Virginia, 2005–⁠09

Mikell Simpson

Number
No. 5
Height
6′1″
Hometown
Harrisburg, PA

Mikell Simpson played at Virginia (2005–⁠09).

Career highs

170rushing yards, best game on filevs. Texas Tech, 20074rushing touchdowns, best game on filevs. Indiana, 200913catches, best game on fileat Maryland, 2007152receiving yards, best game on fileat Maryland, 2007

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2006*Virginia13564.3118
2007*Virginia1135705.0896
2008*Virginia872623.0319
2009Virginia853864.5522
On file (2006–⁠09)2981,2744.31796

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2006*Virginia11212.0012
2007*Virginia434029.3230
2008*Virginia15664.4023
2009Virginia272368.7137
On file (2006–⁠09)867168.3337

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.PosHt
2006Virginia5
2007Virginia5
2008Virginia5
2009Virginia56′1″

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.

Game by game

2009 Virginia 9 games, 386 rushing yards, 5 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDRecRec ydsRec TD
Sep 5vs.William & MaryL 14–⁠2653206280
Sep 12vs.TCUL 14–⁠308320290
Oct 3atNorth CarolinaW 16–⁠32010014450
Oct 10vs.IndianaW 47–⁠7158344660
Oct 24vs.Georgia TechL 9–⁠346404300
Oct 31vs.DukeL 17–⁠285210200
Nov 7atMiamiL 17–⁠527140260
Nov 21atClemsonL 21–⁠34148402431
Nov 28vs.Virginia TechL 13–⁠425160190
2008 Virginia 9 games, 262 rushing yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDRecRec ydsRec TD
Aug 30vs.USCL 7–⁠526181–––
Sep 6vs.RichmondW 16–⁠023361–––
Sep 13atUConnL 10–⁠456230220
Sep 27atDukeL 3–⁠31133102130
Oct 4vs.MarylandW 31–⁠0147703130
Oct 11vs.East CarolinaW 35–⁠2012381–––
Oct 18vs.North CarolinaW 16–⁠134200360
Oct 25atGeorgia TechW 24–⁠1752404310
Nov 1vs.MiamiL 17–⁠244−50110
2007 Virginia 10 games, 570 rushing yards, 8 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDRecRec ydsRec TD
Sep 1atWyomingL 3–⁠231−100–––
Sep 8vs.DukeW 24–⁠13–––2230
Sep 15atNorth CarolinaW 22–⁠20110120
Sep 22vs.Georgia TechW 28–⁠23–––160
Oct 20atMarylandW 18–⁠17161192131520
Oct 27atNC StateL 24–⁠29218114351
Nov 3vs.Wake ForestW 17–⁠16163518770
Nov 10atMiamiW 48–⁠0229323540
Nov 24vs.Virginia TechL 21–⁠33168116170
Jan 1 ✦vs.Texas TechL 28–⁠312017015361
2006 Virginia 5 games, 56 rushing yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDRecRec ydsRec TD
Sep 2atPittsburghL 13–⁠382200–––
Sep 30atDukeW 37–⁠05251–––
Oct 14vs.MarylandL 26–⁠28240–––
Oct 19vs.North CarolinaW 23–⁠03701120
Oct 28vs.NC StateW 14–⁠7100–––

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

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