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Jonathan Massey
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Jonathan Massey

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Pascagoula, Miss.

Last College:
Copiah-Lincoln CC

Height / Weight:
6-3 / 269

Position:
TE

Experience:
2L

2010 (Sr.): Played in all 12 contests, gaining his lone start against Prarie View (9/11) ... Caught five passes for 50 yards ... Added a one-yard TD reception against Kansas (9/17) on a jump pass from running back V.J. Floyd ... Added a two-yard TD grab at Tulane (11/6) ... Longest catch of the year was a 29-yarder versus East Carolina (10/9) ... 2009 (Jr.): Played in all 13 games this season starting nine ... Caught seven passes for 62 yards and two touchdowns ... Both touchdown receptions came at Kansas (9/26) ... Caught one pass for 13 yards against Alcorn State (9/5) and UAB (10/1) and one for 16 yards versus Virginia (9/19) ... Four of his catches were for over 10 yards ... Returned one kickoff for two yards ... 2008 New Orleans Bowl: Caught one pass for 35 yards and a touchdown ... His TD catch on fourth-down in the final period of regulation helped the Golden Eagles rally back in the contest ... 2008 (So.): Played in every game, while earning starts against Louisiana-Lafayette (8/30) and East Carolina (11/15) ... Recorded his first career catch in the season opener against UL Lafayette for eight yards ... Caught first touchdown of the season, a one-yard reception, at Arkansas State (9/13) ... Had four catches for 50 yards on the season ... A mid-year junior college transfer who participated in spring practice ... Junior College: Played his freshman season at Copiah-Lincoln Community College in Wesson for coach Glenn Davis ... Collected 22 catches for 155 yards and a touchdown in his only season there ... Prep: The three-star prospect according to Rivals.com, while also being regarded as the top junior college tight end in the state by the website ... Attended Gautier High School ... Was the No. 64-ranked player out of high school on the ESPN 150 list and was the fourth-rated tight end in the nation that year ... Named all-State, all-South State and all-District ... Lettered four years in football and three years in basketball ... garnered all-district honors in basketball ... Personal: Son of Frank Massey and Ruth Chambers ... brother, Mario Edwards, played in the NFL for Dallas Cowboys and Tampa Bay Buccaneers ... Majoring in international business ... Recorded song called "Mississippi" with former Golden Eagle Terrance Conner and the duo performed it at a Southern Miss basketball game last spring.

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