University of Calgary Athletics

2009: Dressed for all 12 games, including the Uteck Bowl and the Vanier Cup … recorded eight tackles on the regular season and another 6.5 in the playoffs …

2008: Started all eight games at linebacker … career-high 28 tackles … one sack …

2007: Played four games, recording eight tackles and one TFL …

2006: Appeared in just one game before sustaining a knee injury that required surgery …

Before UC: Redshirted at Saint Mary’s in 2005 … high school provincial champion in 2004 and finalist in 2005 …

Personal: Parents Karl and Carol … full name Julian Connor Simmerling … graduate of Sentinel Secondary School in West Vancouver, B.C. … born in Halifax … younger brother of former Calgary Stampeders linebacker Christian Simmerling, who played 15 games in 2004 and 2005 and was drafted in the 5th round in 2004 … sister, Georgia, is with the national alpine ski team and represented Canada at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver …