Joshua Simon

Former tight end at South Carolina. 2024: 41 catches, 512 receiving yards, 7 TD.

TE · South Carolina · Sr. · #6

6′4″ · 259 lb · Dalzell, SC

CFB Index 63 · #22 of 135 TEsMedium-low confidenceSouth Carolina 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 2508 nationally · Signed with Western Kentucky

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former tight end at South Carolina. 2024: 41 catches, 512 receiving yards, 7 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Western Kentucky in 2019.
Transferred from Western Kentucky to South Carolina in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at South Carolina, 1,914 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 105 yds at Western Michigan.Western Michigan · W 23-202019

201912 games

Signed with Western Kentucky3-star out of Crestwood

20209 games

All-Conference USAhonorable_mention

202211 games

All-Conference USAsecond

202310 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#2508 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE USA · 2ND TEAM

All-Conference USA 2nd team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2024

2 coaches

2019–2020

Will Muschamp

South Carolina

2021–2024

Shane Beamer

South Carolina

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Will Muschamp → Shane Beamer. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Western Kentucky9-4HC: Tyson Helton · Balanced

2020Western Kentucky5-7HC: Tyson Helton · Balanced

2021Western Kentucky9-5HC: Tyson Helton · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

2022Western Kentucky9-5HC: Tyson Helton · Pass-leaning

2023South Carolina5-7HC: Shane Beamer · Balanced

2024South Carolina9-4HC: Shane Beamer · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

63Quality starter #22 of 135?

Medium-low confidence11 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec tds (95th percentile). Strength: long catch (89th percentile). Concern: catch rate (12th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#123 / 610 · 79th pct

10.0%

Yards / catch#297 / 610 · 51st pct

12.0

Explosive rate#390 / 610 · 36th pct

12.0%

EPA / target#492 / 610 · 19th pct

0.58

Catch rate#539 / 610 · 12th pct

78.0%

Box-score rates (6)

Rec TDs#5 / 168 · 95th pct

Long catch#18 / 168 · 89th pct

Rec yards#21 / 168 · 88th pct

512

Receptions#23 / 168 · 86th pct

Yards / catch#43 / 168 · 74th pct

12.5

Fumbles lost#27 / 47 · 22nd pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

17th → 19th percentile

Explosive rate

26th → 36th percentile

Catch rate

39th → 12th percentile

TD rate

26th → 79th percentile

Yards / catch

19th → 51st 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

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	3.0	52.0	16.6	0.5
Road6g	3.8	33.3	8.4	0.7

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.3	29.1	9.7	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	3.6	61.6	16.4	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Shane Beamer

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

63 · #22 of 135 TEs

Three-star recruit. Now #22 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	South Carolina	41	512	12.5	7	--
2023	South Carolina	28	256	9.1	2	--
2022	Western Kentucky	20	273	13.7	7	--
2021	Western Kentucky	3	73	24.3	2	--
2020	Western Kentucky	33	370	11.2	3	--
2019	Western Kentucky	30	430	14.3	4	--
Career		155	1,914	12.3	25	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2024

W 44–20

vs Texas A&M

4 rec · 132 yds · 2 TD

Dominant 24-point win at home against Texas A&M.

With L. Sellers — 244 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 86.5 · 106 rush yds (15 car) · 1 TD · R. Sanders — 144 rush yds (20 car) · 2 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 10 · Texas A&M · 2&12 · Q4 · EPA +5.87LaNorris Sellers pass complete to Joshua Simon for 57 yds for a TD (Alex Herrera KICK)
Week 10 · Texas A&M · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.63LaNorris Sellers pass complete to Joshua Simon for 40 yds to the TA&M 44 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Missouri · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.60LaNorris Sellers pass complete to Joshua Simon for 30 yds to the MIZ 45 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Vanderbilt · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.58LaNorris Sellers pass complete to Joshua Simon for 17 yds for a TD (Alex Herrera KICK)
Week 2 · Kentucky · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.57Joshua Simon 16 Yd pass from LaNorris Sellers (Alex Herrera Kick)
Week 1 · Illinois · 2&6 · Q4 · EPA +2.53LaNorris Sellers pass complete to Joshua Simon for 6 yds for a TD (Alex Herrera KICK)
Week 12 · Missouri · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.52LaNorris Sellers pass complete to Joshua Simon for 29 yds to the MIZ 48 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Vanderbilt · 3&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.52LaNorris Sellers pass complete to Joshua Simon for 12 yds to the SC 43 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Illinois · 2&4 · Q4 · EPA +2.27LaNorris Sellers pass complete to Joshua Simon for 24 yds to the ILL 45 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Akron · 2&7 · Q1 · EPA +2.17Robby Ashford pass complete to Joshua Simon for 17 yds to the AKR 45 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week