AT WASHINGTON

2025: Enrolled at Washington in January, 2025, for the start of the winter academic quarter.

HIGH SCHOOL

Played receiver and outside linebacker at West Albany … helped the Bulldogs to a 9-3 overall record, 5-0 league mark and the state 5A semifinals as a senior in 2024 … named to the All-Mid-Willamette League first team as both a wide receiver and defensive end in 2024 … as a senior, caught 41 passes for 756 yards and seven touchdowns … also had 29 tackles, three sacks and an interception in 2024 … as a junior, had 39 receptions for 714 yards and eight scores … also credited with 31 tackles, two sacks and a pick as a junior … named the 5A all-state honorable mention in 2023 … that season, West Albany finished 8-3 overall, 7-2 in the 5A Mid-Willamette League and reached the state’s 5A quarterfinals … rated the No. 9 overall recruit in Oregon and No. 67 tight end in the country by 247Sports.com … a standout discus thrower, who also ran sprints, on his high school track team … finished fifth in the 5A state championships in the discus as a junior in 2024 … also made it to state in the discus and in the 4x100 in 2023 … also on the basketball team … played football for coach Brian Mehl.

Austin Simmons