Receiver, UConn (from Wagner, South Florida), 2021–25
Naiem Simmons
- Number
- No. 9
- Height
- 5′10″
- Weight
- 185 lb
- Class (2025)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Cherry Hill, NJ
Naiem Simmons played receiver at Wagner (2021–22), South Florida (2023–24) and UConn (2025).
At a glance
Career highs
8catches, career highthree times; last vs. Rice, 2023272receiving yards, career highvs. Rice, 2023Receiving
| Season | Team | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Wagner | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 0 | 16 |
| 2022 | Wagner | 50 | 796 | 15.9 | 6 | 71 |
| 2023 | South Florida | 39 | 637 | 16.3 | 5 | 53 |
| Career | 92 | 1,467 | 15.9 | 11 | 71 | |
Returns
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
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Wagner | 9 | WR | Yr 1 | ||
| 2022 | Wagner | 9 | WR | Yr 2 | ||
| 2023 | South Florida | 9 | WR | Yr 3 | ||
| 2024 | South Florida | 9 | WR | Yr 4 | ||
| 2025 | UConn | 9 | WR | Sr. (Yr 5) | 5′10″ | 185 |
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
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Wagner (FCS) | 7 | 0.25 | – | – | 1.8 | – |
| 2022 | Wagner (FCS) | 54 | 0.44 | 17th (n=683) | 0.71 | 23.5 | 14% |
| 2023 | South Florida | 52 | 0.89 | 61st (n=681) | 0.80 | 46.2 | 5% |
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
2023 South Florida 13 games, 39 catches, 637 yards, 5 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | at | L 24–41 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | – |
| Sep 9 | vs. | W 38–24 | 3 | 59 | 1 | 31 | – |
| Sep 16 | vs. | L 3–17 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 9 | – |
| Sep 23 | vs. | W 42–29 | 8 | 272 | 1 | 53 | – |
| Sep 30 | at | W 44–30 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 9 | – |
| Oct 7 | at | L 35–56 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 13 | – |
| Oct 14 | vs. | L 14–56 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 34 | – |
| Oct 21 | at | W 24–21 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 8 | – |
| Nov 4 | at | L 50–59 | 2 | 73 | 1 | 44 | – |
| Nov 11 | vs. | W 27–23 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | – |
| Nov 17 | at | L 21–49 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 12 | – |
| Nov 25 | vs. | W 48–14 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 16 | – |
| Dec 21 ✦ | vs. | W 45–0 | 4 | 56 | 0 | 33 | – |
2022 Wagner 10 games, 50 catches, 796 yards, 6 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. | L 31–48 | 8 | 162 | 1 | 55 | – |
| Sep 10 | at | L 7–66 | 3 | 55 | 0 | 26 | 6 |
| Sep 17 | vs.Saint Francis | L 7–27 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 17 | 8 |
| Oct 8 | at | L 7–28 | 7 | 128 | 0 | 57 | 4 |
| Oct 15 | at | L 17–54 | 4 | 92 | 0 | 54 | 4 |
| Oct 21 | vs. | W 37–26 | 8 | 85 | 1 | 29 | – |
| Oct 29 | at | L 7–34 | 6 | 54 | 1 | 16 | – |
| Nov 5 | at | L 10–50 | 5 | 58 | 1 | 24 | – |
| Nov 12 | vs. | L 28–38 | 6 | 134 | 1 | 71 | – |
| Nov 19 | at | L 0–33 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | −9 |
2021 Wagner 2 games, 3 catches, 34 yards
No box score in the source for Sep 18 at Saint Francis; Nov 20 vs. Duquesne, so those games are not listed.
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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