Ron Simpkins
| Position: | Linebacker | ||||||
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| Date of birth: | April 2, 1958 | ||||||
| Place of birth: | Detroit, Michigan | ||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||
| Weight: | 235 lb (107 kg) | ||||||
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| High school: | Western High School (Detroit) | ||||||
| College: | Michigan | ||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1980 / Round: 7 / Pick: 167 | ||||||
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| Games played: | 91 |
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| Games started: | 22 |
| Fumble recoveries: | 4 |
Ronald Bernard "Ron" Simpkins (born April 2, 1958) is a former American football player. He played college football at the University of Michigan as an inside linebacker from 1976 to 1979. He became Michigan's all-time career tackle leader in 1979 and was a consensus first-team selection for the 1979 College Football All-America Team. He later played professional football in the National Football League (NFL) for the Cincinnati Bengals (1980, 1982-1986) and Green Bay Packers (1988).
Simpkins was born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1958. He attended Western High School in Detroit.
Simpkins enrolled at the University of Michigan in 1976 and played college football as an inside linebacker for coach Bo Schembechler's Michigan Wolverines football teams from 1976 to 1979. Simpkins saw playing time as a freshman and won the John F. Maulbetsch Award in the spring of 1977, given each year by the University of Michigan after spring practice to a freshman football candidate on the basis of desire, character, capacity for leadership and future success both on and off the football field.
As a sophomore, Simpkins was the leading tackler for the 1977 Michigan Wolverines football team that compiled 10-2 record, won the Big Ten Conference championship, and allowed only 97 points (8.8 points per game) in 11 regular season games. Simpkins totaled 144 tackles, nearly double the total of 76 compiled by the team's second-leading tackler. He also sacked opposing quarterbacks 10 times and recovered five fumbles in 1977. In the final regular season game of the 1977 season, Simpkins had 20 tackles (15 solo) and recovered a fumble that set up the game-winning touchdown in Michigan's 14-6 victory over Ohio State.
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