2024 Football Roster
Jersey Number 18
Hunter Simmons
- Position:
- Quarterback
- Class:
- Junior
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 215
- Hometown:
- Marion, Ill.
- High School:
- Marion
- Major:
- Accounting
2024 (JUNIOR)
- Played in 5 games and made 3 starts before suffering a season-ending injury
- Completed 73-of-128 passes (.570) for 852 yards, 3 TDs and 0 interceptions on the season
- Had a pair of 300-yard passing games vs. SEMO (341) and South Dakota (306)
2023 (SOPHOMORE)
- Played in 5 games as Nic Baker's backup
- Completed 18-of-35 passes for 169 yards, 1 TD and 1 INT
- Had a season-high 6-of-10 passing for 60 yards and a touchdown at Western Illinois
2022 (FRESHMAN)
- Did not see action
- Named to the MVFC's Honor Roll
2021 (REDSHIRT)
Played in 1 game (Dayton) and had 1 carry for 2 yards ... Redshirted
HIGH SCHOOL
The Southern Illinoisan Football Player of the Year in 2020 ... Led Marion HS to a 6-0 record his senior year in a COVID-shortened season, completing 108 of 168 passes (64.3 percent) for 1,693 yards with 13 touchdowns and one interception ... Added 242 yards rushing on 31 carries, scoring five TDs ... His team (Mt. Vernon HS) was 0-9 his junior year (2019) ... Turned down preferred walk-on offers from FBS programs to sign with SIU.
PERSONAL
Majoring in accounting.
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