11 Days 'till football kickoff - #11 Jawan Simmons

It's now 12 days until kickoff of Catamount football at Floyd Stadium, home of the Blue Raiders of Middle Tennessee State on August 29th in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

To help pass those long summer days until football season starts, and hopefully get the Catamount faithful more excited about the upcoming season, we'll continue with the 100 day football countdown to kickoff.

#11 Jawan Simmons

Class: RS Sophomore
Hometown: Syracuse, N.Y.
High School: Nottingham HS
Last College: North Carolina Tech
Height / Weight: 6-2 / 180
Position: QB



2012 (Redshirt Freshman): Suffered a broken left leg during preseason practice sidelining him for the 2012 season ... Returned to the field during the spring where he finished 5-of-8 for 78 yards passing in WCU's annual Spring Game.

2011 (Freshman): Did not see game action ... Redshirted ... Named the offensive scout team player of the week following the Furman game ... Completed his lone pass of WCU's annual Spring Game for a 33-yard touchdown to Garrett Brown ... Rushed four times for 17 yards in the scrimmage.

Prior to Western Carolina: Attended North Carolina Tech after graduating from Nottingham HS in Syracuse, N.Y., in June of 2010 ... Tabbed first team offense on the New York Section 3 National Division Class A football team as a junior at Nottingham HS ... Threw for more than 3,000 yards during his career with the Bulldogs ... Rated a three-star quarterback coming out of high school class 2010 by Rivals.com ... Preseason top 10 in New York State by rivals.com while also ranked as one of the Top 125 QBs in the nation by Scout.com ... Played in the Upstate-Downstate All-Star game in N (ew York at the Carrier Dome during the summer of 2010 ... Listed in the 2010 preseason issue of Super Prep Magazineþ ... Guided NC Tech to a 9-1 record a season ago ... Also played basketball at Nottingham HS.

Personal: Is the son of Bill and Helen Simmons.


Courtesy WCU Athletics Media Relations