2008 Football
Roster
Dave Simpson
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 206
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- New Bern, NC
Returning starter at strong safety ... Has improved overallspeed and mobility, which should translate into better performanceon the field ... Enjoyed a solid spring practice season, and ranvery well during spring testing ... Will be one of the team’smore experienced players on defense ... Enjoys contact and can bean impact player in the secondary ... Has already logged 15 careerstarts at strong safety.
2007 Spring Game (3/31): Tied for second on theteam with six hits (one solo) ... Had a 13-yard interceptionreturn. 2006 at Gardner-Webb: Started all 11 games at strong safety... Registered 53 tackles (30 solo), one interception, a tackle forloss and two pass break ups ... Had a career-high 10 tackles (eightsolo) and an interception at Southeastern Louisiana (9/30) ... Alsoforced a fumble in that game ... Recorded eight stops (three solo)at Liberty (10/21) ... Had at least five tackles in six differentgames ... Broke up passes vs. Tennessee Tech (9/9) and Wofford(11/18). 2005 at GWU: Played in 11 games ... Started vs. Liberty(10/29) ... Was the team’s top reserve for much of the seasonat strong safety ... Finished with 40 total tackles (21 solo),three pass break ups and two fumble recoveries ... Added twotackles for loss ... Had a season-best seven tackles (four solo)vs. Liberty (10/29) ... Made six hits, recovered a fumble and brokeup a pass at No. 15 Coastal Carolina (10/15) ... Had five tacklesat No. 7 Furman (10/1) and vs. No. 8 Hampton (10/8) ... Had fourtackles, a pass break up and two tackles for loss vs. Wofford(11/18).
High School: Played football and ran track at NewBern (N.C.) High ... A two-time Class 4A All-State selectionby NCPreps.com ... Had five interceptions as a senior to earnfirst-team All-Area honors from the New Bern Sun-Journal ... Had 45tackles and a team-high seven picks as a junior ... A first-teamAll-Area selection in 2003 as well ... Led the Bears with 12interceptions over his final two seasons ... Helped New Bern to theClass 4A State Championship Game as a junior.
