Joshua Simon

*2024 Fourth-Team All-SEC (Phil Steele)
*2024 Honorable Mention All-SEC (College Football Nation)
*2024 co-Overcoming Adversity Award
*2023 Gamecock Toughness Award – Offense
*2022 Second-Team Conference USA
*2020 Third-Team Conference USA (Phil Steele)
*2020 Honorable Mention Conference USA
*2019 Honorable Mention Conference USA
*2019 All-Freshman Conference USA
*2019 Second-Team Freshman All-America (The Athletic)

Tight end who spent two years at South Carolina and six years in collegiate football… began his career at Western Kentucky where he was an All-CUSA performer in three seasons… played in 64 career games over the two stops with 41 starts… appeared in 24 games for South Carolina with 15 starts after making 26 starts for the Hilltoppers… caught 154 passes for 1,921 yards with 27 touchdowns during his career… scored a WKU school-record 16 touchdowns by a tight end.

2024 (Super Senior)
Played his second season for the Gamecocks… appeared in 12 contests starting 11… missed the Wofford game with an injury… became the only tight end in school history to lead the team in receptions (40), receiving yards (519) and receiving touchdowns (7) in a season… named fourth-team All-SEC by Phil Steele and was an honorable mention selection by College Football Nation… shared the team’s Overcoming Adversity Award with Raheim Sanders… tied for eighth in the SEC in touchdown receptions… caught at least one pass in every game in which he appeared in 2024, extending his streak to 20-straight contests… scored five touchdowns over a four-game span late the season… best game came against Texas A&M when he caught four passes for 132 yards and two touchdowns… iced the game with a 57-yard TD reception in the fourth quarter, the longest of his Gamecock career… had four grabs for 76 yards and a score versus Missouri… recorded a season-best six receptions for 69 yards and a touchdown in the Citrus Bowl against Illinois.

2023 (Redshirt Senior)
Appeared in all 12 games this season, starting in four contests… earned starts against Furman, Mississippi State, Jacksonville State and Vanderbilt… finished third on the squad in receptions with 28 while ranking fourth with 256 receiving yards and tying for second in touchdowns with two… had at least one reception in each of the final eight games… scored his first touchdown in a Gamecock uniform against Florida, turning a screen pass into a 33-yard touchdown… logged a career-high seven receptions for 64 yards against Jacksonville State… hauled in all six of his targets in the win over Vanderbilt, accumulating a season-best 65 receiving yards… earned the Gamecock Toughness Award for the offense in the spring of 2023.

2022 (Redshirt Junior)
Played in all 14 games, making seven starts for WKU… earned second-team All-Conference USA honors… caught 20 passes for 273 yards with seven TDs… caught two passes for 49 yards and a pair of scores at Auburn… had a season-high four catches at Middle Tennessee… caught three passes for a season-high 55 yards against FIU… had a season-long 47-yard TD reception at Hawaii.

2021 (Junior)
Suffered a season-ending injury in the season opener… in that game versus UT Martin, he caught three passes for 73 yards and two touchdowns… redshirted.

2020 (Sophomore)
Started all 12 games in his second campaign, making 33 receptions for 370 yards and three touchdowns…  earned 2020 Conference USA Honorable Mention and Phil Steele All-CUSA Third Team honors… had multiple catches in 9-of-12 games, including a season-high six at UAB… reached the 80-yard mark twice, with 81 yards against the Blazers and a season-high 84 in the LendingTree Bowl vs. Georgia State… led the Hilltoppers with five “explosive” catches of 20+ yards, including a season-long 40-yard grab against the Panthers.

2019 (Freshman)
True freshman who appeared in all 13 games for the Hilltoppers, including six starts… earned Conference USA Honorable Mention honors and was named to the C-USA All-Freshman team… earned a spot on The Athletic Freshman Second-Team All-America unit… logged 30 receptions for 430 yards and four touchdowns in his debut season on The Hill… had one score in each of his first four games, as four of his first eight collegiate catches went for six points… his 77-yard touchdown catch-and-run vs. Louisville was a season-high… put up season-highs of six receptions for 106 yards in WKU’s First Responder Bowl victory… was the only tight end to have 100+ yards in a bowl game.

HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from Crestwood High School in Sumter, S.C. in 2019… played for Knights’ head coach Roosevelt Nelson…  was invited to the Progress Energy Bowl North-South All-Star Game after his senior season… rated as the 44th best prospect in the state.

PERSONAL
Joshua L. Simon was born Nov. 27, 2000… earned a bachelor’s degree in sport management from Western Kentucky.