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Sam Simmons
School: Northwestern
Position: RB/WR
Career Receiving: 102 Rec, 1674 Yds, 16.4 Avg, 14 TD
Career Punt Returns: 38 Ret, 503 Yds, 13.2 Avg, 2 TD
Career Scoring: 13 TD, 78 Pts
Receiving & Rushing
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▪ Statistics complete back to 2000
| Receiving | Rushing | Scrimmage | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | School | Conf | Class | Pos | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Plays | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1998 | Northwestern | Big Ten | RB | 5 | 132 | 26.4 | 1 | 31 | 124 | 4.0 | 1 | 36 | 256 | 7.1 | 2 | |
| 1999 | Northwestern | Big Ten | RB | 12 | 261 | 21.8 | 1 | 12 | 65 | 5.4 | 0 | 24 | 326 | 13.6 | 1 | |
| 2000 | Northwestern | Big Ten | JR | WR | 35 | 474 | 13.5 | 5 | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 0 | 40 | 521 | 13.0 | 5 |
| 2001 | Northwestern | Big Ten | SR | WR | 50 | 807 | 16.1 | 7 | 5 | 74 | 14.8 | 0 | 55 | 881 | 16.0 | 7 |
| Career | Northwestern | 102 | 1674 | 16.4 | 14 | 53 | 310 | 5.8 | 1 | 155 | 1984 | 12.8 | 15 | |||
Punt & Kick Returns
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▪ Statistics complete back to 2000
| Punt Ret | Kick Ret | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | School | Conf | Class | Pos | Ret | Yds | Avg | TD | Ret | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1998 | Northwestern | Big Ten | RB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 607 | 27.6 | 0 | ||
| 1999 | Northwestern | Big Ten | RB | 11 | 169 | 15.4 | 1 | 5 | 131 | 26.2 | 0 | |
| 2000 | Northwestern | Big Ten | JR | WR | 12 | 172 | 14.3 | 0 | 9 | 198 | 22.0 | 0 |
| 2001 | Northwestern | Big Ten | SR | WR | 15 | 162 | 10.8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 |
| Career | Northwestern | 38 | 503 | 13.2 | 2 | 37 | 937 | 25.3 | 0 | |||
Scoring
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▪ Statistics complete back to 2000
| Touchdowns | Kicking | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | School | Conf | Class | Pos | Rush | Rec | Int | FR | PR | KR | Oth | Tot | XPM | FGM | 2PM | Sfty | Pts |
| 1998 | Northwestern | Big Ten | RB | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 1999 | Northwestern | Big Ten | RB | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 2000 | Northwestern | Big Ten | JR | WR | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| 2001 | Northwestern | Big Ten | SR | WR | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
| Career | Northwestern | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | |||
Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors
Career leaders since 2000 ▪ Tackles, passes defended, and forced fumbles since 2005
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Receiving Yards 2001 Big Ten 807 (8th) |
Receiving Yards Per Reception 2001 Big Ten 16.1 (9th) |
Receiving Touchdowns 2000 Big Ten 5 (8th)2001 Big Ten 7 (7th) |
Punt Returns 2000 Big Ten 12 (10th) |
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Punt Return Yards 2000 Big Ten 172 (5th)2001 Big Ten 162 (10th) |
Punt Return Yards Per Return 2000 Big Ten 14.3 (1st)2001 Big Ten 10.8 (5th) |
Punt Return Touchdowns 2001 NCAA 1 (5th)2001 Big Ten 1 (2nd) Career Big Ten* 1 (11th) |