Completed Event: Football versus Illinois State on August 30, 2025 , Win , 35, to, 3
Final
Football
35
vs Illinois State
3
University of Oklahoma Athletics
2025 Football Roster
Simmons, Derek
Jersey Number 66
Derek Simmons
- Position:
- OL
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 317
- Hometown:
- Shepherdstown, W.Va.
- Prev School:
- Western Carolina University
Bio
2024 (WESTERN CAROLINA)
Started all 10 games in which he played … registered 612 offensive snaps … allowed no quarterback sacks in 417 pass-blocking snaps according to PFF.
2023 (WESTERN CAROLINA)
Started season's first six games before being sidelined at end of campaign … totaled 366 offensive snaps.
2022 (WESTERN CAROLINA)
Did not play … sat out season as a transfer.
2021 (ABILENE CHRISTIAN)
Started all 11 games at right tackle.
2020 (TUSCULUM)
Appeared in one game vs. Limestone (4/3).
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Fletcher High School in Jacksonville, Fla. … named first-team all-district with 43 pancake blocks as a senior … also lettered in baseball … was an unranked prospect in the 2020 class.
PERSONAL
Enrolled at OU in January 2025 ... graduated from Western Carolina in December 2024 with a degree in sport management (minored in business) ... pursing a master's degree from OU in organizational leadership.
Started all 10 games in which he played … registered 612 offensive snaps … allowed no quarterback sacks in 417 pass-blocking snaps according to PFF.
2023 (WESTERN CAROLINA)
Started season's first six games before being sidelined at end of campaign … totaled 366 offensive snaps.
2022 (WESTERN CAROLINA)
Did not play … sat out season as a transfer.
2021 (ABILENE CHRISTIAN)
Started all 11 games at right tackle.
2020 (TUSCULUM)
Appeared in one game vs. Limestone (4/3).
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Fletcher High School in Jacksonville, Fla. … named first-team all-district with 43 pancake blocks as a senior … also lettered in baseball … was an unranked prospect in the 2020 class.
PERSONAL
Enrolled at OU in January 2025 ... graduated from Western Carolina in December 2024 with a degree in sport management (minored in business) ... pursing a master's degree from OU in organizational leadership.
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