Jahmiah Simmons

Photo by: Rick Yeatts Photography

Photo by: Colin Mitchell

Position:
Forward
Ht./Wt.:
6-4 / 210
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands
Prev School:
Arkansas State

CAREER
• Played in 66 games for UNT and started nine
• Scored 154 career points for UNT
• Grabbed 171 career rebounds at UNT
• Scored a single-game career high 13 points at Hawaii on Nov. 11, 2018
• Won the 2018 College Basketball Invitational
• Won the 2020 Conference USA Regular Season championship
• Won the 2021 Conference USA Tournament championship
• Won the 2022 Conference USA Regular Season championship
• Played in 91 career games total including Arkansas State and started 18
• Scored 314 total career points including at Arkansas State
• Grabbed 295 career rebounds including at Arkansas State
• Scored 16 points at App St. on Jan. 9, 2017
• Grabbed 11 rebounds versus Georgia St. on Feb. 27, 2017

2021-22
• Played in nine games
• Suffered a season ending patellar tendon tear on Jan. 8 versus Middle Tennessee
• Averaged 1.3 points per game
• Averaged 2.0 rebounds per game
• Scored a season-high six points versus UMass
• Had a season-high four rebounds (three offensive) on Jan. 1 versus Rice

2020-21
• Missed the entire season after tearing his achilles during practice in October
• Made the C-USA Honor Roll for having a 3.0+ GPA

2019-20
• Played in 27 games
• Averaged 1.3 points and 1.2 rebounds per game
• Was 14-28 (.500) from the field for the year
• Was a perfect 8-8 at the free throw line for the year
• Scored a season-high six points twice
• Had a season-high six rebounds on Nov. 5 versus Oklahoma Christian
• Played a season-high 16 minutes on Nov. 5 versus Oklahoma Christian
• Had a season-high 2 assists on Dec. 7 versus Little Rock

2018-19
• Played in 30 games and started nine
• Missed three games due to an injury
• Averaged 3.5 points and 4.0 rebounds per game
• Scored a season-high 13 points on Nov. 11 at Hawaii
• Grabbed a season-high eight rebounds three times

2017-18
• Redshirted due to NCAA transfer rules

2016-17 (Arkansas State)
• Played one season at Arkansas State
• Played in 25 games, starting nine games putting up 6.4 points per game and 5.0 rebounds per game
• During Sun Belt Conference play, appeared in all 18 games and led the team with 19 blocks
• Scored in double-figures five times, including a career-high 16 points at Appalachian State
• Posted his first career double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds against Georgia State

High School Highlights
• Simmons averaged 15.7 points, 11.3 rebounds, and 5.2 assists during his senior season at Pace High School
• Was named the Pensacola News Journal Player of the Year at Pace High School in Florida
• Helped the Patriots to the quarterfinals of the Class 6A Regional scoring 23 points
• Played in the 2016 Pensacola Sports/Subway All-Star Game scoring 17 points, including 11 in the second half
• Played for the U.S. Virgin Islands U17 team and was voted the best small forward at the FIBA Centrobasket in the summer of 2015
• Led by Mean Green assistant Jareem Dowling, the junior national team competed in the FIBA Tournament of Americas and averaged 11.4 points, 11.6 rebounds and 2.2 assists in five games played