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{{Short description|American gridiron football player and executive (born 1975)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL player
| name = Geroy Simon
| image = 2023, Geroy Simon.jpg
| image_size =
| alt =
| caption = Simon with the Edmonton Elks in 2023
| currentteam = Maryland Terrapins
| number = 
| position = Executive director of revenue share management and general manager
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1975|9|11}}
| birth_place = [[Johnstown, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lb = 198
| college = [[University of Maryland, College Park|Maryland]]
| pastteams =
* [[Cincinnati Bengals]] (1997)*<ref>{{cite web |title=Geroy Simon |url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/transactions/s/simo00360.html |website=Pro Football Archives |access-date=19 December 2024}}</ref>
* [[Philadelphia Eagles]] (1997)*
* [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] ({{NFL Year|1997}})*
* [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] ({{NFL Year|1997|1998}})*
* [[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]] ({{CFL Year|1999|2000}})
* [[Kansas City Chiefs]] ({{NFL Year|2001}})*
* [[BC Lions]] ({{CFL Year|2001|2012}})
* [[Saskatchewan Roughriders]] ({{CFL Year|2013}})
| pastadmin =
* [[Saskatchewan Roughriders]] ({{CFL Year|2014}})<br />Area scout
* [[BC Lions]] ({{CFL Year|2015|2016}})<br />Player business developmental advisor
* BC Lions ({{CFL Year|2017}})<br />Director of CIS scouting & personnel assistant
* BC Lions ({{CFL Year|2018|2019}})<br />Director of Canadian scouting & CFL draft coordinator
* BC Lions ({{CFL Year|2020|2021}})<br />Director of global scouting & U.S. regional scout
* [[Edmonton Elks]] ({{CFL Year|2022|2024}})<br />Assistant general manager
* Edmonton Elks ({{CFL Year|2024}})<br />Interim general manager
* [[Maryland Terrapins football|Maryland]] (2025)<br>Executive director of revenue share management and general manager
| highlights = 
* 3× [[Grey Cup]] champion ([[94th Grey Cup|2006]], [[99th Grey Cup|2011]], [[101st Grey Cup|2013]])
* 6× CFL All-Star ({{CFL Year|2003}}, {{CFL Year|2004}}, {{CFL Year|2006|2008}}, {{CFL Year|2011}})
* 7× [[CFL West]] All-Star ({{CFL Year|2003}}, {{CFL Year|2004}}, {{CFL Year|2006|2009}}, {{CFL Year|2011}})
* [[CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award|CFL's Most Outstanding Player]] ({{CFL Year|2006}})
* [[Rogers Fans' Choice Award]] ({{CFL Year|2006}})
* [[Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy]] ({{CFL Year|2006}})
* Second-team All-[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]] ([[1994 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team|1994]])
; CFL records
* Most career receiving yards (16,352)
| cflstatlabel1 = Games played
| cflstatvalue1 = 238
| cflstatlabel2 = Receptions
| cflstatvalue2 = 1,029
| cflstatlabel3 = Receiving yards
| cflstatvalue3 = 16,352
| cflstatlabel4 = Touchdown receptions
| cflstatvalue4 = 103
| CFHOF = geroy-simon
}}
'''Geroy Simon''' (born September 11, 1975) is an American [[gridiron football|football]] executive and former player who is the executive director of revenue share management and general manager of the [[Maryland Terrapins football]] team. He played in 15 seasons at [[slotback]] in the [[Canadian Football League]], twelve of them with the [[BC Lions]]. He won the [[CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award]] in [[2006 CFL season|2006]] while also winning three [[Grey Cup]] championships; with the [[BC Lions]] in [[94th Grey Cup|2006]] and [[99th Grey Cup|2011]] and with Saskatchewan in [[101st Grey Cup|2013]]. As of the [[2013 CFL season]], Simon is the [[List of Canadian Football League records (individual)#Receiving|all-time]] career leader in CFL receiving yards with 16,352 yards, second in pass receptions with 1,029 and third in touchdown receptions with 103. He was inducted into the [[Canadian Football Hall of Fame]] in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cfhof.ca/2017/03/23/geroy-simon-natural-hall-of-famer/|title = Geroy Simon: Natural Hall of Famer|date = 23 March 2017}}</ref>  Following his playing career, Simon was an executive in the Canadian Football League and was the interim general manager of the [[Edmonton Elks]] in 2024.

==College career==
Simon finished second on the University of Maryland's all-time charts for receptions (185) and receiving yards (2,059), and caught 10 career touchdown passes. As a senior, he caught 35 passes for 534 yards and 3 touchdowns. He had his best season as a sophomore, setting an ACC record with 77 catches for 891 yards and 5 touchdowns. That season, he also returned a kickoff 94 yards for a touchdown.

==Professional career==
===Pittsburgh Steelers===
[[1997 NFL season|1997]]: Spent part of the 1997 season on the [[NFL]]'s [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] practice squad.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/15/sports/pro-football-notebook-steeler-receiving-corps-is-battered-and-bruised.html |title=Steeler Receiving Corps Is Battered and Bruised |access-date=5 February 2014 |work=The New York Times |date=15 October 1997}}</ref>

===Winnipeg Blue Bombers===
[[1999 CFL season|1999]]–[[2000 CFL season|2000]]: Saw some time at slotback and wide receiver for the [[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]], playing in 10 games in 1999 and all 18 regular season games in 2000. Simon caught 51 passes for 725 yards and 7 TDs in 2000, all career numbers at the time.

===BC Lions===
[[2001 CFL season|2001]]: Joined the BC Lions as a free agent and served as a backup at the slotback position, seeing time in 6 games.

