Sophomore wide receiver for USC. 2026: 12 catches, 178 receiving yards, 1 TD.
6′3″ · 205 lb · St. Louis, MO · Christian Brothers College
The numbers
receiving yards · 2026 · through week 3
Best game: 4 rec, 72 yds, 1 TD, at Rutgers
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Sophomore wide receiver for USC. 2026: 12 catches, 178 receiving yards, 1 TD.
Corey Simms
Moves the chains on third down. He has spent two seasons in the USC receiving corps. One game to point at: 72 rec yds, 4 receptions against Rutgers — Week 3, 2026.
178 REC YDS · 12 REC · 1 REC TD
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Game by game
Point color shows the opponent's defensive strength that week (red = weaker defense, blue = stronger) — dashed line is this player's own season average.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 42-26vs San José State | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 0 | 18 | |
| Wk 1 | W 39-0vs Fresno State | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | 34 | |
| Wk 2 | W 49-30vs Louisiana | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 3 | W 42-35@ Rutgers | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 1 | 52 | Season-high 72 yds |
| Total | 12 | 178 | 15.1 | 1 | 52 |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 39–0
vs Fresno State
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Since week 2: +72 receiving yards, +4 catches, +1 receiving TD.
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Lincoln Riley, all balanced offenses — 13-4 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: receptions (9th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth
How often he's targeted, and how well it works
Targets
1613% of team targetsCatch rate
75%12 of 16 targetsBehind LOS · Negative air yds
Short · 0–9 air yds
Middle · 10–19 air yds
Deep · 20+ air yds
75% catch rate on 16 targets · 13% of the team's targets.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 2.7 | 35.3 | 14.2 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 4.0 | 72.0 | 18.0 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 3.0 | 44.5 | 15.1 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lincoln Riley
Pass share
47.3%
129 pass / 144 run
Plays / game
68.2
4 games
Team sack rate
2.2%
137 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2026
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Play style
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
His 2026 production profile sits closest to Lane Hovey’s 2015 season.
Matches Lane on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to JaVonnie Gibson's sophomore season at Oklahoma (2025).
Matches JaVonnie on
Differs from JaVonnie on
2026: Simms looks to compete for playing time at wide receiver as a sophomore in 2026. 2025: Simms, who enrolled at USC in the spring of 2025 after graduating a semester early from high school, saw action in all 13 games predominately on special teams as a true freshman in 2025. He recorded 1…
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