Ken Simonton #24
 Ken Simonton and his video camera - he tapes everything! |
Ken finished 9th in the voting for the 2000 Heisman Trophy, the most coveted individual trophy in college football. He finished behind players like Michael Vick, Ladainian Tomlinson and Drew Brees.
While running the ball, Ken uses his size to keep low and under the line of scrimmage, out of sight for larger defenders. He thinks of his size as an advantage, using his quickness to evade attacking defenders.
His family has a history of baseball, in fact, Ken went to OSU with the intention of playing both football and baseball. His father, Ken Simonton II played for the Boston Red Sox, his brother Benji has played with the San Francisco Giants and his cousin Cy played with the Seattle Mariners.
| Game | Stats | Photo |
| Week 1 vs Berlin 6th April 62 - 31 W | Rush: 17-94-4TD, 5.5yd avg, 18yd long Recieve: 4-45-0TD Ken split time with Maurice Hicks at running back. As well as reaching 94 yards, which, in this league is relatively rare, Ken tied a league record with 4 rushing touchdowns, and also the record for points in a game with 24, tying Barcelona RB Mike Green in 2001 |  |
| Week 2 vs Frankfurt 13th April 17 - 13 L | Rush: 9-27-0TD, 3yd avg, 9yd long Receive: 2-2-0TD Ken again split time with Maurice Hicks and both struggled to find the same running room this week as they did last week. The Galaxy D-line were much more aggresive than the Thunder D-line and it showed as we were held to 50 yards total rushing for the game. |  |
| Week 3 @ Rhein 19th April 34 - 17 L | Rush: 8-22-1TD, 2.8yd avg, 8yd long Receive: 3-24-0TD Another tough run defence gave Ken no room for the second week in a row. Still he was our leading rusher and scored the first Claymores TD of the game. | |
| Week 4 @ Berlin 27th April 34 - 17 W | Rush: 21-140-1TD, 6.7yd avg, 29yd long Receive: 4-39-1TD Back to week 1 form making defenders miss. More of the same please Ken. We'll take that all the way to World Bowl! | |
| Week 5 vs Barcelona 4th May 10 - 17 L | Rush: 20-108-0TD, 5.4yd avg, 19yd long Receive: 8-97-0TD Punt Returns: 5-66, 13.2yd avg, 19yd long Ken proved to be a one man show this week. The stats speak for themselves. Only remaining question is can he long snap?? |  |
| Week 6 @ Frankfurt 10th May 27 - 33 L OT | Rush: 16-132-0TD, 8.3 yd avg, 70yd long Recieve: 6-61-1TD, 10.2yd avg, 37yd long Punt Return: 1-2 Another do it all performance from Ken. Over 100 yards for the third straight game, led the team in rushing and rushing for the second straight weeks and still returning punts | |
| Week 7 vs Rhein 18th May 33 - 0 W | Rush: 13-53-0TD, 4.1 yd avg, 12yd long Recieve: 2-8-0TD Punt Return: 4-32 14yd long Kickoff Return: 2-75, 53yd long Man, his stats take longer and longer to type in each week! Don't mind adding in TD's though! | |
| Week 8 @ Amsterdam 24th May 31 - 24 W | Rush: 20-94-1TD, 4.7 yd avg, 23yd long Recieve: 1-0-0TD Punt Return: 2-15 10yd long Kickoff Return: 3-80, 38yd long Man, this guy never stops! Ken tied the Claymores single season rushing touchdown record at 7 this week. Two weeks to go, wouldn't bet against him breaking it! | |
| Week 9 @ Barcelona 31st May 45 - 7 W | Rush: 13-56-1TD, 4.3 yd avg, 14yd long Recieve: 5-83-0TD Punt Return: 5-59, 11.8yd avg, 17yd long Kenny got his rushing TD record with a 2 yarder in the 3rd quarter and added 139 yards from scrimmage to go over the 1000 yards from scrimmage on the season | |
| Week 10 vs Amsterdam 8th June 31 - 14 W | Rush: 25-151-0TD, 6.0yd avg, 47yd long Recieve: 5-28-0TD Punt Return: 4-25, 6.3yd avg, 17yd long Kickoff Return: 1-66, 66yd long Ken's Claymores finale was perhaps his most dominant performance of the season racking up over 150 rushing yards, and 270 all purpose yards |  |
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So who's this Simonton bloke and what's he done? Here's his bio: Number: 35 Position: Running Back Date of Birth: June 7, 1979 Height: 5-8/1.73 Weight: 191/87 College: Oregon State How Acquired: NFL (Buffalo Bills)
COLLEGE: Had a standout career at Oregon State, setting school records in career rushing yards with 5,044, 366 points scored, and 26 100-yard rushing games… Played in 46 career games, carrying the ball 1,041 times for 5,044 yards (4.8 avg.), scoring 59 rushing touchdowns… He is the second-leading rusher in Pac-10 Conference history, trailing only 1979 Heisman Trophy winner Charles White of USC… Also ranks second on the Pac-10 career scoring list… Totaled 971 yards on 239 carries with 8 touchdowns in his senior year for the Beavers, the only season he did not surpass the 1,000-yard mark in his career… Set a school record with 1,559 yards on 284 attempts, and tied his own mark of 19 touchdowns set the previous year as a junior in 2000…Was a unanimous choice for the All-Pac 10 first team, and was named second-team All-American by the Associated Press and The Football News… Became the first player in Pac-10 history to run for 1,000 yards in each of his freshman, sophomore and junior seasons… Selected second-team All-Pac 10 in his junior season when he carried the ball 294 times for a then-school record 1,486 yards and 19 touchdowns in 12 games… Broke on to the college football scene with 1,028 yards on 224 carries with 13 touchdowns as a redshirt freshman in 1998. PERSONAL: Ken won many honors as a two-sport (football and baseball) star for the Pittsburg High School Pirates in his hometown of Pittsburg, California... Following his senior year he was named honorable mention All-American by USA Today and first-team all-state in California...Was a three-time All-Bay Valley Athletic League selection as a running back and he was named all-league as a defensive back also his senior year... Was a first-team All-Northern California selection, a first-team all-region selection by the Contra Costa Times and was named Offensive Player of the Year in the region by Sports Focus... Was an outfielder in baseball and was all-league as a sophomore, junior and senior… As a senior, rushed for 960 yards on 92 carries (10.4 average) and he scored 23 touchdowns... Was listed in Parade Magazine in 1996 as one of the top 100 college baseball prospects in the nation... His father, Ken Simonton II, played baseball for the Boston Red Sox… Enjoys reading and fishing in his spare time… Majored in liberal studies at Oregon State. |
