Player Dossier

2022-2025

Syracuse

Justus Ross-Simmons

WR • 6'3" • 210 lbs • Rochester, NY, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Justus Ross-Simmons reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

10%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

60

Solid production for a receiver

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Reliability

52

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

69

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Colorado State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Colorado State • Syracuse
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Air Force

Player Story

Justus Ross-Simmons built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Rochester, NY wearing No. 12, spending time with Colorado State and Syracuse. The clearest part of Justus Ross-Simmons'...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2022 · Rating 0.8415

Inglewood · Inglewood, CA

Committed To
Colorado State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Justus Ross-Simmons, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Colorado State. Justus Ross-Simmons reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
1,662
Receptions
100
Touchdowns
13

Quick Answers

Justus Ross-Simmons quick answers

Latest team and position
Syracuse · WR
Career Receiving Yards
1,662
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 31 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · Colorado State
Top game
Air Force
Recruit profile
3-star · Inglewood · Colorado State
High school pipeline
Barstow · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 12 · Senior
2025 Receiving yards rank
312 receiving yards · WR 350th (top 32%) · ACC 58th (top 21%) · National 429th (top 20%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonColorado State826424370.6
2023 Regular SeasonColorado State1145724376.7
2024 Regular SeasonSyracuse59202248.8
2025 Regular SeasonSyracuse720312560.1

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2024Colorado State to SyracuseG5/FCS to P480.5Apr 16, 2024

Justus Ross-Simmons played WR for Colorado State and Syracuse. Across 4 tracked seasons, Justus Ross-Simmons recorded 1,662 receiving yards, 2 tackles, and 13 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Colorado State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Colorado State paired 724 primary output with 86.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 87.2 efficiency.

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Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Colorado State, Syracuse.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: UConn

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2025 Regular Season · Syracuse

Games

7

Receiving Yards / G

44.6

Efficiency

87.2

Usage

12.1

Consistency

69.6

Best Game by takeover score

UConn

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Tennessee: 50. UConn: 83. Colgate: 26. Clemson: 53. Duke: 24. SMU: 58. Georgia Tech: 18

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. Tennessee: 3 by 100. UConn: 5 by 100. Colgate: 1 by 100. Clemson: 5 by 70.7. Duke: 2 by 80. SMU: 2 by 100. Georgia Tech: 2 by 60

Split Comparison

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

Wins54 · Games = 3 · +16.5 vs Losses
Losses37.5 · Games = 4 · -16.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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

7 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

UConn

Best efficiency game

100 vs SMU

Result
Sat 10/25@ Georgia TechL 16-4121899010
Sat 10/4@ SMUL 18-312582929052
Sat 9/27vs DukeL 3-382241212013
Sat 9/20@ Clemson2+ TDW 34-2155310.610.60218
Fri 9/12vs ColgateW 66-241262626126
Sat 9/6vs UConn2+ TDW 27-2058316.616.60253
Sat 8/30@ TennesseeL 26-4535016.716.70023

Player Story

Justus Ross-Simmons story

Justus Ross-Simmons built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Rochester, NY wearing No. 12, spending time with Colorado State and Syracuse. The clearest part of Justus Ross-Simmons' career was his receiving role: 100 catches, 1,662 receiving yards, and 13 touchdowns across 31 career games in the available record. His career also includes 2 tackles and 23 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Justus Ross-Simmons' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Colorado State

    2022-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Syracuse

    2024-2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonColorado State42483.518.5
2023 Regular SeasonColorado State72486.316.6300
2024 Regular SeasonSyracuse20292.76.6-522
2025 Regular SeasonSyracuse31287.212.1110

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Air Force

Week 9 · L 13-30 · Conference game

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

128

Receiving Yards

98.4 takeover

128 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs Washington State

Week 1 · L 24-50

123

Receiving Yards

85.3 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

123 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

@ San José State

Week 10 · L 16-28 · Conference game

84

Receiving Yards

85.2 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

84 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

vs Virginia Tech

Week 10 · W 38-31 · Conference game

88

Receiving Yards

85.2 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

88 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

vs Hawai'i

Week 8 · W 17-13 · Conference game

64

Receiving Yards

84.8 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

64 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · Colorado State

724 primary output · 86.3 efficiency · 16.6 usage

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#2

2022 Regular Season · Colorado State

70.6

424 primary · 83.5 efficiency · 18.5 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · Syracuse

60.1

312 primary · 87.2 efficiency · 12.1 usage

Milestones

2

100+ receiving yards

1

8+ catch outings

3

2+ TD games