Archie Sims

Position:
Linebacker
Height:
6-0
Weight:
220
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Laurel, Miss.
High School:
Jones Co. JC

Adds depth at the weak-side linebacker position … will battle for playing time this season … suffered a hamstring injury during preseason practice last fall which hampered him the entire season … sat out the rest of the fall and the entire spring … Athletic Director’s Academic Honor Roll … BIG EAST Academic All-Star.

2007 (Jr.): redshirted.

Junior College: two-year starter for Coach Eddie Pierce at Jones County (Miss.) Junior College ... 69 stops to lead the Bobcats in tackles ... helped lead JCJC to a 6-3 record as a sophomore.

Prep: Ranked No. 11 in Mississippi by SuperPrep Magazine in its season-ending All-America Issue...Also ranked No. 6 on the Jackson Clarion-Ledger list of the state's 10 most-wanted players ... ranked 9th on the Scout.com Class of 2005 Top 30 Mississippi High School football players list ... has a 36.5-inch vertical leap, according to Scout.com ... Named to the Jackson Clarion-Ledger preseason Dandy Dozen ... That newspaper also named him first-team, all-state (all classifications) following his senior campaign ... selected to play in the Mississippi-Alabama High School all-star game following his senior season ... a three-year standout performer and two-time, all-state player at West Jones HS in Laurel, Miss. ... Named first-team, all-state by the Mississippi Association of Coaches as a linebacker in Class 4A ... recorded 112 tackles with one interception during his senior season ... also rushed for 329 yards and scored 12 touchdowns while on offense ... showed his versatility by returning a kickoff 80 yards for a touchdown, as well ... named first-team, all-state by the MAC following his junior season when he totaled 107 tackles, four quarterback sacks and three pass interceptions.

Personal: birthday is Feb. 24 … son of Archie Lee and Marilyn Sims ... majoring in athletic coaching education.