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Jersey Number 48
Khurram Simpson
- Year:
- Freshman
- Position:
- Defensive Lineman
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 251
- Hometown:
- West Orange, N.J.
- High School:
- Mater Dei Prep
- Major:
- Sport and Recreation Management
2020-21 as a Freshman: Played in two games... CAA Football Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (Spring 2021).
High School: First Team Shore Conference Coaches All-Division as a senior… Jersey Sports Zone All-Zone Team as a senior… New Jersey Nike’s The Opening D-Line MVP as a junior… Roman Solders Showcase Silver Medal in 2018… Recorded 53 tackles, 19 sacks, 32 quarterback hurries, one fumble recovery and a blocked punt in 2019… Recorded 25 tackles and eight sacks in 2018… Helped Mater Dei Prep to championship game in 2018 and 2019… Attended Immaculate Conception as a freshman and sophomore, earning NJSFC All-Division Second Team honors as a sophomore… Had three 26 tackles and three sacks while scoring two touchdowns at tight end… Dual-sport athlete who won the silver medal at the NJSIAA Relay Championships in winter track… Global Leaders Academy as a junior and senior.
Personal: Full name is Khurram Jahdari Simpson… Son of Windale Simpson and Lisa Khandker-Simpson… Has three sisters, Maya, Marjhani and Shajara… His sister, Maya, is an internal and pediatric doctor at the University of Miami Jackson Memorial Hospital... Majoring in sport and recreation management.
High School: First Team Shore Conference Coaches All-Division as a senior… Jersey Sports Zone All-Zone Team as a senior… New Jersey Nike’s The Opening D-Line MVP as a junior… Roman Solders Showcase Silver Medal in 2018… Recorded 53 tackles, 19 sacks, 32 quarterback hurries, one fumble recovery and a blocked punt in 2019… Recorded 25 tackles and eight sacks in 2018… Helped Mater Dei Prep to championship game in 2018 and 2019… Attended Immaculate Conception as a freshman and sophomore, earning NJSFC All-Division Second Team honors as a sophomore… Had three 26 tackles and three sacks while scoring two touchdowns at tight end… Dual-sport athlete who won the silver medal at the NJSIAA Relay Championships in winter track… Global Leaders Academy as a junior and senior.
Personal: Full name is Khurram Jahdari Simpson… Son of Windale Simpson and Lisa Khandker-Simpson… Has three sisters, Maya, Marjhani and Shajara… His sister, Maya, is an internal and pediatric doctor at the University of Miami Jackson Memorial Hospital... Majoring in sport and recreation management.
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