#11

Zak Simon

Junior wide receiver for Massachusetts. 2019: 31 catches, 350 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · Massachusetts · Jr. · #11

5′10″ · 180 lb · Temecula, CA

Massachusetts 2019 alumnus

The story

3 wide receiver for Massachusetts. 2019: 31 catches, 350 receiving yards, 2 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Massachusetts, 588 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

The week the volume broke through — put up 74 yds vs Coastal Carolina.Coastal Carolina · L 28-622019

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Massachusetts

2018–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2019

2 coaches

2018

Mark Whipple

Massachusetts

2019

Walt Bell

Massachusetts

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Mark Whipple → Walt Bell. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Massachusetts4-8HC: Mark Whipple · Balanced

2019Massachusetts1-11HC: Walt Bell · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: long catch (27th percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#265 / 556 · 51st pct

Rec yards#321 / 556 · 42nd pct

350

Rec TDs#293 / 556 · 39th pct

Yards / catch#392 / 556 · 29th pct

11.3

Long catch#402 / 556 · 27th pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.7	33.2	11.3	0.3
Road5g	3.0	30.2	10.7	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.0	37.7	11.7	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	2.6	24.8	10.3	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Joe Harasymiak

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Massachusetts	31	350	11.3	2	--
2018	Massachusetts	15	238	15.9	2	--
Career		46	588	12.8	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2019

W 37–29

vs Akron

2 rec · 15 yds

Edged out Akron at home in a shootout.

With M. Curtis — 173 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 70.2 · 69 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD · G. Georgopoulos — 40 AVG · 47 LONG · 4 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 21-48@ Rutgers	2	17	8.5	0	13
Wk 2	L 20-45vs Southern Illinois	3	60	20.0	0	38
Wk 3	L 17-52@ Charlotte	2	17	8.5	0	10
Wk 4	L 28-62vs Coastal Carolina	5	74	14.8	1	23	Season-high 74 yds
Wk 5	W 37-29vs Akron	2	15	7.5	0	8
Wk 7	L 21-69@ Louisiana Tech	4	43	10.8	0	18
Wk 9	L 35-56vs UConn	3	25	8.3	0	9
Wk 10	L 21-63vs Liberty	1	10	10.0	0	10
Wk 11	L 7-63@ Army	1	16	16.0	0	16
Wk 12	L 6-45@ Northwestern	6	58	9.7	0	15
Wk 13	L 24-56vs BYU	2	15	7.5	1	12
Total		31	350	11.1	2	38

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

Zak Simon

2019 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

DNA match

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