Jelani Simmons

Height:
6-5
Weight:
198
Year:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Columbus, Ohio
High School:
Beechcroft
Position:
G
Major:
Exercise Science

2019-20 Sophomore Season
Appeared in all 33 games and made 10 starts...Averaged 5.4 points and 2.2 rebounds per game...Scored 179 points and made 26 3-pointers...Shot 78.7 percent from the free-throw line...Scored in double figures five times...Posted 12 points against USC-Upstate (11/23), Robert Morris (12/4), and IUPUI (12/28)...Had 19 points and tied a career-high five 3-pointers against Cleveland State (1/4)...Scored a career-high 23 points with four 3-pointers and made 6-of-12 shooting from the field and 7-of-8 from the free-throw line against Cleveland State (2/8).

2018-19 Freshman Season
Appeared in 31 games with 22 starts...Scored 251 points with 78 rebounds, 33 assists and 30 steals...Averaged 8.1 points per game and shot .402 from 3-point range...Ranked fifth in the Horizon League in 3-point percentage..Made 47 3-pointers, which were the third-most made by a YSU freshman...Scored in double figures 11 times...Had 14 points with four 3-pointers made against Oakland (3/6)...Has 17 points with three 3s against IUPUI (2/14)...Scored a career-high 18 points with three 3-pointers against UIC (1/10)...Posted 17 points with a career-best five 3s at Green Bay (1/3)...Scored 10 points and made three 3s at Ohio State (12/18)...Made three 3s at Binghamton (12/15)...Posted 13 points and made three 3s against Westminster (11/21)...Scored 14 points against Heidelberg on 5-of-10 made field goals and four free-throws (11/12)...Had three points and an assist against Akron (11/10)...Grabbed one rebound in his debut against Pitt (11/6).

Prior to YSU
Named Division II All-Ohio First-Team after averaging 20 points per game at Beechcroft High School...Posted averages of 15 points per game, 6.0 rebounds per game and 5.0 assists per game as a junior.

Personal
Parents are Jennifer and Humphrey Simmons...Has two brothers, Jaylen and Jordan...Major is exercise science.