2015: Former walk-on led Appalachian State with 38 receptions and 466 receiving yards in just 12 games as a senior ... six touchdown catches ranked second on the team overall and tops among wideouts ... started 10 of 12 games at the ‘M’ receiver position ... missed the Sept. 26 game at Old Dominion due to injury ... caught at least one pass in 11-of-12 games ... opened the season with four receptions for 51 yards, one rush for 17 yards and two touchdowns (one receiving, one rushing) against Howard ... caught two passes for 12 yards against Clemson’s highly touted defense ... hauled in 11 receptions for 173 yards and two touchdowns during a three-game stretch versus Georgia State (3-58), UL Monroe (2-49, TD) and Georgia Southern (6-66, TD) ... caught a seven-yard touchdown pass in triple-overtime win over Troy ... recorded four catches for 47 yards against eventual Sun Belt Conference champion and New Orleans Bowl participant Arkansas State ... closed the regular season with six receptions for 72 yards and a touchdown (a season-long 58-yarder) in come-from-behind victory at South Alabama ... led Appalachian State with five catches for 42 yards in Raycom Media Camellia Bowl triumph over Ohio.
2014: Saw action in all 12 games and made 10 starts at the “M” receiver position ... led Appalachian State with 42 receptions and five touchdown catches ... ranked second on the team with 484 receiving yards ... 57.1 percent of his receptions resulted in first downs and/or touchdowns (24-of-42) ... 20 of his receptions came on third down (47.6 percent) ... of his 20 third-down receptions, 15 resulted in first downs and/or touchdowns ... had at least one catch in every game and multiple receptions in 11-of-12 contests ... also served as holder on place kicks when punter Bentlee Critcher took over kicking duties five games into the season ... opened the season with five receptions for 25 yards at Michigan, including an acrobatic eight-yard touchdown catch that drew rave reviews from several national media outlets ... Sports Illustrated’s and NBC Sports’ Peter King lauded the finger-tip catch in his weekly “Monday Morning Quarterback” column on Sept. 1, saying “The catch by Appalachian State’s Simms McElfresh, I dare say, is one of the greatest catches I have ever seen.” ... caught five more passes for 81 yards and two touchdowns in home opener against Campbell ... had back-to-back seven-catch performances at Southern Miss and Georgia Southern ... his seven-catch, 68-yard effort at Southern Miss was capped by a six-yard touchdown catch with six seconds remaining that cut Appalachian State’s deficit to 21-20 (the ensuing extra-point attempt was blocked and the Mountaineers suffered a heartbreaking one-point defeat) ... caught four passes for a season-high 89 yards, including an 63-yard touchdown, in 55-48 overtime loss to Liberty ... became a part of the Mountaineers’ running game over the next three weeks with four rushes for 20 yards and two touchdowns against Troy, Georgia State and UL Monroe ... ran for a 13-yard touchdown on a fake field goal on the final play of the first half in Appalachian State’s 44-0 win over Georgia State ... scored on a more conventional four-yard touchdown in the following week’s 31-29 come-from-behind win over UL Monroe ... totaled five receptions for 81 yards in back-to-back impressive road wins at Arkansas State (3 rec., 57 yds.) and UL Lafayette (2 rec., 24 yds.) ... closed the season with two catches for 19 yards versus Idaho.
2013: Saw action in 12 games with nine starts ... ranked sixth on the team with 20 receptions and fifth with 269 receiving yards ... 13.4 yards-per-catch average was good for second on the squad ... two touchdown catches were good for a tie for third on the team ... receptions came in spurts, as he had five games with three or more receptions and four contests with none ... opened the season with three receptions for 41 yards at Montana ... also had three catches for 43 yards in the home opener against North Carolina A&T ... after a four-yard reception at Elon, went three games without a catch ... snapped the skid by exploding for a career-high 65 yards on three receptions, including his first-career touchdown from 39 yards out, at Furman ... waited just one week to score the second touchdown of his career on a nine-yard catch in a 38-14 romp over No. 24-ranked Georgia Southern ... caught two passes for 16 yards in win over No. 24 Wofford and had one catch for six yards in season finale against Western Carolina.
2012: Appeared in 11 games and was a part of Appalachian State’s regular rotation at wide receiver … ranked seventh on the team in receptions (6) and receiving yards (86) … five of his six receptions came in the first three games of the season … earned the starting assignment in his collegiate debut at East Carolina and caught two passes for 21 yards … also caught two passes for 11 yards in home-opening win over Montana … hauled in a 10-yard pass in Week 3 versus The Citadel … role diminished somewhat over the latter portion of the season, as he went seven games without a catch before a key 44-yard reception that moved Appalachian to the one yard line and set up a fourth-quarter touchdown in the Mountaineers’ eventual 38-37 overtime loss to Illinois State in the second round of the NCAA Division I Football Championship.
2011: Redshirted.
High School: Named Charlotte Christian’s offensive MVP as a senior ... participated in prestigious Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas ... two-year letterwinner ... coached by Jason Estep ... also lettered twice in basketball and track and field ... was track team’s MVP as a senior as well.
Personal: Full name is Simms Chapin McElfresh ... born Jan. 25, 1993 (22 years old) ... son of Cathy and Doug McElfresh ... majoring in marketing.
