2024 Football Roster
Roster
Ja'Len Sims
- Position:
- Linebacker
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 220
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Birmingham, Ala.
- High School:
- Fultondale HS
- Prev School:
- Copiah-Lincoln CC
2023 (Redshirt Jr.): Saw action in 11 games with no starting assignments…Played on special teams…Ended the year with 31 tackles (10 solos)…Added three tackles for loss for eight yards and a pair of sacks for six yards…Recorded season-high eight tackles at Mississippi State (11/18)…Posted six stops at Arkansas State (9/23) and four in the season opener versus Alcorn State (9/2).
2022 Co-Lin (Redshirt So.): Appeared in all nine games for the Wolves under coach Glenn Davis … Collected 74 stops (40 solo), including four sacks for 37 yards and 10.5 tackles for loss for 58 yards … Season-best 11 tackles (five solo) against Mississippi Delta (9/8) with two sacks and 3.5 tackles for loss … 10 tackles (seven solo) against Coahoma (9/29) along with two sacks and two tackles for loss … Received Second-Team All-MACCC South Honors.
2021 Memphis (Redshirt Fr.): Appeared in all 12 games for the Tigers … Served primarily on special teams … Recorded one tackle and forced fumble against No. 23 SMU (11/6).
2020 Memphis (Redshirt Fr.): Played in three games over the course of the season … Had one stop against Arkansas State (9/5) … Team finished 8-3 and won Montgomery Bowl.
2019 Memphis (Freshman): Redshirted the year, playing in one game against Penn State in the Cotton Bowl.
High School: Started four years at Fultondale HS (Birmingham, Ala.) for Don Dover (2018) and Richie Busby (2015-17) … Helped Wildcats to four-consecutive Alabama High School Athletic Association playoff berths in Class 3A … Won Region 3A-6 titles in 2016, 2017 and Region 3A-5 title in 2018 … Collected over 400 tackles in Wildcat career … As a senior in 2018, tallied 114 tackles, 17 tackles for loss, two interceptions, one sack, one fumble recovery and one touchdown … Season efforts earned him Alabama Sports Writers Association All-State First-Team Honors, AL.com Super All-State Team Honors, AL.com All-Birmingham Region First-Team Honors and a spot on the Mississippi-Alabama All-Star roster … As a junior in 2017, led team to 11-1 finish, a school record for wins … Anchored defensive unit with 162 tackles … Earned ASWA All-State First-Team and AL.com Super All-State Team Honors as well as AL.com Birmingham Region Defensive Player of the Year Honors … As a sophomore in 2016, had 143 stops, 18 sacks and two interceptions … Named to ASWA All-State Second-Team and AL.com All-Birmingham Region Second-Team … As a freshman in 2015, earned AL.com All-Birmingham Region Second-Team Honors … Received offers from Memphis, LSU, Ole Miss and others
Personal: Son of Brandon and Tangee Sims … Majoring in Interdisciplinary Study
