Class: Senior	Height/Weight: 6-0 / 295
Home Town: Bono, Arkansas	Position/Event: Offensive Line
High School: Westside Consolidated	B/T:

student-athlete bio:

2012: Worked way onto two-deep as back-up right guard … Appeared in three games.

2011: Saw action in eight games, making three starts at right guard.

2010: Appeared in six varsity games as backup center and right guard … Made first career start at right guard vs. #19 Wabash (10/9).

2009: Played on the junior varsity squad.

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner in football and two-year letterwinner in track at Westside Consolidated High School … Team captain in both sports … Made 107 career tackles, including 22 tackles for loss, and five sacks … Two-time honorable-mention all-conference … Valedictorian of senior class … Three-time All-State Quiz Bowl … Scored a 36 on his ACT.

PERSONAL: Majoring in systems engineering … Son of Royce and Samantha Simpson.