Biography
ATHLETIC HONORS:
2025 SBC Honorable Mention
2025: Played in all 12 games for the Panthers and led the run game with 543 yards on 97 carries and two touchdowns... Also had 28 receptions for 192 and one touchdown to place him second overall on the team for all-purpose yards (735)... Caught his solo receiving touchdown at Vanderbilt (Sept. 20)... Scored a 92-yard rushing touchdown on the first offensive snap against Marshall to set a new program record for longest rushing touchdown (Nov. 15)... ran for 164 total yards against Marshall placed third overall in the program for single-season rushing yards... Also matched his career-high six receptions at Marshall.
2024 (AT AKRON): Appeared and started 11 games… Recorded 664 rushing yards on 110 attempts… Averaged 6.0 yards per carry and 60.4 per game… Recorded two touchdowns… Had three games of 100+ rushing yards…Caught 21 passes for 183 yards… Averaged 8.7 per catch and 16.6 yards per game… Set a career-high 97 receiving yards on six receptions, including a career-long reception of 57 yards at Western Michigan (Oct. 12)… Set a career-high for longest rush with a 73-yard run at Rutgers (9/7/24)…
2023 (AT MICHIGAN STATE): Appeared in four games . . . seven carries for 15 yards ... had one solo tackle and one assisted tackle on special teams
2022 (AT MICHIGAN STATE): Played in all 12 games, primarily on special teams . . . logged a total of 171 plays on special teams, third most on the team . . . credited with three tackles on special teams . . . had four carries for 9 yards . . . ran for 6 yards on two carries vs. Ohio State . . . rushed twice for 3 yards vs. Akron.
2021 (AT MICHIGAN STATE): Played in all 13 games, including a starting assignment vs. No. 12 Pittsburgh in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl . . . earned Academic All-Big Ten accolades . . . had 70 carries for 278 yards (4.0 ypc/21.4 ypg) . . . hauled in six catches for 22 yards and a TD . . . played a total of 177 snaps on offense and 118 plays on special teams . . . played a season-high 50 snaps on offense in the win over No. 12 Pitt in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, rushing a season-high 16 times for 23 yards and catching one pass for 5 yards . . . saw limited action on offense and special teams in Penn State game . . . had seven rushes for 24 yards and one catch at Ohio State . . . posted six carries for 39 yards in Maryland game and one reception for -4 yards . . . had one rush for 2 yards at Purdue . . . had three carries for 8 yards in Michigan game . . . saw limited action on offense and special teams at Indiana . . . had one carry for 4 yards at Rutgers, in playing three offensive snaps . . . notched 34 yards on 10 carries and added one reception for 3 yards in Western Kentucky game, logging 20 snaps . . . posted three rushes for 13 yards and one catch for 6 yards in Nebraska game, playing eight snaps . . . saw limited action at Miami, notching two carries for 1 yard on seven snaps . . . registered first career 100-yard rushing game with 121 yards on a career-high 16 carries (7.6 avg.) in Youngstown State game . . . scored his first career TD with a 14-yard screen pass reception in the second quarter of the season-opening win at Northwestern, for only reception of the game, adding five rushes for 10 yards
2020 (AT MICHIGAN STATE): Led team in rushing (219 yards; 43.8 ypg) and ranked second in carries (56) . . . played in five games, including his first career start vs. No. 10 Indiana . . . missed two games (Northwestern, Ohio State) due to an injury . . also had five receptions for 34 yards . . had a team-leading 10 rushes for first downs, including two on third down; 3-of-5 receptions went for a first down . . . after missing previous two games, returned to action in Penn State game and rushed for a season-high 76 yards, matching career high of 14 carries, including 39 yards on eight carries in the first half . . . drew first start of Spartan career in Indiana game and had five rushes for 15 yards, adding one catch for 4 yards . . . led MSU in rushing for third game in a row with nine carries for 34 yards at Iowa, adding one catch for 6 yards . . . led the Spartan running attack for the second straight game with 14 rushes for 55 yards at No. 13 Michigan, adding two catches for 11 yards . . . made Spartan debut in season opener vs. Rutgers by leading MSU with 14 carries for 43 yards, adding one reception for 13 yards.
HIGH SCHOOL: Ranked one of the best running back prospects in the nation by Rivals.com (No. 32), ESPN.com (No. 39) and 247Sports (No. 53) . . . listed among the top overall players in the state of Georgia by ESPN.com (No. 57), Rivals.com (No. 61) and 247Sports (No. 81) . . . rated one of the top running backs in the state of Georgia by Rivals.com (No. 4) . . . named one of the top 250 overall players in the Southeast by ESPN.com . . . played for Coach Franklin Stephens at McEachern High School . . . compiled 2,383 rushing yards on 299 carries (8.0 avg.) with 34 rushing touchdowns and 40 overall TDs during his three years on varsity at McEachern High School . . . had nine 100-yard rushing games in high school . . . recorded 3,268 all-purpose yards (2,383 rushing, 632 receiving, 253 kick return) . . . rushed for 1,093 yards on 154 carries (7.1 avg.) and 16 touchdowns to help lead McEachern to the Region 3-7A title and a 12-1 record as a senior in 2019 . . . also had 15 receptions for 259 yards and one score . . . selected to the Marietta Daily Journal All-County Team for the second year in a row in 2019 . . . ran for a 75-yard touchdown in the Class 7A quarterfinals against North Gwinnett . . . had 17 carries for 144 yards and two TDs in a playoff win over North Forsyth . . . gained 111 yards on the ground and scored two TDs in the first round of the playoffs against North Paulding . . . named to the All-Region 3-7A and Marietta Daily Journal All-County First Team as a junior in 2018 . . . registered a career-high 1,107 rushing yards on 119 carries (9.3 avg.) with 17 touchdowns and five 100-yard games as a junior . . . had a career-high 189 yards on the ground and four TDs against Kennesaw Mountain on Oct. 19, 2018 . . . also hauled in 23 receptions for 373 yards and five TDs as a junior
PERSONAL: Son of Shon Simmons and Leslie Gray . . . his brother, Tyler, was a four-year letterwinner as a wide receiver for Georgia (2016-19)... majoring in Marketing...
