Chris Massey was not just a GREAT football player, but he was also very smart and had a tremendous personality. He was a 4.0 student in high school, and that, combined with his personality and talent, made him the total package. He was the Gatorade Player of the Year in the '98-'99 school year and basically had his pick from ANY school in America. Arkansas is just about 45 minutes from Spiro, and OU was knocking down his door, so OSU had a LOT of competition. But the hometown/small-town feel of Stillwater and the OSU campus drew him in, and the rest is history. Massey went on to have a GREAT career at OSU from 1999-2002 as a tremendous kick returner and safety who also played some corner and even quarterback. He came in as a quarterback and had plans on playing both sides of the ball, like Rashaan Woods had done just a couple of years before he got to OSU. But eventually he chose defense because he felt like that was his best path to the NFL. Despite choosing defense, he always felt the most comfortable with the ball in his hands, and his kick return stats back that up. On 38 kickoff returns, he piled up 1,067 yards, including a 97-yarder to the house against Texas in 2001. That season, he led the nation in kickoff return average at 34.8 yards and set an OSU single-game record with 208 kickoff-return yards against Texas Tech. #GoPokes #OkState