Quarterback, Wisconsin (from Southern Illinois), 2022–⁠25

Hunter Simmons

Number
No. 15
Weight
215 lb
Class (2025)
Senior
Hometown
Marion, IL

Hunter Simmons played quarterback at Southern Illinois (2022–⁠24) and Wisconsin (2025).

Career highs

341passing yards, career highvs. Southeast Missouri State, 2024

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDInt
2023Southern Illinois163151.61565.011
2024*Southern Illinois7312857.08526.730
2025Wisconsin6211852.56645.627
Career15127754.51,6726.068

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2023Southern Illinois3258.3012
2024*Southern Illinois19573.0133
2025Wisconsin14−22−1.609
Career36601.7133

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassWt
2022Southern Illinois15QBFr.
2023Southern Illinois15QBSo.
2024Southern Illinois15QBJr.
2025Wisconsin15QBSr.215

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. pass
2023Southern Illinois (FCS)310.36––11.112%–
2024Southern Illinois (FCS)1430.17––24.940%–
2025Wisconsin128-0.01––-1.428%-0.01

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Passing detail

SeasonTeamSuccessDepthAfter catchDeep throwsDeep completed
2025Wisconsin39%7.6 yds6.3 yds6 of 4433%

Success: passes that kept the offense on schedule. Depth: how far downfield his passes traveled in the air, on average. After catch: yards his receivers gained after the catch, per completion. Deep throws: the play-by-play gives depth and direction for about half of a passer’s throws; this is how many of those went deep, and how many of the deep ones were caught. From CollegeFootballData, FBS games, 2025 on.

Game by game

2025 Wisconsin 8 games, 664 passing yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 20vs.MarylandL 10–⁠27797010–
Oct 4atMichiganL 10–⁠24182917701−12
Oct 11vs.IowaL 0–⁠3782182024
Oct 18vs.Ohio StateL 0–⁠346125401−18
Oct 25atOregonL 7–⁠217218611−1
Nov 8vs.WashingtonW 13–⁠10231600–
Nov 22vs.IllinoisW 27–⁠10241700–
Nov 29atMinnesotaL 7–⁠171219162025
2024 Southern Illinois 5 games, 852 passing yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Aug 31atBYUL 13–⁠41361000–
Sep 14vs.Incarnate WordW 35–⁠283535006
Sep 21vs.Southeast Missouri StateL 21–⁠38284834110−7
Sep 28atSouth DakotaL 13–⁠42234130620−13
Oct 5vs.Illinois StateL 10–⁠4516281600071
2023 Southern Illinois 4 games, 156 passing yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 2vs.Austin PeayW 49–⁠2347440012
Oct 28atWestern IllinoisW 63–⁠061060107
Nov 11atNorth Dakota StateL 10–⁠3441237016
Nov 18vs.Indiana StateW 38–⁠9221500–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

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