LANFER SIMPSON

Waynesburg Central High School
West Virginia University

FOOTBALL

Rushed for 4,010 career rushing yards and made 496 career tackles
Helped Waynesburg win the 1999 WPIAL Class AA Football Championship and reach the 2000 finals
Scored three touchdowns and gained 100 rushing yards in the 1999 WPIAL title game victory. Finished that season with 1,542 yards, 19 touchdowns, 115 total tackles, four FF and three INT’s
Earned First-Team All-State honors in 1999, second-team All-State in 2000. East-West All Star
Selected the 1999 WPIAL Class AA Player of the Year and 2001 Observer-Reporter Athlete of the Year
Compiled an 86-21 career scholastic wrestling record
Won the 2000 WPIAL heavyweight championship
Was the 2001 WPIAL heavyweight runner-up
Placed seventh at the 2001 PIAA State Tournament
Was a 2001 WPIAL team member at Dapper Dan Classic
Was the 2001 WPIAL champion and PIAA Shot Put runner-up
Placed 4th in the 2000 WPIAL Shot Put
Was a member of WVU’s 2004 Eastern Wrestling League Championship Team
Lettered in both football and wrestling at WVU