5 · -0.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Houston
Best efficiency game
29.2 vs Navy
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/26 | vs Memphis | W 34-31 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 11/18 | @ Tulane | L 24-59 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/12 | @ South Florida | W 41-23 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/5 | vs Houston | W 77-63 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/29 | @ Tulsa | W 45-34 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | vs Cincinnati | L 27-29 | 6 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 10/14 | vs Navy | W 40-34 | 7 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Wed 10/5 | @ UCF | L 19-41 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | vs TCU | L 34-42 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | @ Maryland | L 27-34 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Bryan Massey story
Bryan Massey built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a defensive back from Katy, TX wearing No. 22, spending time with Houston and SMU. The clearest part of Bryan Massey's career was his defensive production: 105 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 1 interception, and 8 passes defended across 43 career games in the available record. His career also includes 1,288 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Bryan Massey's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
SMU
2020-2023
Opening stop
- 2
Houston
2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
202020212022202320232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | SMU | 1 | 7 | 1.1 | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | SMU | 9.5 | 18 | 5 | 8.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | SMU | 1 | 17.7 | 3.2 | -8.5 |
| 2023 Postseason | SMU | 1 | 13.1 | 3.1 | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | SMU | 1 | 13.1 | 3.1 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Houston | 0 | 2.4 | 0.4 | -1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Abilene Christian
Week 1 · W 56-9
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
77 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 77 takeover score.
#2
vs Navy
Week 13 · W 59-14 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
58.6 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.6 takeover score.
#3
vs Houston
Week 10 · W 77-63 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
53.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.3 takeover score.
#4
@ Cincinnati
Week 12 · L 14-48 · Conference game
0.5
Havoc Plays
48.9 takeover
Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 48.9 takeover score.
#5
vs Navy
Week 9 · W 51-37 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
40.8 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 40.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Regular Season · SMU
9.5 primary output · 18 efficiency · 5 usage
54.2
#2
2024 Regular Season · Houston
35.3
0 primary · 2.4 efficiency · 0.4 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · SMU
14.5
1 primary · 17.7 efficiency · 3.2 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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