Receiver, Southern Miss, 2009–⁠13

Justin Sims

Number
No. 25
Height
5′7″
Hometown
Decatur, GA

Justin Sims played receiver at Southern Miss (2009–⁠13).

Team titles: Conference USA champions, 2011

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2012Southern Miss2029414.7056
2013Southern Miss45614.0017
Career2435014.6056

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2011Southern Miss3550–––
2012Southern Miss194290110
2013Southern Miss1941701−30
Career4190102−20

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2009Southern Miss25WR
2010Southern Miss25WR
2011Southern Miss25WR
2012Southern Miss25WR
2013Southern Miss25WR5′7″

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/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2013Southern Miss41.74––6.9–

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). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2013 Southern Miss 7 games, 20 returns, 414 yards
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Aug 31vs.Texas StateL 15–⁠22–––123–
Sep 7atNebraskaL 13–⁠561130120–
Sep 14atArkansasL 3–⁠24–––234–
Sep 28atBoise StateL 7–⁠60–––2511
Oct 5vs.Florida InternationalL 23–⁠24–––369–
Oct 19atEast CarolinaL 14–⁠552300481–
Oct 26vs.North TexasL 14–⁠5511306139–
2012 Southern Miss 12 games, 20 catches, 294 yards
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 1atNebraskaL 20–⁠49–––121–
Sep 15vs.East CarolinaL 14–⁠241160–––
Sep 22atWestern KentuckyL 17–⁠4221504118–
Sep 29vs.LouisvilleL 17–⁠21–––367–
Oct 6vs.Boise StateL 14–⁠402530262–
Oct 13atUCFL 31–⁠383300384–
Oct 20vs.MarshallL 24–⁠591110677–
Oct 27atRiceL 17–⁠444280–––
Nov 3vs.UABL 19–⁠271560–––
Nov 10atSMUL 6–⁠343230––1
Nov 17vs.UTEPL 33–⁠342570–––
Nov 24atMemphisL 24–⁠42150–––
2011 Southern Miss 1 game, 3 returns, 55 yards
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 24atVirginiaW 30–⁠24–––355–

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

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