Joshua Simon

#6 · TE · Sr. · South Carolina6′4″ · 259 lb · Dalzell, SC · Crestwood

Joshua Simon: TE · South Carolina · #6.

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Joshua Simon

TE · South Carolina · Sr · #6

Creates mismatches lined up all over the formation. The six seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Tyson Helton and Shane Beamer. All-Conference USA in 2022 was the second season with an honor. On tape: 132 receiving yards and 4 receptions against Texas A&M, Week 10, 2024.

Style of play

Play style

Lined up out wide as often as inline. Creates mismatches downfield.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

South Carolina in the news

Shane Beamer calls out conspiracy theoriesOct 25
South Carolina DB out for Tennessee gameOn3 Oct 24
New suites sold out247Sports Oct 20

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2024	South Carolina	41	512	12.5	7	57
2023	South Carolina	28	256	9.1	2	33
2022	Western Kentucky	20	273	13.7	7	47
2021	Western Kentucky	3	73	24.3	2	45
2020	Western Kentucky	33	370	11.2	3	40
2019	Western Kentucky	30	430	14.3	4	77
Career		155	1,914	12.3	25	77

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 23-19vs Old Dominion	1	10	10.0	0	10
Wk 2	W 31-6@ Kentucky	2	9	4.5	1	16
Wk 3	L 33-36vs No. 16 LSU	3	40	13.3	0	17
Wk 4	W 50-7vs Akron	1	17	17.0	0	17
Wk 6	L 3-27vs No. 12 Ole Miss	5	37	7.4	0	17
Wk 7	L 25-27@ No. 7 Alabama	5	22	4.4	0	8
Wk 8	W 35-9@ Oklahoma	4	43	10.8	1	33
Wk 10	W 44-20vs No. 10 Texas A&M	4	132	33.0	2	57	Season-high 132 yds
Wk 11	W 28-7@ No. 24 Vanderbilt	3	40	13.3	1	17
Wk 12	W 34-30vs No. 24 Missouri	4	76	19.0	1	30
Wk 14	W 17-14@ No. 12 Clemson	3	17	5.7	0	9
Bowl	L 17-21vs No. 21 Illinois	6	69	11.5	1	24
Total		41	512	12.5	7	57

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 · 5 rec · 92 yds

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 10 · Texas A&M · 2nd and 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 · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.63LaNorris Sellers pass complete to Joshua Simon for 40 yds to the TA&M 44 for a
Week 12 · Missouri · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.60LaNorris Sellers pass complete to Joshua Simon for 30 yds to the MIZ 45 for a
Week 11 · Vanderbilt · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.58LaNorris Sellers pass complete to Joshua Simon for 17 yds for a TD (Alex Herrera KICK)
Week 2 · Kentucky · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.57Sellers to Simon: a 16-yard touchdown pass.
Week 1 · Illinois · 2nd and 6 · Q4 · EPA +2.53LaNorris Sellers pass complete to Joshua Simon for 6 yds for a TD (Alex Herrera KICK)

4 more plays

Week 12 · Missouri · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.52LaNorris Sellers pass complete to Joshua Simon for 29 yds to the MIZ 48 for a
Week 11 · Vanderbilt · 3rd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.52LaNorris Sellers pass complete to Joshua Simon for 12 yds to the SC 43 for a
Week 1 · Illinois · 2nd and 4 · Q4 · EPA +2.27LaNorris Sellers pass complete to Joshua Simon for 24 yds to the ILL 45 for a
Week 4 · Akron · 2nd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +2.17Robby Ashford pass complete to Joshua Simon for 17 yds to the AKR 45 for a

Teams and coaches

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

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 63 (#22 of 135). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2024 season

63Quality starter #22 of 135 · 2024?

11 metrics · season cumulative

2024 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. 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 in 2024. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

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
Road5g	3.4	26.2	7.7	0.6

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

2024 season

Head Coach

Shane Beamer

Pass share

38.8%

341 pass / 537 run

Plays / game

67.5

13 games

Team sack rate

8.9%

392 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Impact starter

41 catches in 12 games, more catches a game than most FBS tight ends who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

63 · #22 of 135 TEs · 2024

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

Joshua Simon

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Style of play

Fans

South Carolina in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

Impact starter

Six seasons, two schools

Moves

2019 12 games

2020 9 games

2022 11 games

2023 10 games