Player Dossier

2020-2025

Arizona State

Jeff Sims

QB • 6'4" • 220 lbs • Jacksonville, FL, USA

Pass-first distributorVolume operator

Jeff Sims is a pass-first distributor with 28.9 usage in the latest tracked season.

Usage / Role

81%

Major offensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a quarterback

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

86

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Georgia Tech

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Georgia Tech • Nebraska • Arizona State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Duke

Player Story

Jeff Sims built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a quarterback from Jacksonville, FL wearing No. 2, spending time with Arizona State, Georgia Tech, and Nebraska. The clearest part of Jeff Sims' career was...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.917

Sandalwood · Jacksonville, FL

Committed To
Georgia Tech
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

Jeff Sims, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Georgia Tech. Jeff Sims is a pass-first distributor with 28.9 usage in the latest tracked season.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Total offense
8,142
Passing yards
6,175
Rushing yards
1,967
Touchdowns
59

Quick Answers

Jeff Sims quick answers

Latest team and position
Arizona State · QB
Career Total Offense
8,142
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 42 games
Best season
2020 Regular Season · Georgia Tech
Top game
Duke
Recruit profile
4-star · Sandalwood · Georgia Tech
High school pipeline
Sandalwood · 34 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 2 · Senior
2025 Total offense rank
1,783 total offense · QB 113th (top 28%) · Big 12 14th (top 7%) · National 113th (top 7%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTotal OffensePass YdsRush YdsTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech102,3761,8814951977.3
2021 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech71,8401,4683721669.9
2022 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech71,4031,115288665.2
2023 Regular SeasonNebraska5471282189238.8
2024 Regular SeasonArizona State4269168101129.7
2025 PostseasonArizona State944537570563.3
2025 Regular SeasonArizona State91,3388864521063.3

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2024Nebraska to Arizona StateP4 to P484Dec 12, 2023
2023Georgia Tech to NebraskaP4 to P491.2Dec 5, 2022

Jeff Sims played QB for Georgia Tech, Nebraska, and Arizona State. Across 6 tracked seasons, Jeff Sims recorded 6,175 passing yards, 1,967 rushing yards, and 1 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Georgia Tech.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season

Georgia Tech paired 2,376 primary output with 60.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

pass-led usage with 57.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Georgia Tech, Nebraska, Arizona State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Iowa State

Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value. It landed in the 88.9th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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Season Explorer

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2025 Postseason · Arizona State

Games

9

Primary Metric / G

198.1

Efficiency

57.7

Usage

28.9

Consistency

56.4

Best Game by takeover score

Iowa State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Duke: 445. Texas State: 22. Utah: 176. Texas Tech: 3. Houston: 69. Iowa State: 405. West Virginia: 288. Colorado: 218. Arizona: 157

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Duke: 45 by 85.7. Texas State: 3 by 73.3. Utah: 59 by 49.8. Texas Tech: 2 by 15. Houston: 14 by 58.8. Iowa State: 53 by 69.4. West Virginia: 45 by 69.3. Colorado: 32 by 53.9. Arizona: 35 by 44.3

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins187.2 · Games = 5 · -24.6 vs Losses
Losses211.8 · Games = 4 · +24.6 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

9 games

Featured metric

Total Offense

Top game by takeover score

Iowa State

Best efficiency game

85.7 vs Duke

Result
Wed 12/31@ Duke300-yard game · 3+ TDL 39-42273837571.13185.777010238
Sat 11/29vs ArizonaL 7-23112511444.00344.310434.30127
Sun 11/23@ ColoradoW 42-17112420645.82153.98121.5007
Sat 11/15vs West Virginia3+ TD · Dual-threatW 25-23192820767.93069.317814.80021
Sat 11/1@ Iowa State3+ TD · Dual-threatW 24-19132417754.21169.4292287.90288
Sun 10/26vs HoustonL 16-246115854.51058.83113.70011
Sat 10/18vs Texas TechW 26-2215231.5003
Sun 10/12@ UtahDual-threatL 10-42183812447.40049.821522.50020
Sun 9/14vs Texas StateW 34-1573.33227.30011

Player Story

Jeff Sims story

Jeff Sims built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a quarterback from Jacksonville, FL wearing No. 2, spending time with Arizona State, Georgia Tech, and Nebraska. The clearest part of Jeff Sims' career was his passing role: 6,175 passing yards, 41 touchdown passes, 893 attempts, and 1,967 rushing yards across 42 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2020 with Georgia Tech. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. His career also includes 1,967 rushing yards, 1 receiving yard, and 4 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 42 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Arizona State, Georgia Tech, and Nebraska.

The arc is straightforward: Jeff Sims moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Georgia Tech

    2020-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Nebraska

    2023

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Arizona State

    2024-2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2020202120222023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech2,37660.230.1
2021 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech1,84065.228.4-536
2022 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech1,40356.335.2-437
2023 Regular SeasonNebraska47131.221.4-932
2024 Regular SeasonArizona State26954.814.8-202
2025 PostseasonArizona State1,78357.728.91,514
2025 Regular SeasonArizona State1,78357.728.90

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Duke

Week 6 · W 23-20 · Conference game

Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.

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Total Offense

88.4 takeover

322 total offense with 69.8 efficiency.

#2

@ No. 33 Iowa State

Week 10 · W 24-19 · Conference game

405

Total Offense

86.8 takeover

Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.

405 total offense with 69.4 efficiency.

#3

@ Minnesota

Week 1 · L 10-13 · Conference game

205

Total Offense

82.7 takeover

Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.

205 total offense with 48.2 efficiency.

#4

@ UCF

Week 4 · L 10-27

338

Total Offense

82.1 takeover

Loss with 338 yards of offense and 67.3 efficiency.

338 total offense with 67.3 efficiency.

#5

vs Pittsburgh

Week 5 · L 21-52 · Conference game

397

Total Offense

80.4 takeover

Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.

397 total offense with 69.3 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Regular Season · Georgia Tech

2,376 primary output · 60.2 efficiency · 30.1 usage

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#2

2021 Regular Season · Georgia Tech

69.9

1,840 primary · 65.2 efficiency · 28.4 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Georgia Tech

65.2

1,403 primary · 56.3 efficiency · 35.2 usage

Milestones

6

250+ passing yards

10

300+ total offense

10

3+ TD games

18

Above avg efficiency