Biography
Career Honors:
- 2010 All-Southland Conference (Second Team)
- 2010 All-Louisiana (First Team)
- 2009 All-Southland Conference (Second Team)
- 2009 All-Louisiana (Honorable Mention)
- 2009 Southland Conference Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 19)
- 2009 Louisiana Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 19)
- 2008 Southland Conference Freshman of the Year
- 2008 Louisiana Freshman of the Year
- 2008 All-Southland Conference (Honorable Mention)
2010: Named to the All-Southland Conference and All-Louisiana teams for the third straight year … Led Southeastern with 60 catches and nine receiving touchdowns … Finished the season with 709 receiving yards and 11.8 yards per catch … Ranked among the Southland Conference leaders in receptions per game (6.0, 3rd), receiving yards per game (70.9, 6th), touchdowns (9, 5th) and scoring (54 points, 10th) … His single-season totals for receptions (3rd), receiving touchdowns (3rd), receptions per game (2nd), receiving yards (5th) and total touchdowns (10th) were all among the best in school history … Caught four or more passes in all 10 games he played in … Tied a school record with three touchdown catches to go with eight receptions for 114 yards in a league win over Texas State … Had a season-high 130 yards and a touchdown on five catches at Sam Houston State … Versus the Bearkats, caught a school-record 95-yard touchdown pass from Brian Young … Had seven catches for 95 yards, including two touchdowns at Louisiana-Monroe … Recorded eight catches for 65 yards and a touchdown at Stephen F. Austin … Also had six catches and a touchdown at both Tulane and Nicholls … Enters senior season, as the school’s career leader with 168 receptions and 27 receiving touchdowns … With 2,002 receiving yards, needs 343 yards to become Southeastern career leader in that category … Also the career leader with 5.4 receptions per game … Among school’s career leaders in total touchdowns (27, 6th) and points (164, 6th).
2009: Lions’ top receiver was named second team All-Southland Conference and honorable mention All-Louisiana … Finished with 57 receptions for 803 yards and 12 touchdowns … Ranked among the league leaders in scoring (74 points, 4th), receptions per game (5.7, 3rd) and receiving yards per game (80.3, 4th) … His season totals for receiving yards (2nd), receptions (4th), receiving touchdowns (2nd), scoring (9th) and total touchdowns (5th) all rank among the best single-season efforts in school history … Named Offensive Player of the Week by Southland and LSWA after catching eight passes for 151 yards and three touchdowns in a 37-21 win over Sam Houston State … Caught season-high 13 passes for 129 yards and two touchdowns in 41-7 victory over Texas A&M-Commerce in the season opener … Posted seven catches for 120 yards and two touchdowns in 51-50 overtime win at Texas State … Forced overtime versus the Bobcats with a two-point conversion that completed a comeback from 24 points down … Caught two touchdowns versus Union College … Had one touchdown against South Dakota, McNeese State and Stephen F. Austin … Headed into junior season ranked among the school’s career leader in receiving yards (1,293, 7th), receptions (108, 6th), receiving touchdowns (18, 2nd), receptions per game (5.14, 2nd), scoring (110 points, 10th) and total touchdowns (18, 7th) … 2010 Preseason All-America First Team selection by Consensus Draft Services.
2008: Named Freshman of the Year by both the Southland Conference and Louisiana Sports Writers’ Association … Started six of 11 games … Second on the team with 51 receptions for 490 yards and six touchdowns … Seventh in the SLC with 4.64 receptions per contest … His reception total was the fourth-highest single-season total in school history … His touchdown total was the sixth-highest single-season total in school history … Caught eight passes for 70 yards and two touchdowns at Stephen F. Austin … Had six catches for a season-high 92 yards and a score versus Texas State … Grabbed season-high nine balls for 75 yards and a touchdown … Posted a seven-catch, 83-yard performance at Louisiana Tech … Also caught touchdowns versus Alcorn State, North Dakota and Central Arkansas.
High School: Three-sport star at Brookhaven High School … two-time All-State wide receiver … three-time All-District selection in both football and basketball … a three-time All-County pick … participated in the Mississippi-Alabama All-Star game … named the school’s Most Valuable Track and Field Athlete as a junior … twice named basketball team’s Most Valuable Offensive Player and twice received the football team’s Best Receiver Award.
Personal: Born Simmie Durell Yarborough in Brookhaven, Miss. … One of Robert Brown and Claudette Yarborough’s three children … Has a brother, Willie and a sister, Claudazyia … Majoring in general studies.
