Joshua Simon
- position TE
- height 6-4
- weight 242
- class Graduate Student
- High school Crestwood HS
- Hometown Dalzell, S.C.
- position TE
- height 6-4
- weight 242
- class Graduate Student
- High school Crestwood HS
- Hometown Dalzell, S.C.
Joshua Simon Bio
* 2020 All-Conference USA Honorable Mention
* 2020 All-Conference USA Third-Team (Phil Steele)
* 2019 All-Conference USA Honorable Mention
* 2019 All-Freshman Conference USA
* 2019 Second-Team Freshman All-America (The Athletic)
Graduate transfer from Western Kentucky… figures to compete for a starting role at tight end in a completely revamped room… made 26 starts for the Hilltoppers over the past four seasons… caught 86 passes for 1,146 yards with 16 touchdowns… his 86 career receptions ranked third in WKU history for a tight end… scored a school record 16 touchdowns by a tight end… was an All-CUSA performer.
2022 (Redshirt Junior)
Played in all 14 games, making seven starts for Western Kentucky… caught 20 passes for 273 yards, an average of 13.7 yards per catch… scored seven touchdowns… caught two passes, both going for touchdowns, for 49 yards at Auburn… scored a touchdown in four-consecutive games… had a season-high four receptions at Middle Tennessee State… caught three passes for a season-high 55 yards against FIU… had a season-long 47-yard touchdown reception at Hawaii.
2021 (Junior)
Played just one game due to a season-ending injury in the season opener… in that one game, 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 in the nation to have 100+ yards in a 2019-20 bowl game.