Biography
Career: Musser has 55 games of experience as an Eagle, including 29 starts.
2022: Was named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team. Musser played in and started nine games on the offensive line for the Eagles, who averaged 388.9 yards of total offense per game.
2021: Was named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team. Earned All-Big Sky Conference third team honors after starting in all 13 games for the Eagles. Eastern finished first in the FCS with 555.7 yards of total offense per game, ranking as the third-best passing offense (400.5 yards per game). The team was also second in scoring offense (44.0 points per game). With 7,224 yards of total offense, the 2021 squad is fourth all-time in EWU history. In the preseason, Musser was named by Phil Steele Publications as a preseason third team All-Big Sky Conference selection.
2020-21: Musser earned All-Big Sky Conference second team honors after starting all seven Eastern games as an offensive guard. He helped block for an Eastern team which finished third in FCS in total offense with an average of 524.9 yards per game after entering the postseason leading FCS. The Eagles were also fourth nationally in passing (367.3) and eighth in scoring offense (37.7). Eastern’s passing average was the third-best in school history and the average of 524.9 yards per game of total offense was fourth, just ahead of the 2019 average of 524.8 which led FCS. He made the first start of his career at Idaho (2/27/21).
2019: He played in all 12 Eastern games. Eastern closed the 2019 season with the best offense in FCS, finishing at 524.8 yards per game. The Eagles had 2,450 yards of offense in the last four games of the season (612.5 per game) to take over the lead and maintain it. Eastern also ended the regular season second in scoring (40.6), fifth in passing (317.1) and 19th in rushing (207.8), and were the only team in FCS to rank in the top 24 in total offense, rushing and passing. Eastern had some impressive rushing performances in 2019, rushing for at least 174 yards eight times and at least 247 in six games (including the last four). The school’s 5.29 average per rush ranked 13th in FCS. The Eagles had a season-high 320 versus Cal Poly (11/16/19), and their best game of total offense was a school-record 769 yards versus Lindenwood (9/7/19).
2018: Played in 14 games for the Eagles. Eastern finished as the only school to rank in the top 20 in the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision in total offense, rushing and passing. The Eagles averaged 528.2 yards on offense to rank third in FCS, including 255.9 rushing (10th) and 272.3 passing (20th). Eastern was also ranked fourth in scoring (43.1). En route to a 12-3 finish overall and runner-up finish in the NCAA Division I Championship Game, the Eagles as a team finished the 2018 season with a school-record 6.62 average per rush on the season to break the previous record of 6.41 set in 2001. The Eagles set team records for rushing yards (3,839) and rushing touchdowns (41).
2017: Redshirted.
HS: Graduated from Kamiakin HS in 2017. Musser was a three-star recruit, and was rated as the fifth-best offensive tackle in the state of Washington and the 26th best in the Western United States by scout.com. Was also rated as a three-star recruit by 247sports.com, and was listed as the 20th best recruit in the state of Washington. Listed as a two-star recruit by rivals.com. Although he was unable to play, he was invited to play in the 52nd Annual East-West All-State game on June 30, 2017, in Moses Lake, Wash. He earned first team All-Mid-Columbia honors as an offensive lineman. He blocked for a team which led the Mid-Columbia Conference in total offense (398.1) and was third in defense (249.9). He helped lead Kamiakin to its first-ever State 3A title and the first for a high school in the city of Kennewick. The Braves beat O’Dea 14-7 in overtime to capture the first 3A title for a team east of the Cascade Mountains since 1999. Kamiakin finished the season 12-2 after handing the Irish their first defeat in 14 games. As a junior, he earned honorable mention All-MCC honors. Kamiakin led the Mid-Columbia Conference in total offense (386.0) and was second in defense (259.8). The Braves finished the 2015 season 8-3 overall and lost to Lakes 53-34 in the first round of the State 3A Playoffs. He also competed in track and field for Kamiakin, and won the State 3A title in the discus with a school-record throw of 185-10. His head coach in high school was Scott Biglin. He also placed fifth in the shot put with a personal record of 52-0 1/4, and was the state runner-up in the discus as a junior. His EWU teammates Darreon Moore (’17), Tuna Altahir (’21), Woodley Downard (’21) and Messiah Jones (’21) also graduated from Kamiakin, and several other former Eagles played there, including former EWU player and assistant coach Garrick (Rick) Redden (’83). He was named by the Seattle Times as a “White Chip” selection as one of the top 100 prospects in the state of Washington.
Personal: Construction management major. Born 9/9/98 in Kennewick, Wash. Parents are Scott and Teresa Musser. Nickname is “Muss”. Name is pronounced “muss-ur.”
