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2018 Rams Football Roster

36 Atlee Simon

  • Position Running Back
  • Ht./Wt. 6-0 / 205
  • Year 5th
  • Hometown Regina, Sask.
  • Previous School Thom Collegiate

Biography

(Action photo: Piper Sports Photography)

• 2017-18 University of Regina Male Athlete of the Year

• 2017 Canada West All-Star

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Finishes his University of Regina career as the school's all-time leader in rushing yards (3295), rushing touchdowns (22), and touchdowns scored (31) ... also ranks second in school history in career all-purpose yards (4134) ... career total of 3295 rushing yards also ranks ninth in Canada West history.

UNIVERSITY OF REGINA 2018: Started five Canada West games at running back for the Rams, but missed half the season due to an injury suffered early in the team's Week 2 game at Alberta (Sept. 7) ... finished the season with 55 rushes for 352 yards and two touchdowns ... also had three catches for 42 yards ... had 16 rushes for 146 yards in the team's Week 1 game against Calgary (Aug. 31), including a 75-yard touchdown rush that goes down as the longest of his career ... after being injured in that Week 2 game at Alberta, didn't return until after the bye week in the Week 6 clash against the Golden Bears (Oct. 12).

UNIVERSITY OF REGINA 2017: Named a Canada West all-star ... also named the 2017-18 University of Regina Male Athlete of the Year ... rushed for 664 yards in the team's final four conference games alone to help him surpass Neal Hughes as the school's all-time leader in rushing yards ... also became the U of R's all-time leader in rushing touchdowns and touchdowns scored ... finished the Canada West schedule with 914 rushing yards and three touchdown runs while also catching 27 passes for 293 yards and three touchdowns ... total of 914 rushing yards is the fourth highest in school single-season history and 1230 all-purpose yards ranks fifth in U of R history ... set a Rams playoff record and a new individual career high with 222 rushing yards in the team's Canada West semifinal at UBC (Nov. 4) while also punting twice for an average of 33.5 yards ... also eclipsed the 200-yard mark with a 205-yard performance in a double-overtime road win at Alberta (Oct. 14) ... including the postseason, rushed for at least 100 yards in each of the team's final five games.

UNIVERSITY OF REGINA 2016: Was injured early in the team's Week 1 game at Saskatchewan and also missed the team's Week 2 win over Manitoba, but still finished the season with 113 carries for 567 yards and four touchdowns ... also had 17 receptions for 203 yards and another four touchdowns ... was second on the Rams in scoring (eight touchdowns for a total of 48 points) and third on the team with 770 all-purpose yards ... had triple digits in rushing in three consecutive games with 114 against Saskatchewan in Week 5, 162 at Alberta in Week 6, and 111 against UBC in Week 7 ... had a season-high 183 all-purpose yards in the Alberta game ... had three touchdown receptions (tied for third most in U of R single-game history) and scored four touchdowns in total (tied for most in U of R history) in the team's Week 8 win at Manitoba ... had 16 rushes for 78 yards and three touchdowns in the Canada West semifinal against UBC.

UNIVERSITY OF REGINA 2015: Despite missing one game due to injury, led Canada West in carries (155), rushing yards (938), and rushing yards per game (134.0) ... total of 938 rushing yards stands as the third highest in U of R single-season history ... had over 150 rushing yards in four of his seven games played, including a season-high 207 yards in Week 2 at UBC (Sept. 12) that marked just the sixth time that a Rams player has broken the 200-yard barrier in a CIS game ... also had big games in Week 1 against Alberta (28 rushes for 189 yards), in Week 6 against Manitoba (29 for 198), and in Week 8 against Saskatchewan (29 for 155) ... finished the conference schedule with six rushing touchdowns, three of which came in Week 6 against Manitoba (Oct. 17) as he tied the school single-game record for the third time in his career.

UNIVERSITY OF REGINA RAMS 2014: Along with Grey McKen, Danny Nesbitt, and Eric Wicijowski, was one of just four players to step straight out of high school into the Rams' lineup ... played in all eight Canada West games ... emerged as the team's starting running back starting with Week 6 and had a brilliant finish to the season, rushing for over 100 yards in each of the team's final three conference games and collecting three touchdown rushes in both Week 7 and Week 8 ... finished the Canada West schedule with 81 rushes for 524 yards ... also had seven touchdown runs in conference play, a total which ranks third in U of R single-season history ... had 18 rushes for 121 yards and a touchdown in his first career start, which came in Week 6 at UBC (Oct. 18) ... was named the Canada West and CIS Offensive Player of the Week after rushing 24 times for 154 yards and tying school records with three touchdown runs and four touchdowns scored overall in the team's Week 7 win over Manitoba (Oct. 25) ... had 18 carries for 105 yards and three rushing touchdowns in the Week 8 win over Alberta (Nov. 1) ... also had 14 catches for 163 yards and one touchdown during the conference schedule ... handled kickoff duties for the Rams before taking over as the starting running back, finishing the season with 21 kickoffs for an average of 49.4 yards.

PERSONAL: A dual-sport athlete at the U of R as a member of both the Cougars track & field team and the Rams ... enrolled in the Faculty of Education ... attended Harvest City Collegiate in Regina before coming to the U of R, but played high school football for Thom Collegiate ... played for Team West at the 2017 U SPORTS Valero East-West Bowl ... selected by the Calgary Stampeders in the sixth round (50th overall) in the 2018 CFL Draft ... attended training camp with Calgary in 2018 and signed a contract with the Stampeders in December of 2018.
 
RUSHING g att yards td long avg/c avg/g
2014 8 81 524 7 45 6.5 65.5
2015 7 155 938 6 36 6.1 134.0
2016 7 113 567 4 37 5.0 81.0
2017 8 152 914 3 53 6.0 114.2
2018 5 55 352 2 75 6.4 70.4
TOTAL 35 556 3295 22 75 5.9 94.1
 
RECEIVING g rec yards td long rec/g avg/c avg/g
2014 8 12 150 1 60 1.5 12.5 18.8
2015 7 5 39 1 10 0.7 7.8 5.6
2016 7 17 203 4 30 2.4 11.9 29.0
2017 8 27 293 3 42 3.4 10.9 36.6
2018 5 3 42 0 28 0.6 14.0 8.4
TOTAL 35 64 727 9 60 1.8 11.4 20.8
 
SCORING g td rush rcv ret pat 2pat fg rg total avg/g
2014 8 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 48 6.0
2015 7 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 42 6.0
2016 7 8 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 48 6.9
2017 8 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 36 4.5
2018 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 2.4
TOTAL 35 31 22 9 0 0 0 0 0 186 5.3
 
KICK RETURNS g no. yards td long avg/r avg/g
2014 8 3 63 0 23 21.0 7.9
2015 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0
2016 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0
2017 8 1 23 0 23 23.0 2.9
2018 5 1 26 0 26 26.0 5.2
TOTAL 35 5 112 0 26 22.4 3.2
 
ALL PURPOSE g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g
2014 8 524 150 0 63 0 737 92.1
2015 7 938 39 0 0 0 977 139.6
2016 7 567 203 0 0 0 770 110.0
2017 8 914 293 0 23 0 1230 153.8
2018 5 352 42 0 26 0 420 84.0
TOTAL 35 3295 727 0 112 0 4134 118.1
 

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