Coastal Carolina’s Former Big-Play Vertical Threat
Jerome Simpson was a 6-2, 185-pound Coastal Carolina wideout whose game was built on speed, long-stride separation, and track-level explosiveness—he still holds Chanticleer track-and-field records in the long jump and high jump. In college, he finished with 2,720 receiving yards and was the program’s all-time receiving leader at the time, with a 1,077-yard season in 2006 showing true WR1 juice. If you want a receiver who can stress defenses vertically and compete with twitchy athleticism, Simpson was the kind of athlete who changed the geometry of a secondary.
