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Lewis & Clark College

2026 Football Roster

Steve Gibbons
Siena Flock '28
Siena Flock '28

12 Sam Simril

  • Position QB
  • Year Graduate Student
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 226
  • Hometown Portland, Ore.
  • High School Missouri S&T (NCAA DII)
  • Major Higher Education

Biography

2025-26 AWARDS 

2025-26 Northwest Conference Scholar-Athlete Team

2025 Stats (Season High Plays In Parentheses)

Games: 7

Passes/Yards/Touchdowns/Completion %: 86-133, 1074 Yards, 14 Touchdowns, 64% (430 Yards vs. Pacific Lutheran 11/08)

Rushes/Yards/Average: 19 for 64 Yards, 3.4 Yard Average, 1 Touchdown (24 Yards at George Fox 10/18)
  • Put together the best season of his collegiate career in his first year on Palatine Hill
  • Served as the team’s backup quarterback and took over as the starter for the final four weeks after an injury to Dashiell Weaver in Week 6
  • Started three of the final four games of the season and threw for at least 206 yards and two scores in all three starts 
  • Made his Lewis & Clark debut on September 6 when he went 3-5 for 28 yards and rushed for nine yards in the team’s season-opening win over the University of Puget Sound
  • Put together a huge game in his first collegiate start when he went 27-40 for five touchdowns and no interceptions and added 20 rushing yards in a tight Homecoming loss to Northwest Conference Champion Whitworth University
  • Threw for five touchdown passes and tied for the eighth-most passing yards in a single-game in program history (430) in 46-36 loss to Pacific Lutheran University
  • Finished 20-28 with two touchdowns passes and one interception and tacked on a rushing touchdown in a 28-21 win over Pacific University in the team’s season finale
Missouri University of Science & Technology: Attended Missouri S&T ... Played in five games during the 2022 seasons ... Finished the year 2-10 for 15 yards and a passing touchdown ... Added 11 rushes for 25 yards ... Did not play in his final two seasons. 

Golden West College: Played in three games in 2021 as a first year ... Finished the season 2-6 for four yards. 

Prior to Lewis & Clark: Attended Grant High School ... Played football, baseball and competed in track & field in high school ... Selected as a unanimous First Team All-Conference selection in football ... Finished as the runner-up in the long jump in the Portland Interscholastic League (PIL) ... Finished his varsity baseball career as a .409 hitter ... His father Bob played baseball at Lewis & Clark.

Why Lewis & Clark?: It was a great opportunity to play at a school close to home and learn from great coaches.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 12

    2025Graduate Student

    QB
    6'2" 226 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2026Graduate Student

    QB
    6'2" 226 lbs
    12