2014 Football Roster
Micah Simmons
- Position:
- OL
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-3 / 295
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Lindale, Texas
- Prev School:
- Lindale HS
At Memphis: Enters senior year having played in 33 career games, starting eight contests over the last three years … Offensive lineman has played right guard, left guard and center … Accounted for 869 snaps played as an offensive lineman over three-year career … Seven of eight career starts have come during the months of November or December .
Honors (Academics/Athletics): Academic recognition includes earning Tiger Academic 30 distinction for the Spring 2013 semester ... Tiger Academic 30 recognizes the top 30 student-athlete grade point averages for each semester .... Had a 3.75 GPA for the Spring 2013 semester ... A member of the American Athletic Conference's inaugural All-Academic Football Team following the 2013 season ... A Dean's List honoree four semesters during career ... Has also earned Tiger 3.0 list recognition five semesters - Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013. Spring 2014 and Fall 2014 ... Received the Conference USA Commissioner's Medal for carrying better than a 3.75 cumulative GPA in the spring of 2013 ... Also named to the Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll for 2013.
2014 (Junior): Appeared in 10 games at center during the 2014 season as Memphis won its first conference title since 1971 and just the program’s second, 10-win season … Blocked for an offense which accounted for 5,552 total yards of offense (427.1 yards per game) … Memphis’ offense accounted for 5,000+ yards for the first time since 2008 and had the most total yards and best per game average since 2007 … The Tigers averaged 190.5 yards rushing (2,476 yards) and 236.6 yards passing (3,076 passing yards) during the season … Played 250 offensive snaps during the year including a season-high 40 snaps against UCLA … Against UCLA, Memphis rolled up 469 yards of total offense including 305 passing … Blocked for quarterback Paxton Lynch who earned American Athletic Conference and Tennessee Sports Writers Association Offensive Player of the Week honors following the game … Memphis would produce 300+ yards of offense in every win including 400+ yards seven times and 500+ yards three times … Memphis’ offense accounted for 54 touchdowns, part of a school-record 58-touchdown season … Blocked for a team which shattered the school, season scoring record with 471 points which broke the old mark of 430 points (2004) … Played 38 offensive snaps at center as the Tigers began a seven-game win streak to end the year … Memphis had 582 yards of total offense in the 48-10 victory … Equaled a season high with 40 snaps in road win at Tulane.
2013 (Sophomore): Saw action in 11 games as a sophomore, closing out the year with starts in five of the Tigers' final six games of the season ... Playing time came at three positions - left guard, right guard and center - as well as on special teams ... Member of an offensive line which blocked for a redshirt freshman quarterback who became just the second rookie to pass for over 2,000 yards in a season ... In addition to passing for over 2,000 yards, the offense accounted for over 1,500 rushing yards ... Helped Memphis offense rank fourth in the American Athletic Conference in Red Zone Efficiency, scoring 32 times on 38 chances (84.2 percent) ... Over the last half of the season, played 55+ snaps in four of the Tigers' final six games ... Played all 61 snaps against Cincinnati and UT Martin ... Played a season-high 66 of 69 snaps in final game of the season at UConn.
2012 (Freshman): Saw action in all 12 games as a true freshman, first seeing playing time primarily on special teams (punting unit) before having his role expanded to include work on the offensive line ... Went on to start three of the final four games of the 2012 season ... First action on the offensive line came at Duke with 13 offensive snaps ... Saw action at right guard the final five games of the season starting with 39 of 48 offensive snaps at SMU ... Played all 84 offensive plays the following week at Marshall in his first career start ... Played all 64 offensive snaps at right guard as Memphis began a three-game winning streak to end the season with a victory against Tulane ... Played more than half the snaps in the "Battle for the Bones" victory at UAB (32/59) ... Closed out the season playing 52 of 62 snaps against Southern Miss ... Blocked for a unit which raised its total offense in Conference USA games from 243.0 yards per game to 327.1 yards an outing (26 percent increase in yardage from 2011 to 2012) ... In C-USA games, Memphis raised its rushing offense total by 63 percent ... Memphis averaged 318.33 yards of total offense during the 2012 season ... The season total represented a 44-yard improvement from the previous season ... Memphis almost doubled its rushing average from the previous season, averaging 151.75 yards on the ground ... Memphis' 71.43 fourth-down efficiency percentage ranked tied for seventh nationally ... Only five teams converted on fourth down more times than the Tigers (20-of-28).
At Lindale High School: Played for Coach Mike Meador at Lindale High School in Lindale, Texas ... Lettered three seasons on the offensive and defensive lines and as a long snapper ... As a senior, part of an Eagles squad that finished 10-3 overall and 5-0 in league play and advanced to the Division 1-3A playoff regional round ... Team captain as a senior in 2011 ... Named District 14-3A co-Offensive Lineman of the Year in 2010 and 2011 ... A Collin Street Bakery/Texas Sports Writers Association Class 3A All-State honorable mention pick on offense ... Named to the academic all-state first team in 2011... Invited to play in the East Texas FCA All-Star/Heart of a Champion Bowl ... Also lettered in baseball, track and field and powerlifting ... 2011 regional qualifier in the shot put and powerlifting ... A Merit Award winner in chemistry, history, physics and business ... Ranked fourth academically in his senior class (248 students).
Personal: Son of Kevin and Hollie Simmons ... Born May 12, 1994 in Waco, Texas. ... Graduated in May, 2015 with a Bachelor’s degree in Health and Human Performance … Currently pursuing a second degree in Sport and Leisure Commerce.
