2025 Football Roster
Roster
Kendrick Simpkins
- Position:
- Safety
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 199
- Class:
- Sixth Year
- Hometown:
- Montgomery, Ala.
- High School:
- Lee HS
- Prev School:
- Western Kentucky
2024 (Fifth-Year Senior): Played in five games and four games in the regular season to maintain a redshirt season … Totaled eight tackles, including half a stop for a loss … Made four tackles in Baylor debut vs. Tarleton … Had one tackle and half a tackle for a loss at Utah … Made single tackles vs. Air Force, Colorado and LSU in the Texas Bowl … Suffered a regular-season-ending injury in the Colorado game and didn’t return until the postseason.
Previous School: Played in 42 games with 22 starts over four years at Western Kentucky, with 120 tackles, including 12 for a loss and 7.5 sacks, eight QB hurries and one interception, forcing five fumbles and defending nine passes … 2023: Had a break-out season as a junior, with 52 tackles, 11 for a loss and 7.5 sacks, forcing four fumbles, eight QB hurries and breaking up one pass in 12 games … Started 12 games for the Toppers … Had four tackles, including 1.5 sacks in the season opener vs. USF, with one QB hurry … Had six stops, including two for a loss and one sack, forcing a fumble and adding a QB hurry vs. Houston Christian … Had five tackles, including two for a loss and a sack and forced fumble, with three QB hurries at Troy … Had five tackles vs. MTSU … Finished with two tackles, including a sack and a forced fumble at Louisiana Tech … Had six tackles, one for a loss and a pass break-up at JSU … Had five tackles vs. Liberty … Finished with three stops, including half a sack and a TFL at UTEP … Had six tackles and two hurries vs. New Mexico State … Had four tackles, including 1.5 sacks vs. Sam Houston … Had two stops, including a sack and a forced fumble at FIU … Had four tackles vs. ODU … 2022: Played in 12 games with nine starts as a sophomore … Finished with 42 tackles, including one for a loss and one interception … Broke up three passes … Had a season-high five stops vs. North Texas … Had a tackle for a loss at Auburn … Picked off a pass vs. Rice. 2021: Appeared in 12 of WKU’s 14 games with one start, helping lead the Toppers to the division title … Had 21 tackles and three pass break-ups … Had seven tackles, a season high, in a win over Charlotte. 2020: Played in six games in his collegiate debut, with five tackles and a pass break-up … Logged time at safety at No. 10 BYU after the starting safety left due to a targeting ejection, finishing with three tackles and a break-up … Had two special-teams tackles.
High School: Three-star recruit by ESPN, 247Sports and Rivals at Robert E. Lee High School in Montgomery, Ala. … Ranked as the 43rd-best prospect in Alabama … Led Lee to a 7-3 mark as a senior and chose WKU over Kansas, Nebraska and Tennessee.
