2023 Football Roster

34 Simon Samarzich

  • Position Long Snapper
  • Ht./Wt. 6-0 / 225
  • Class Senior
  • Major Sport Management
  • Hometown Upland, Calif.
  • High School Upland HS

Biography

WASHINGTON STATE
SENIOR (2023): Played in all 12 games at the long snapper position… Preseason All-Pac-12 Third Team… Reese’s Senior Bowl Watch List… Patrick Mannelly Award Semifinalist (Nation’s best longsnapper).

JUNIOR (2022): Named to Patrick Mannelly Award Watch List (Nation’s Best Longsnapper)…started all 13 games at longsnapper…snapped for PAT, field goals and punts…named WSU Academic Services Male Student-Athlete of the Month (November)...named to Pac-12 Conference Academic Honor Roll (Master’s in Sport Management).

SOPHOMORE (2021): Played in all 13 games, starting as long snapper on punts…named to preseason All-Pac-12 Fourth Team (Phil Steele)…made career-high two tackles, both on punt coverage against USC…made 1 tackle on punt coverage in win over Arizona

SOPHOMORE (2020): Appeared in first three games as longsnapper on punts.

FRESHMAN (2019): Started all 12 games appeared in…served as longsnapper on punts…WSU did not punt against Stanford…made tackle on punt coverage at Washington.

HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Upland High School…four-year letterwinner in football as a tight end and long snapper…as a SOPHOMORE, named All-Baseline League honorable mention as a tight end…as a JUNIOR, named to All-Baseline League as a tight end, caught four touchdown passes…named to RUBIO Long Snapping – Top-12 Class in 2017…as a SENIOR, named All-Baseline League as a tight end, caught five touchdown passes and rushed for another…named to RUBIO Long Snapping – Top-12 Class in 2018…also played volleyball and was named a team MVP…played and snapped in 51 career varsity games…selected to play as a longsnapper in the 2019 Polynesian Bowl in Hawaii… rated the No. 1 high school longsnapper in southern California by longsnapper guru Chris Rubio…rated three-star prospect and No. 2 longsnapper prospect by 247sports.com.
 
PERSONAL
Parents, Dave and Elizabeth…dad, Dave went to USC and roomed with NFL Hall of Famer and family friend Bruce Matthews…older brother, Christian snapped at Fresno State…4.0 GPA…chose WSU because of the family atmosphere

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Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

    Long Snapper
    6'0" 200 lbs
  • 34

    2019Freshman

    Long Snapper
    6'0" 210 lbs
    34
  • 34

    2020Sophomore

    Long Snapper
    6'0" 204 lbs
    34
  • 34

    2021Junior

    Long Snapper
    6'0" 213 lbs
    34
  • 34

    2022Junior

    Long Snapper
    6'0" 220 lbs
    34
  • 34

    2023Senior

    Long Snapper
    6'0" 225 lbs
    34