Jaylin Simpson

2023: Starting safety with veteran experience … Jim Thorpe Award semifinalist … 118 career tackles, 7 INT … 16^th nationally with 4 interceptions … 50-yard interception return for a score in the season opener with UMass … also a 13-yard fumble return and 3 tackles vs. the Minutemen … 25-yard interception, 4 tackles at Cal … 12-yard interception, 3 tackles vs. Samford; the first Auburn defender with interceptions in 3 consecutive games since Jerraud Powers in 2007 … 3 tackles, TFL at Texas A&M … interception, 3 tackles vs. Georgia … 4 tackles and PBU that led to the D.J. James interception at LSU … 2 tackles, TFL against Ole Miss … 6 tackles, PBU at Vanderbilt … 6 solo tackles vs. New Mexico State … PFF national team of week (Georgia) … Associated Press, ESPN, CBS Sports, USA Today, The Athletic, Fox Sports, Sporting News, 247 Sports, PFF, Reese’s Senior Bowl midseason All-America … Bednarik Award midseason watch list … honorable mention All-America (Phil Steele) … all-SEC (AP, Phil Steele 1^st tm; SEC coaches, CFN, Athlon 2nd tm) … Reese’s Senior Bowl invitation

2022: Rotating starter at cornerback … 2 tackles vs. San Jose’ State and against Penn State … 4 solo tackles, PBU against Missouri … 2 solo stops, PBU vs. LSU … 3 tackles at Georgia … career high 6 tackles vs. Arkansas … interception, 5 tackles at Mississippi State … 3 solo tackles vs. Texas A&M … interception, 3 tackles, 3 PBU against Western Kentucky … 6 tackles at Alabama

2021: Reserve cornerback … missed the Alabama State and Penn State games (injury) … 4 tackles at LSU … 2 tackles against Georgia … 5 tackles at Arkansas … key fourth-quarter interception vs. Ole Miss … 4 tackles at Texas A&M … 2 tackles vs. Mississippi State … 4 tackles at South Carolina … 3 tackles, PBU vs. Alabama … 2 tackles in Birmingham Bowl

2020:  Made his first start at cornerback against Kentucky, recording 4 tackles, a TFL and a PBU … injury kept him out of action against Georgia and Arkansas … 2 tackles, PBU against LSU … tackle, PBU against Tennessee … 4 tackles at Mississippi State … 2 solo tackles in Citrus Bowl … SEC Freshman of Week (Kentucky) … Jim Thorpe Award honor roll (Kentucky)

2019: True freshman safety who played in four games … two tackles for season

High School: Talented defender who projects as a safety … 48 tackles, four interceptions as a senior for Coach Brandon Derrick’s Knights at Frederica Academy, helping them to the state championship … GISA all-state and all-region 2-3A … consensus four-star recruit … PrepStar All-America … state high jump champion and a basketball and baseball letterman

Personal: Birthday is March 17 … son of Thaquanna Cannon … has two siblings, Shakira and Lync … a battle rapper … studying in the College of Business at Auburn

2022

defensive
TFL	QB HUR	TOT	TD	PD	SACKS	SOLO
0.0	0.0	37.0	0.0	5.0	0.0	29.0

interceptions
TD	AVG	YDS	INT
0.0	7.0	14.0	2.0

2021

fumbles
REC	LOST	FUM
0.0	1.0	1.0

defensive
TFL	QB HUR	TOT	TD	PD	SACKS	SOLO
1.0	1.0	27.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	22.0

interceptions
TD	AVG	YDS	INT
0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0

puntReturns
AVG	NO	TD	LONG	YDS
-1.0	1.0	0.0	-1.0	-1.0

2020

defensive
TFL	QB HUR	TOT	TD	PD	SACKS	SOLO
1.0	1.0	14.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	10.0

2019

defensive
TFL	QB HUR	TOT	TD	PD	SACKS	SOLO
0.5	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0