Kendrick Simpkins is a safety at Baylor who has not played in Baylor's 8 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025.
Baylor lists 34 defensive backs this season.
Baylor is 5-3. Next: vs Iowa State, Sat Nov 7.
Simpkins moves between deep coverage and the slot. Played for two head coaches across six seasons and two programs. The first career honor came in 2023: All-Conference USA. On tape: 6 tackles against TCU, Week 8, 2025.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
23 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Baylor | 23 | 18 | 2.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Baylor | 7 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Western Kentucky | 50 | 33 | 12.0 | 8.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | Western Kentucky | 38 | 25 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2021 | Western Kentucky | 19 | 16 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- |
| 2020 | Western Kentucky | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 142 | 99 | 15.5 | 9.0 | 7 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 24-38vs Auburn | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 48-45@ No. 17 SMU | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 42-7vs Samford | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 24-27vs Arizona State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 45-27@ Oklahoma State | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 35-34vs Kansas State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 36-42@ TCU | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 9 | L 20-41@ No. 21 Cincinnati | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 28-55vs No. 15 Utah | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-41@ Arizona | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 23 | 18 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
0%0 pass breakupsTackle volume
23tackles this seasonTFL rate
9%2 TFL23 tackles · 2 for loss · 1 sack.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dave Aranda
Pass share
55.5%
510 pass / 409 run
Plays / game
76.6
12 games
Team sack rate
3.7%
565 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #468 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big 12
Based on 2025: #35 of 40 Big 12 Ss
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
The snaps went the other way.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA · 2ND TEAM
All-Conference USA 2nd team (2023)
Coaching lineage · 2020–2026
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Tyson Helton and Dave Aranda.
