Ben Sims

Senior tight end for Baylor. 2022: 31 catches, 255 receiving yards, 3 TD.

TE · Baylor · Sr. · #8

6′5″ · 258 lb · San Antonio, TX

CFB Index 49 · #57 of 132 TEsMedium-low confidenceBaylor 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

TE recruit

No. 757 nationally · Signed with Baylor

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 tight end for Baylor. 2022: 31 catches, 255 receiving yards, 3 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Baylor in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Baylor, 785 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2018

Signed with Baylor3-star out of Clark

202212 games

All-Big 12

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#757 national

CFB

College

Baylor

2019–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2022

2 coaches

2019

Matt Rhule

Baylor

2020–2022

Dave Aranda

Baylor

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Matt Rhule → Dave Aranda. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Baylor11-3HC: Matt Rhule · Run-leaning

2020Baylor2-7HC: Dave Aranda · Balanced

2021Baylor12-2HC: Dave Aranda · Run-heavy

2022Baylor6-7HC: Dave Aranda · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

49Rotational starter #57 of 132?

Medium-low confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush tds (86th percentile). Concern: explosive rate (4th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#237 / 636 · 62nd pct

7.7%

Catch rate#358 / 636 · 43rd pct

76.9%

EPA / target#394 / 636 · 38th pct

0.59

Yards / catch#569 / 636 · 11th pct

8.3

Explosive rate#608 / 636 · 4th pct

2.6%

Box-score rates (7)

Rush TDs#5 / 35 · 86th pct

Receptions#35 / 158 · 77th pct

Rec TDs#50 / 158 · 62nd pct

Rec yards#74 / 158 · 53rd pct

255

Rush yards#22 / 35 · 31st pct

Long catch#129 / 158 · 18th pct

Yards / catch#142 / 158 · 10th pct

8.2

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

43rd → 38th percentile

Explosive rate

53rd → 4th percentile

Catch rate

38th → 43rd percentile

TD rate

92nd → 62nd percentile

Yards / catch

40th → 11th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	3.4	24.6	7.1	0.0
Road7g	2.0	18.9	11.5	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.7	26.2	7.4	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	1.5	16.3	11.2	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dave Aranda

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

49 · #57 of 132 TEs

Three-star recruit. Now #57 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Baylor	31	255	8.2	3	--
2021	Baylor	31	361	11.6	6	--
2020	Baylor	14	164	11.7	3	--
2019	Baylor	2	5	2.5	0	--
Career		78	785	10.1	12	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2022

W 38–35

at Oklahoma

1 rec · 6 yds

Edged out Oklahoma on the road in a shootout.

With C. Williams — 192 rush yds (25 car) · 2 TD · I. Power — 42 AVG · 46 LONG · 4 NO

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 8 · Kansas · 3&14 · Q1 · EPA +3.51Blake Shapen pass complete to Ben Sims for 17 yds to the Kans 35 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Iowa State · 4&2 · Q1 · EPA +3.10Blake Shapen pass complete to Ben Sims for 12 yds for a TD, (John Mayers KICK)
Week 1 · UAlbany · 3&11 · Q2 · EPA +2.88Blake Shapen pass complete to Ben Sims for 14 yds to the Bayl 47 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · BYU · 3&3 · Q4 · EPA +2.64Ben Sims 4 Yd pass from Blake Shapen (Isaiah Hankins Kick)
Week 2 · BYU · 3&6 · Q4 · EPA +2.61Blake Shapen pass complete to Ben Sims for 12 yds to the BYU 49 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Texas · 2&3 · Q2 · EPA +2.32Blake Shapen pass complete to Ben Sims for 14 yds for a TD, (John Mayers KICK)
Week 4 · Iowa State · 3&7 · Q3 · EPA +2.26Blake Shapen pass complete to Ben Sims for 8 yds to the IowSt 40 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · West Virginia · 2&1 · Q2 · EPA +1.90Ben Sims 1 Yd Run (John Mayers Kick)
Week 2 · BYU · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.89Blake Shapen pass complete to Ben Sims for 11 yds to the BYU 1 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · West Virginia · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.32Blake Shapen pass complete to Ben Sims for 14 yds to the Bayl 44 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 69-10vs UAlbany	5	37	7.4	0	14
Wk 2	L 20-26@ BYU	4	30	7.5	1	12
Wk 4	W 31-24@ Iowa State	5	39	7.8	1	13	Season-high 39 yds
Wk 5	L 25-36vs Oklahoma State	6	33	5.5	0	17
Wk 7	L 40-43@ West Virginia	2	18	9.0	0	14
Wk 8	W 35-23vs Kansas	3	36	12.0	0	17
Wk 9	W 45-17@ Texas Tech	1	25	25.0	0	25
Wk 10	W 38-35@ Oklahoma	1	6	6.0	0	6
Wk 11	L 3-31vs Kansas State	2	13	6.5	0	8
Wk 12	L 28-29vs TCU	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 13	L 27-38@ Texas	1	14	14.0	1	14
Bowl	L 15-30@ Air Force	—	—	—	—	—
Total		31	255	9.5	3	25

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Ben Sims

2018

202212 games

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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