Marcus Simms

Junior wide receiver for West Virginia. 2018: 46 catches, 699 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · West Virginia · Jr. · #8

6′0″ · 194 lb · Sandy Spring, MD

West Virginia 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 645 nationally · Signed with West Virginia

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 wide receiver for West Virginia. 2018: 46 catches, 699 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to West Virginia in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at West Virginia, 1,457 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

The week the volume broke through — put up 138 yds at Texas Tech.Texas Tech · W 42-342018

20163 games

Signed with West Virginia3-star out of Sherwood

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#645 national

CFB

College

West Virginia

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

1 coach

2016–2018

Dana Holgorsen

West Virginia

Played his entire career under Dana Holgorsen.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Dana Holgorsen — 25-13 over that span.

2016West Virginia10-3HC: Dana Holgorsen · Run-leaning

2017West Virginia7-6HC: Dana Holgorsen · Balanced

2018West Virginia8-4HC: Dana Holgorsen · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: long catch (95th percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Long catch#25 / 550 · 95th pct

Rec yards#113 / 550 · 80th pct

699

Receptions#142 / 550 · 74th pct

Yards / catch#151 / 550 · 72nd pct

15.2

Rec TDs#289 / 550 · 39th pct

Rush TDs#64 / 277 · 39th pct

Rush yards#181 / 277 · 33rd pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	3.5	68.5	19.2	0.2
Road5g	5.0	57.6	11.4	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.7	83.0	18.3	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	3.6	40.2	12.4	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rich Rodriguez

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	West Virginia	46	699	15.2	2	--
2017	West Virginia	35	663	18.9	5	--
2016	West Virginia	6	95	15.8	1	--
Career		87	1,457	16.7	8	--

Season	Team
2018	West Virginia	1	5	176	58	--
2017	West Virginia	1	-1	816	99	--
2016	West Virginia	--	--	--	--	--
Career		2	4	992	157	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2018

W 42–41

at Texas

5 rec · 55 yds

Edged out Texas on the road in a shootout.

With W. Grier — 346 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · 2 rush yds (2 car) · K. McKoy — 94 rush yds (17 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 40-14@ Tennessee	2	40	20.0	0	32
Wk 2	W 52-17vs Youngstown State	8	119	14.9	0	31
Wk 4	W 35-6vs Kansas State	5	136	27.2	1	82	136-yard receiving day
Wk 5	W 42-34@ Texas Tech	9	138	15.3	1	45	Season-high 138 yds
Wk 6	W 38-22vs Kansas	2	57	28.5	0	39
Wk 7	L 14-30@ Iowa State	2	8	4.0	0	10
Wk 9	W 58-14vs Baylor	1	13	13.0	0	13
Wk 10	W 42-41@ Texas	5	55	11.0	0	25
Wk 11	W 47-10vs TCU	3	69	23.0	0	53
Wk 12	L 41-45@ Oklahoma State	7	47	6.7	0	14
Wk 13	L 56-59vs Oklahoma	2	17	8.5	0	14
Total		46	699	15.6	2	82

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