Jamar Simpson Season 2021

AT SAN JOSE STATE: In his third season with the Spartans... Competing for a spot in the wide receiver rotation... First joined the team for 2019 Fall drills... Signed a National Letter-of-Intent in December 2018... One of two members of the team with major college participation in two sports... Has four seasons of football eligibility remaining... A 2020 Mountain West all-academic team honoree.

2020 FOOTBALL: Did not see any game action.

2019 FOOTBALL: Completed a redshirt season.

2020 TRACK & FIELD: Was a sprinter for the track and field team... Posted indoor best times of 7.04 in the 60 at the 2020 Mountain West Indoor Track and Field Championships and 24.10 in the 200 at the Don Kirby Invitational in Albuquerque, N.M. ... Outdoor season was canceled due to COVID-19.

HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered in football (Coach Pete Duffy) and track and field at Rancho Verde High in Moreno Valley, Calif. ... Explosive wide receiver who averaged 23.8 yards per catch on 62 receptions for 1,476 yards and 18 touchdowns his last two seasons... A breakout senior year catching 36 passes for 985 yards and 13 TDs... Helped Rancho Verde High post a 13-1 win-loss record and a berth in the California Interscholastic Federation (C.I.F.) Southern Section Division II championship game... Was invited to play in the 2018 Makasi Bowl 3 Inland Empire team... A school record-setting sprinter on the track and field team... Specialized in the 100, but also competed in the sprint medley and 4x400 relay quartets... Set the school record in the 100 with a 10.96 at the 2019 Inland Empire Championships (4/13/19)... Ran the opening leg of Rancho Verde's 4x100 relay team that established a new record with a 42.32 third-place finish at the 2019 C.I.F. Southern Section Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

MORE ON JAMAR: A business administration major... Honored by the Riverside (Calif.) County chapter of the National Football Foundation as one of its 2019 Scholar-Athlete award winners.