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Braden Cassity
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Austin, TX
- High School:
- Westlake
2023 First Team Academic All-Big 12
2022 Season Team Captain (voted by teammates)
2022 First Team Academic All-Big 12
2021 Second Team Academic All-Big 12
2020 First Team Academic All-Big 12
2019 First Team Academic All-Big 12
A five-time Academic All-Big 12 honoree who was voted as a season captain by his teammates in 2022 ... A versatile player who has found a way to contribute on offense, defense and special teams in his career.
2023 (Super Senior): Earned first team Academic All-Big 12 honors ... Earned honorable mention All-Big 12 honors from the league’s head coaches ... Played in all 14 games, making four catches for 17 yards and playing a big role in the run-blocking game for the nation’s leading rusher in Ollie Gordon II ... His catches included one each in wins over Kansas State, Cincinnati, BYU and Texas A&M ... Biggest play was a catch in the Texas Bowl win over Texas A&M ... The catch in the bowl game was one of his best plays of the season, as he caught a heavily contested pass at the one-yard line on a third-and-nine to set up a Cowboy touchdown just before halftime ... Served as a game captain against Central Arkansas and Houston.
2022 (Senior): Earned first-team Academic All-Big 12 honors to mark his fourth career academic all-conference award ... Voted a season team captain by his teammates ... Played in all 13 games and started seven times ... Finished the season with five catches for 57 yards ... Also made two solo tackles on the year, both against Arizona State ... Recorded a 38-yard catch against TCU that led to a Cowboy touchdown and marked the longest play of his career ... Also made a catch against Central Michigan and Kansas while making two grabs for 20 yards against Oklahoma ... Served as a game captain against Texas Tech, Iowa State and Wisconsin.
2021 (Junior): Second Team Academic All-Big 12 honoree ... Played 11 games, missing the last three games of the regular season with an injury ... Made the first seven starts of his career, and his seven starts were the most for any Cowboy Back on the team ... Earned honorable mention All-Big 12 honors from the league’s head coaches ... Developed into a receiving threat for the first time, making two catches for 14 yards against Kansas State, two for 32 yards against Texas and one for 20 yards against Kansas.
2020 (Sophomore): Earned first-team Academic All-Big 12 honors for the second consecutive season ... Saw action in all 11 games, but did not record any statistics ... The bulk of his work came as a blocker on special teams.
2019 (Freshman): First-team Academic All-Big 12 honoree ... Primarily used on special teams, but saw action as a defensive end early in the season before settling in as a Cowboy Back on offense ... Played in all 13 games ... A quarterback hurry against Kansas State was his lone statistic of the season, as he served mainly in a blocking role.
2018: Redshirt who did not see any game action.
High School: Played for coach Todd Dodge at Westlake ... A team captain who helped lead his team to a 14-1 record as a senior with the only loss coming in the state semifinals ... Accolades as a senior included being named the Class 6A Defensive Player of the Year, the District 25-6A Defensive MVP and the Padilla Poll Defensive Player of the Year, as well as first team recognition on the AP All-State, Padilla Poll, All USA-Texas, TSWA All-State and All-Central Texas teams ... Wrapped up his final year with 15.0 tackles for loss, 71 solo stops and 101 total tackles ... Also added 11 sacks and an interception ... Finished his junior season with an 11-3 record and an appearance in the state quarterfinals ... Had 56 total tackles, 8.0 tackles for loss, 4.0 sacks and an interception that season ... Also played as a sophomore, recording six tackles, one tackle for loss and a blocked field goal ... Played in the state championship game vs. North Shore as a sophomore ... Ranked as a three-star prospect by ESPN, Rivals and 247Sports ... ESPN listed him as the No. 92 prospect in the state of Texas and as the No. 60 defensive end in the nation ... Chose Oklahoma State over Wisconsin, Army, Navy, Tulsa and others.
Personal: Braden Cassity was born in Waco, Texas ... Son of Colleen Hartman Rambusch, who worked for OSU athletics in radio and TV during the Bob Simmons and Eddie Sutton eras; father Mike Cassity, who served as co-defensive coordinator at OSU during a long college coaching career and played football and wrestled at Kentucky; and stepfather Bit Rambusch, who played football and baseball for Army at the United States Military Academy ... Comes from a family of college football coaches and athletes ... Brother, Skyler Cassity, is the defensive coordinator for Abilene Christian football; brother, Hunter Cassity, played safety for Samford football; and stepbrother, Blake Rambusch, is an infielder for Auburn baseball ... Also has an older sister Brooke Cassity and stepbrothers Bit and Ryan Rambusch ... An avid fisherman and hunter ... A three-time Academic All-Big 12 honoree who completed his undergrad in three years with a B.S.B.A. in Sports Management and is now working on his M.S. in Interdisciplinary Studies with a focus on business and farmland development.
