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Jersey Number 5
Dejor Simmons
- Year:
- Redshirt Senior
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-8 / 195
- Hometown:
- Virginia Beach, Va.
- High School:
- Green Run
Bio
Career Highlights
• Has played in 36 career games at JMU
• Had a 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in the win against Richmond
• Has 34 career carries for 166 yards and a touchdown
2014: Played in 12 games in his final season as a Duke… Had two receptions for 31 yards, with a long of 24… Returned 14 kickoffs for 299 yards with a long of 37 against Delaware… Had six returns for a season-high 123 yards at Charlotte… Also had four tackles on special teams.
2013: Saw action in 11 games… Had 24 kickoff returns for 586 yards and a touchdown… Posted 11 carries for 57 yards… Had a 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in the win against Richmond, tying for the longest return in school history… Finished with three returns for 141 yards and one score, earning CAA Special Teams Player of the Week for his efforts in the victory… Had eight carries for 32 yards in the win against Charlotte.
2012: Saw action in nine games during the year, getting his first collegiate start against West Virginia... Had 17 carries for 88 yards and one touchdown while adding two receptions for 12 yards... Also had 11 kickoff returns for 265 yards on the season... Had five carries for 41 yards and his first collegiate score, a three-yard run, in the season-opening win over Saint Francis (Pa.)... Had four kick returns for a season-high 101 yards, with a long of 36, against West Virginia... Also had four returns for 93 yards against Old Dominon, with a then career-best 37-yard return... Had a single reception against Saint Francis and at Rhode Island.
2011: Played in four games to earn his first collegiate letter... Had six carries on the year for 21 yards along with one kick return for 15 yards... Had four carries against Richmond... Rushed for 13 yards on two carries against Villanova.
2010: Retained the year of eligibility after redshirting.
High School: Played running back for coach Shawn Wilson at Green Run... As a senior was First Team All-Region, All-District, and All-Tidewater... ran for 1,600 yards and 25 touchdowns... team captain... As a junior was First Team All-Region, All-District, and All-Tidewater... Nationally ranked sprinter in track... District champion in the 100- and 200-meter dashes... State champion as a junior in the Group AAA meet in the 100 meter dash... Member of the state champion 4x100 and 4x200 teams... Two-time AAU national champion in 100 and 200 meters.
Personal: Parents are Ralph Thorp and Sharon Simmons... Majoring in sports and recreation management.
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