Quarterback, Bethune-Cookman (from East Carolina), 2021–⁠24

Walter Simmons III

Number
No. 17
Height
6′2″
Weight
200 lb
Class (2024)
Sophomore
Hometown
Orange Park, FL

Walter Simmons III played quarterback at East Carolina (2021) and Bethune-Cookman (2022–⁠24).

Career highs

172passing yards, career highat Jackson State, 2023165rushing yards, career highvs. Alabama A&M, 20233rushing touchdowns, career highvs. Alabama A&M, 2023

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDInt
2022Bethune-Cookman6785.7486.901
2023*Bethune-Cookman6212151.24573.823
Career6812853.15053.924

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2022Bethune-Cookman6274.5025
2023*Bethune-Cookman693174.6547
2024Bethune-Cookman273.505
Career773514.6547

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.PosClassHtWt
2021East Carolina17QBYr 1
2022Bethune-Cookman17QBYr 2
2023Bethune-Cookman17QBYr 3
2024Bethune-Cookman17QBSo. (Yr 4)6′2″200

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
2022Bethune-Cookman (FCS)130.37––4.8–
2023Bethune-Cookman (FCS)1590.146th (n=255)0.3222.431%
2024Bethune-Cookman (FCS)1-0.55––-0.5–

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

2024 Bethune-Cookman 4 games, 1 tackle
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Aug 31atSouth FloridaL 3–⁠48––––––
Oct 19atMississippi Valley StateW 20–⁠10–––––2
Nov 9atSouthernL 23–⁠25––––––
Nov 16atTexas SouthernL 14–⁠17–––––5
2023 Bethune-Cookman 8 games, 457 passing yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 2atMemphisL 14–⁠561018180018
Sep 14atMiamiL 7–⁠4835620021
Sep 23atJackson StateL 16–⁠2219341721011
Oct 7atAlabama StateL 14–⁠191322751050
Oct 14vs.Texas SouthernL 31–⁠34241000−1
Oct 28atGramblingL 14–⁠281311018
Nov 11vs.Alabama A&MW 31–⁠145123001165
Nov 18vs.Florida A&ML 7–⁠24923790145

No box score in the source for Sep 9 vs. Savannah State, so that game is not listed.

2022 Bethune-Cookman 3 games, 48 passing yards
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 3atMiamiL 13–⁠70239014
Sep 10vs.South Carolina StateL 9–⁠3333390023
Oct 15vs.Jackson StateL 8–⁠4811000–

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

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