2017 Football Roster
Roster
Simeon Page
- Position:
- Linebacker
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 225
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Riverton, Utah
- High School:
- Riverton/USAFA Prep (Colo.)
Four-time All-Patriot League (2021 Spring, 2019, 2018 & 2017) ... three-time All-Patriot League First Team (2021 Spring, 2019 & 2018) ... 2021 Spring Academic All-Patriot League Team ... 2020-21 FCS ADA Academic All-Star Team ... 2019 All-ECAC Second Team ... two-time Preseason All-Patriot League (2021 Spring, 2019) ... graduated with sole possession of school records in career sacks (26.5) and rookie-season sacks (9, 2017) ... also shared the school standard in single-game sacks (4, 2017) at time of graduation ... one of five Bison to eclipse 20 career sacks.
2021 Spring (Senior): Team captain with P.J. Barr, Brandon Benson and Rick Mottram ... recognized on third-straight All-Patriot League First Team ... became the fifth Bison to earn four All-Patriot League citations ... voted to the Academic All-Patriot League Team ... selected to the FCS ADA Academic All-Star Team ... made Preseason All-Patriot League Team for the second season in a row ... started all four games at linebacker ... led the Bison in tackles for a loss (5.5) and sacks (4) ... four sacks went for a combined loss of 19 yards ... logged 18 tackles (14 solo), good for fifth among Bison ... intercepted a pass against Lafayette, leading to a Bucknell touchdown ... recovered a fumble on the goal line against Fordham ... logged a season-best 10 tackles (seven solo) in the Patriot League Championship Game ... posted one sack in each game, matching Bucknell's career record against Fordham and breaking it in the Patriot League Championship Game ... made 100th career solo tackle in the Patriot League Championship Game ... captured the Bison Gridiron Club Award as team MVP ... presented Bucknell's Christy Mathewson Award as the class of 2021's outstanding male athlete ... member of Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2019 (Junior): Earned All-Patriot League First Team honors for the second year in a row ... All-ECAC Second Team ... Preseason All-Patriot League ... started all 11 games at linebacker ... led Bucknell in sacks (9) and tied fellow linebacker Gerrit Van Itallie for first in tackles for a loss (12.5) ... took fifth among Bison with 58 tackles (42 solo) ... led Patriot League with two blocked kicks ... blocked kicks, both punts, came against Holy Cross and Georgetown and led to Bucknell touchdowns ... made at least five tackles in eight games, including the final four ... posted a season-high eight tackles (five solo) at Sacred Heart ... made six tackles in four of five games from Oct. 12 to Nov. 16 ... recorded a sack in six games, including three multi-sack outings ... recognized as the Patriot League Defensive Player and Bison Athlete of the Week (10/14) after logging six tackles, three sacks for a loss of 21 yards and two pass breakups in victory at Colgate ... against the Raiders, also returned a fumble for a 12-yard touchdown with 44 seconds remaining and broke up a pass on 4th and goal late in the fourth quarter ... also received Honorable Mention STATS FCS Defensive Player of the Week laurels on the strength of that performance ... became the first Bison to reach 20 career sacks against Lehigh ... in win over the Mountain Hawks, posted six solo tackles, two sacks for a loss of 14 yards and three quarterback hurries ... made 100th career tackle against No. 23/22 Villanova ... took home the Keating-Rieu Memorial Award as the most outstanding player in the Colgate game ... member of Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2018 (Sophomore): All-Patriot League First Team honoree ... started first seven games at a hybrid defensive lineman/linebacker position before losing the season to an injury suffered at Monmouth on Oct. 13 ... entering the Monmouth game, was the team leader in tackles for a loss (9.0) and sacks (4.5) and stood fifth among Bison with 38 tackles (20 solo) ... despite missing the final four games, finished as the team leader in sacks, tied for second in forced fumbles (2) and placed third in tackles for a loss ... made at least five tackles in five games, topping out at eight in back-to-back tilts at Penn on Sept. 15 and at No. 14/15 Villanova on Sept. 22 ... also forced a fumble in both of those contests ... registered three tackles for a loss in back-to-back games at No. 14/15 Villanova and at Holy Cross on Sept. 29 ... also posted a team season-best two sacks against the Crusaders ... had at least one tackle for a loss in five contests ... member of Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2017 (Freshman): All-Patriot League Second Team selection ... appeared in nine games, starting five of Bucknell’s last six at a hybrid defensive end/linebacker position ... recorded 46 tackles (29 solo), 13 tackles for a loss, nine sacks, four pass breakups and one forced fumble during rookie campaign ... led the Bison in tackles for a loss and sacks ... set a Bucknell rookie record in sacks ... made at least five tackles in five games ... posted at least one tackle for a loss in five games, including three with at least two ... named the Patriot League Rookie of the Week on Sept. 4 for his role in limiting Marist to 154 yards of total offense in season-opening win on Sept. 2 ... had two tackles, one tackle for a loss and one sack in that game ... notched two sacks at Cornell on Oct. 14 ... made season-high 11 tackles (four solo) at Colgate on Oct. 28 ... recognized by STATS as the National Freshman Player of the Week on Nov. 20 after recording eight tackles, six tackles for a loss of 33 yards, four sacks for a loss of 27 yards and one forced fumble in the red zone in the 2017 finale at Fordham on Nov. 18 ... his four sacks tied a Bucknell record last equaled in 1998 ... his six tackles for a loss was the highest total posted by an FCS player in 2017... also was selected as the Patriot League’s Defensive Player and Rookie of the Week and the Bison Athlete of the Week on the strength of that performance ... was the only Bison to receive a national weekly award in 2017 ... shared Bucknell’s Stuart M. Smith Memorial Award as the most outstanding newcomer with Brandon Benson ... member of Patriot League Academic Honor Roll ... named team’s Strength & Conditioning MVP following spring practice.
Riverton High School/Air Force Academy Prep: Graduated from Riverton High School in 2016 … spent a post-grad semester at Air Force Academy Prep … three-year football letterwinner at Riverton … also earned four wrestling letters and one for track and field … led state in tackles with 170 as a junior … two-year team captain … two-time first-team all-state … honorable mention all-state as a sophomore … named Defensive MVP of region as a junior … placed in top five in state three times as a wrestler … won state title as a senior … helped 4x100 relay to a state title as a senior … helped track team to a state title as a sophomore … named Male Athlete of the Year as a senior at Riverton High School.
Personal: Simeon Parker Page … born February 23, 1998 in Sandy, Utah … son of Glen and Cori Page … has a younger brother, Cooper, and a younger sister, Bailey ... major was English-creative writing.
