University of Michigan Football
All-American, 1979
Team Co-Captain, 1979
Ron Simpkins
Linebacker
This Detroit native left Michigan as the school's all-time tackler with a total of 516. His 174 in 1977 and 168 in 1978 ranked one-two on the Michigan seasonal list when he graduated. In 1979 (150 tackles) he was named to numerous All-American contingents. He was a three-time All-Big Ten selection and was also named the squad's MVP in 1979. He was drafted in the seventh round of the 1980 NFL draft by the Cincinnati Bengals where he made the squad as a rookie.
CAREER STATISTICS
| Tackles | Pass Defense | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | GP | S | A | T | TFL | Sacks | F-R | | | PBU | Int | YDS | tds | ||||||||||
| 1976 | 14 | 10 | 24 | 3-4 | 0 | | | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1977 | 12 | 126 | 48 | 174 | 10-51 | 5 | | | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1978 | 11 | 118 | 50 | 168 | 9-62 | 1 | | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1979 | 12 | 88 | 62 | 150 | 7-52 | 1 | | | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Career | 346 | 170 | 516 | 29-169 | 7 | | | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||||
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