Wyatt Simmons

2025 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll 2025 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN): Saw action in all 12 games … Made 17 tackles while blocking one punt … Collected six tackles in a loss to Missouri to conclude the regular season (Nov. 29) … Recorded one tackle in a loss at No. 17 Texas (Nov. 22) … Made three tackles and blocked a punt that was returned for a touchdown in a loss at LSU (Nov. 15) … Became the first Arkansas player to block a punt since Quincey McAdoo did so against Liberty on Nov. 5, 2022 (Nov. 15) while his blocked punt was the first returned for a touchdown by Arkansas since 2009 … Collected a tackle in a loss to Mississippi State (Nov. 1) … Saw action in a loss to Auburn (Oct. 25) … Made one tackle in a loss to No. 4 Texas A&M (Oct. 18) … Saw game action in a loss at No. 12 Tennessee (Oct. 11) … Played in a loss to Notre Dame (Sept. 27) … Saw action at Memphis (Sept. 20) … Saw action in a loss at Ole Miss (Sept. 13) … Tallied three stops in a win over Arkansas State (Sept. 6) … Saw action in a season-opening win over Alabama A&M, making two tackles (Aug. 30). 2024 (FRESHMAN) Saw first game action in Liberty Bowl victory over Texas Tech (Dec. 27). HIGH SCHOOL: A consensus three-star prospect according to 247Sports, Rivals, ESPN and On3 … Rated the No. 13 inside linebacker nationally and No. 5 overall prospect in Arkansas by ESPN … No. 41 linebacker in the country and No. 6 overall prospect in Arkansas according to Rivals … No. 44 linebacker nationally and No. 6 overall prospect in Arkansas by On3 … Played for head coach Neil Evans at Harding Academy … Helped Harding to a 15-0 record and an Arkansas Class 4A state title as a senior … Posted 77 total tackles, 13.0 tackles for loss, four sacks, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery as a senior … Also ran 18 times for 79 yards and eight touchdowns as a senior … Totaled 77 tackles, 12.0 tackles for loss, six sacks and one fumble recovery in 13 games as a senior … CHOSE ARKANSAS OVER: Auburn, Clemson, Florida State, Illinois, Mississippi State, Miami (Fla.), Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Texas, South Carolina, USC and others. PERSONAL: Father, Paul Simmons, is the head coach at Harding University in Searcy, Ark. … Birthdate: Dec. 17, 2004.