Sims ended spring training listed as the backup running behind De’Andre Brown.2014 (Junior): Sims had a productive first season as a Wildcat after sitting out the 2013 season because he transferred to ACU. Played in 11 games (six starts) and finished with 559 yards and four touchdowns on 106 carries. Turned in his best performance as a Wildcat on Sept. 27 in ACU’s 59-14 win at Houston Baptist when he ran for 128 yards and three touchdowns on 15 carries and had another 66 yards on four receptions. In ACU’s Sept. 13 win at Troy, he had 20 carries for 96 yards before leaving the game with a knee injury. After the win at Houston Baptist, he followed up that 128-yard performance with 90 yards on 16 carries against Lamar (24-21 ACU loss on Oct. 4) and another 86 yards and one touchdown on 10 carries against Ave Maria (55-14 ACU win on Oct. 11).
2012 (Sophomore / Lamar): Played in seven games in 2012 before leaving the team in the midst of a 4-8 campaign. Still finished second on the team in rushing yards with388 on 96 carries (4.0 yards per carry). Sims scored two touchdowns and had a long run of 25 yards on the season. He had a season-best 99 yards on 18 carries in his last game of his season, a 52-21 win over McMurry on Oct. 13 in Beaumont. He also ran for 83 yards and one touchdown in a 31-0 win over Prairie View A&M on Sept. 8.
2011 (Freshman / Oklahoma State): Played in nine games as a true freshman at Oklahoma State, finishing third on the team with 242 rushing yards. Helped the Cowboys to a 12-1 record, a Big 12 championship and a 41-38 win over Stanford in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. Posted 100-yard rushing efforts against Texas Tech (111) and Baylor (104), and averaged a robust 7.8 yards per carry on the season. Ripped off an 81-yard touchdown run against Baylor for OSU's longest play of the year and the longest in the Big 12 in 2011. Scored on a 1-yard run against Kansas for his first collegiate touchdown.
High school: Ran for 2,352 yards as a junior in 2009 and 709 during an injury-plagued senior campaign for Abilene HS. Led the Eagles to the 2009 Class 5A Division state championship as a junior, the program's seventh state championship, but first since 1956. Ranked as the second-best all-purpose running back in the country as a senior by Rivals.com. A SuperPrep All-American, Sims was ranked as the No. 8 player in Texas and the No. 73 overall recruit in the nation by Rivals.com. First-team Associated Press all-state and was the Texas 5A Offensive Player of the Year as a junior. Ranked as the No. 5 running back in America and the No. 6 player in Texas by Scout. Placed fourth in the state meet as a sprinter.
Personal: 2011 graduate of Abilene High School. Born 17 September 1991.
