Evan Simon
| Temple Owls – No. 12 | |
|---|---|
| Position | Quarterback |
| Class |  |
| Major | Communication/Labor and Employment Relations |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | Manheim, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Weight | 205 lb (93 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College | |
| High school | Manheim Central (Manheim, Pennsylvania) |
Evan Michael Simon is an American football quarterback for the Temple Owls. He previously played for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights.
Early life and high school
[edit]Simon grew up in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania and attended Manheim Central High School. Coming out of high school, Simon was rated as a three-star recruit and committed to play college football for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights.[1]
College career
[edit]Rutgers
[edit]As a freshman in 2021, Simon completed 16 of 28 pass attempts for 145 yards and an interception.[2] He finished the 2022 season playing in nine games with two starts, where he completed 79 of 133 passes for 777 yards and four touchdowns with six interceptions.[3] In 2023, Simon appeared in just one game, where he completed two of three pass attempts for 30 yards and a touchdown.[3] After the season, he entered his name into the NCAA transfer portal.[4]
Temple
[edit]Simon transferred to play for the Temple Owls.[3][5] In his first start in week 3 of the 2024 season, he completed 17 of 25 passing attempts for 185 yards, two touchdowns, and an interception in a loss to Coastal Carolina.[6] In week 4, Simon completed 17 of 27 passes for 271 yards and five touchdowns and rushed for 49 yards and a touchdown as he led the Owls to their first win of the 2024 season, beating Utah State.[7]
Statistics
[edit]| Season | Team | Games | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Record | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | |||
| 2020 | Rutgers | Redshirted 
| |||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Rutgers | 6 | 0 | — | 16 | 28 | 57.1 | 145 | 5.2 | 0 | 1 | 93.5 | 8 | 6 | 0.8 | 0 | |
| 2022 | Rutgers | 9 | 2 | 1–1 | 79 | 137 | 57.7 | 777 | 5.7 | 4 | 6 | 106.2 | 22 | -2 | -0.1 | 0 | |
| 2023 | Rutgers | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 30 | 10.0 | 1 | 0 | 260.7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 2024 | Temple | 9 | 9 | 3–6 | 181 | 308 | 58.8 | 2,032 | 6.6 | 15 | 9 | 124.4 | 87 | 20 | 0.2 | 3 | |
| Career | 25 | 11 | 4–7 | 278 | 476 | 58.4 | 2,984 | 6.3 | 20 | 16 | 118.2 | 117 | 24 | 0.2 | 3 | ||
References
[edit]- ^ Hunt, Todderick (May 13, 2019). "BREAKING: Pennsylvania 3-star QB Evan Simon commits to Rutgers". NJ.com. Retrieved October 6, 2024.
- ^ "Evan Simon 2021 Game Logs". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 6, 2024.
- ^ a b c Fonesca, Brian (December 15, 2023). "Former Rutgers QB Evan Simon finds landing spot, replaces son of ex-Giants QB". NJ.com. Retrieved October 6, 2024.
- ^ Fonseca, Brian (November 29, 2023). "Rutgers backup QB enters transfer portal". NJ.com. Retrieved October 6, 2024.
- ^ O'Neal, Sam. "Temple searching for answers at quarterback after Evan Simon suffers injury to his throwing shoulder". Inquirer.com. Retrieved October 6, 2024.
- ^ Morgan, Bruce (September 14, 2024). "Manheim Central grad gets shot to start at QB for Temple". Lancaster Online. Retrieved October 6, 2024.
- ^ Landis, Declen (September 23, 2024). "Stan Drayton hasn't named starting quarterback despite Temple's success under Evan Simon". Inquirer.com. Retrieved October 6, 2024.