Baylor

Previous School: Played the 2023 and 2024 seasons at Ohio State, seeing action in five games – and redshirting – in 2023 before playing in nine games in 2024 as the Buckeyes won the 2025 CFP National Championship … 2024: Played in nine games as a reserve as Ohio State claimed the CFP National Championship … Totaled two tackles … Had a tackle vs. Western Michigan and at Penn State … Also, saw action vs. Akron, Marshall, Michigan State, Iowa, Oregon, Nebraska and Indiana … 2023: Saw action in five games as a true freshman, with a fifth game coming in the post-season and allowing a redshirt season … Totaled two tackles … Saw 24 defensive snaps over two games vs. Rutgers and Michigan State … Also played on special teams vs. Minnesota, Michigan and Missouri in the Cotton Bowl … Earned OSU Scholar-Athlete status. 

High School: Consensus four-star recruit out of Waxahachie High School outside of Dallas-Fort Worth … Was a top-50 recruit … Ranked by 247Sports as a four-star recruit, the No. 16 prospect in Texas as the 89th overall prospect … On3 ranked as a four-star prospect, the 58^th best recruit in the nation, the seventh-best cornerback and the ninth-best prospect in Texas … Rated by Rivals as a four-star recruit, the No. 49 prospect, the sixth-best cornerback and the 12^th best Texas recruit … ESPN ranked as a four-star recruit, No. 149 overall nationally, No. 26 in the state and No. 16 at CB … Played in the US Army All-America Bowl in San Antonio in Jan. of 2023 … Had 25 tackles in 10 games as a senior in 2022, with two TFLs, three pass break-ups and one fumble recovery while leading Waxahachie to a 10-3 mark … As a junior, had 29 tackles, five TFLs, one sack and one interception … Also ran track, going for a 10.97 100-meter and a 22.0 200-meter mark in the spring of 2021 … Chose Ohio State out of high school while owning at least 18 offers, including Alabama, Baylor, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Oregon, SMU, Stanford, Texas, Texas Tech and Vanderbilt.

Personal: Son of Janel Simpson.