Kenny D. Sims II Class: Senior Hometown: Florissant, Mo. High School: Hazelwood Central HS Height / Weight: 5-11 / 197 Position: Defensive Back Experience: 3L

Tulsa -- A three-year letterwinner and two-year starter . . . has played in 38 career games and has 22 starts, including 20 at cornerback and two at safety . . . has 96 career tackles, nine pass break-ups, three interceptions and two forced fumbles . . . 2008 -- Started all 14 games at cornerback . . . had 41 tackles, a team-leading eight pass-breakups, two forced fumbles and one interception . . . totaled four tackles, one pass break-up and one forced fumble vs. Tulane . . . tallied two tackles and two pass break-ups against UCF . . . collected a season-best six tackles against Central Arkansas . . . had three tackles and two pass break-ups in the season opener vs. UAB . . . was named to the C-USA Academic Honor Roll . . . 2007 -- Played in all 14 games . . . started eight games - the UAB and SMU games at free safety, while starting the Tulane, Houston, Army, Rice, UCF in the C-USA Championship and Bowling Green games at cornerback . . . totaled 52 tackles, including 32 solos and added two interceptions . . . had seven tackles against Rice . . . tallied six stops and one interception vs. Army . . . had five tackles, one sack for -3 yards and one fumble recovery against Houston . . .. . . totaled a season-best seven tackles vs. SMU . . . saw his first starting assignment vs. UAB, and had six tackles and one interception . . . 2006 -- Played in 10 games and had three tackles as a true freshman . . . had a season-best two stops in his first career game against North Texas . . . Overall -- Possesses tremendous corner skills . . . has good size, strength, speed and quickness . . . worked had during the spring on his technique . . . has improved his tackling and his ability to make plays in space . . . a very intelligent player and extremely hard worker.

High School -- Was a three-year letterwinner and two-year starter at Hazelwood Central High School . . . started at wide receiver and cornerback both his junior and senior seasons . . . recorded 63 tackles and three interceptions as a senior and scored two defensive touchdowns . . . earned all-state, all-metro and all-conference accolades as a senior . . . his high school coach was John Pukula.

Personal -- Favorite NFL team is the Philadelphia Eagles . . . his favorite NFL player is Champ Bailey . . . his favorite professional sports team is the Los Angeles Lakers . . . Kobe Bryant is his favorite pro athlete . . . favorite TV show is "ESPN SportsCenter" . . . his favorite sports movie is Remember the Titans . . . if he could appear on any Game Show it would be "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" . . . three words he uses to best describe himself are `driven, focused and faithful" . . . a member of the TU Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (TUSAAC), and serves as secretary for 2009-10 . . . parents are Kenny and Grace Sims . . . majoring in exercise sports science.

K.D. Sims' Career Statistics
Defense	         G	UT	AT	Tot	Loss    Sack	FR	 FF	PBU	Int
2006 (Fr)	10	1	2	3	0.5/-2	0/0     0	0	0	0
2007 (So)	14	32	20	52	2/-4	1/-3	1	0	1	2
2008 (Jr)	14	30	11	41	1.5/-5	0/0	0	2	8	1
Totals	        38	63	33	96	4/-11	1/-3	1	2	9	3