Larry Simmons
Larry Simmons
Beats you over the top. Across two seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Reed Stringer and Kyle Whittingham. The receipt: 97 rec yds, 3 receptions against Kansas — Week 14, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
Career Arc
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Morgan Scalley
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Utah | 15 | 280 | 18.7 | 6 | -- |
| 2024 | Southern Miss | 27 | 421 | 15.6 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 42 | 701 | 16.7 | 7 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Utah | 1 | 8 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Southern Miss | 2 | -12 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 3 | -4 | -- | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2025
W 51–47
vs Kansas State
4 rec · 54 yds · 1 TD
Edged out Kansas State at home in a shootout.
How he plays
Play style
Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Utah
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Wide receiver · Utah
Returning around him
- 14% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
- 3 Utah players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -3 net (17 in / 20 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Utah · Last season: 11-2 (AP #15) · Talent rank #44 · 2026 recruiting class #27
DNA match
Player DNA
Deep Threat
Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Kentron Poitier’s 2022 season.
Matches Kentron on
Differs from Kentron on
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Jakobie Keeney-James’s path through Massachusetts.
T.J. Simmons
Matches Jakobie on
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to JaVonta Payton's sophomore season at Tennessee (2021).
Differs from JaVonta on
Player DNA
Players who play like Larry Simmons
Heisman trajectory
Heisman Trajectory · 2025
Peak #229
Peaked at #229 this season.
Development
Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2024–2025-33%
Sharp dropoff (-33%) — career inflection point.
Background
2025: Saw action in all 13 games as a wide receiver. Tallied 15 catches for 280 yards and six touchdowns in his first season in Utah. Hauled in three passes for 97 yards and two touchdowns in the regular-season finale at Kansas. Season-high four catches for 54 yards and a touchdown against K-Stat...