RUNNING BACK SPOTLIGHT
Player Name: Shane Simpson, Easton Area
Height: 5-9
Weight: 175
40-Yard Dash: 4.44
Class of: 2015
Position(s): RB/WR/CBKR/PR
Jersey Number: 18
Years with Varsity: 4
Other Sports: Track and Field and Basketball
Starting experience: His freshman year he didn’t start, but played a lot at wide receiver. He started his sophomore and junior year at either running back or receiver.
2013 Stats: He rushed for 1,109 yards on 169 carries and 14 touchdowns. He caught 30 passes for 270 yards and four touchdowns. On defense he had two interceptions return for touchdown.
2013 Highlights: Against Pennsbury, he rushed for 195 yards on 20 carries and four touchdowns. He also had five catches for 29 yards.
Honors: 1st Team All-League and 1st Team All-Area
Coaches Q&A with Steve Shiffert:
Q. What are his strengths as a running back?
A. He has two things going for him. He has excellent vision and deceptive strength. He will run into a pack and bounce out of it and he can go coast to coast. His biggest asset is the way he sees the hole, hits it and gets through it.
He sees things really well out there. He is a guy that we like to get in open space and you may see him at receiver more this year.
Q. When you move him out to receiver what are his strengths?
A. His strength is his hands. He really has soft hands and when he gets in space he is hard to bring down. He is more of an outside guy. When we put him out there I don’t think people expect him to be a good route runner and he is. He is pretty much a mismatch with most high school corners.
Q. Do you want to move Shane around more this year?
A. I think one of our goals this year is to get him more touches, but in different spots. We feel every time he touches the ball there is a potential for him to put six points up on the board and it doesn’t matter where he is on the field. He has that knack at finding the end zone.
Schools of Interest: As of 6/3, he has interests from Boston College, Duke, Missouri, Nebraska, Pittsburgh, Purdue, Rutgers, Syracuse and Wisconsin
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Photo Credit: LehighValleyLive.com