[[2002 CFL season|2002]]: Led the Lions with 50 receptions in his first full season in the starting lineup, finishing with 754 yards. He also threw for a 71-yard touchdown toss in his only attempt of the season. He established career highs in kick returns with 51 punt returns for 464 yards, 19 kickoff returns for 385 yards and six missed field goal returns for 128 yards.

[[2003 CFL season|2003]]: Recorded his first 1,000-yard receiving season with 1687 yards and was named both a Western and a CFL All-Star for the first time in his career. Named Offensive Player of the Week for Week #16. He also scored his first two-point conversion on a five-yard reception. For the second consecutive season, he threw a touchdown pass, this time for 52 yards. He also had a career-high seven carries for 135 yards and one rushing touchdown.

[[2004 CFL season|2004]]: Became the third Lions player to record 100 receptions in a season with 103 catches. He broke [[Darren Flutie]]'s BC Lions team record for single season receiving with 1,750 yards. Caught 3 passes for 31 yards in the [[2004 Grey Cup]]. Received his second straight Western and CFL All-Star berth and was named Offensive Player of the Week in Week #9.

[[2005 CFL season|2005]]: Led the Lions in receiving (both yards and receptions) for the third straight season. Ranked 4th in the CFL in receiving yards with 1,322 and 5th in receptions with 89. Set an all-time Lions playoff record with a 90-yard reception for a touchdown against Edmonton in the 2005 West Final.

[[File:Geroy Simon 2011.jpg|thumb|left|Simon with the [[BC Lions]] in 2011.]]
[[2006 CFL season|2006]]: Simon led the CFL in receiving yards and receptions, with 1,856 yards on 105 receptions and 15 touchdowns, all of which are career highs. Consequently, he broke his own team receiving yards record that he set in 2004. He also tied the CFL record for most 100-yard receiving games in a season with 11. Evidenced by his dominant play, Simon was named the CFL Offensive Player of the Month for both September and October. For his efforts on the season, Simon was named the [[CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award|Most Outstanding Player of the CFL]] for the 2006 season. He capped off the season by contributing four catches for 41 yards in the BC Lions' [[2006 Grey Cup]] win.

[[2007 CFL season|2007]]: Simon had a difficult start to the season, accumulating only 449 yards and one touchdown through ten games. However, it turned out that he had saved his best for last and caught 38 passes for 859 yards and six touchdowns in the final eight games, incidentally, all wins for the Lions. He set a personal best 18.2-yard average per catch and claimed his second straight receiving title with a 211-yard performance in the final game of the season.

[[2008 CFL season|2008]]: On 25 July 2008, in a home game against the [[Montreal Alouettes]], Simon surpassed [[Jim Young|Jim "Dirty 30" Young]] for the number one spot as the Lions all-time receiving yards receiver. He finished the season with 10,262 career receiving yards. He also became the Lions all-time receiving touchdown leader surpassing Young's 65 with his 66th touchdown on 27 September 2008 versus the [[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]]. He finished the season with eight 100-yard receiving games and finished second in receiving despite missing two games with injury.

[[2009 CFL season|2009]]: With the release of [[Jason Clermont]] before the [[2009 CFL season]], Simon and [[Paris Jackson (Canadian football)|Paris Jackson]] were the only remaining 1,000-yard receivers on the [[2009 BC Lions season|2009 BC Lions team]] and Simon routinely faced double and triple coverage by opponents reducing his receptions.<ref>{{cite news |title=B.C.'s Simon says attention is affecting play |last=Morris|first=Jim |agency=The Canadian Press|date=2009-08-04|publisher=SLAM! Sports}}</ref> Nonetheless, Simon had 79 receptions for 1,239 yards, securing his seventh straight 1,000-yard receiving yards season. This was also his seventh consecutive season in which he led the Lions in receiving yards.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bclions.com/uploads/assets/BC/pdfs/History/All-time_Leaders.pdf |title=Lions All-time Leaders |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104102226/http://bclions.com/uploads/assets/BC/pdfs/History/All-time_Leaders.pdf |archive-date=2010-01-04 |access-date=5 February 2014}}</ref>

[[2010 CFL season|2010]]: Simon recorded his eighth straight 1,000-yard receiving yard season in 2010, amassing 1,190 yards on 78 catches with six touchdowns.

[[2011 CFL season|2011]]: On 10 September, Simon passed [[Willie Fleming]] as the Lions' all-time touchdown leader after he scored his 88th touchdown as a Lion in the last game to be played at [[Empire Field]]. He came into the season needing 1417 receiving yards to pass [[Milt Stegall]] as the [[Canadian Football League|CFL]]'s all-time leader in receiving yardage. While finishing just short, he nonetheless had an all-star season, recording 84 catches for 1350 yards and eight touchdowns. Simon played in the [[99th Grey Cup]], catching four passes for 79 yards en route to a 34-23 Lions' victory and the second Grey Cup championship of his career.

[[2012 CFL season|2012]]: On 29 June, while playing against the [[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]] and with the former record holder [[Milt Stegall]] in attendance, Simon became the all-time CFL career reception yards leader.

===Saskatchewan Roughriders===
[[2013 CFL season|2013]]: On 24 January, Simon was traded to the [[Saskatchewan Roughriders]] in exchange for receiver [[Justin Harper (American football)|Justin Harper]] and Saskatchewan's third round pick in the [[2014 CFL Draft]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/article/bc-blockbuster-simon-heading-to-riders |title=Superman flies to Saskatchewan |access-date=28 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151009085323/http://www.cfl.ca/article/bc-blockbuster-simon-heading-to-riders |archive-date=9 October 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> On the same day, the [[Saskatchewan Roughriders]] signed Simon to a contract for one year plus an option worth $170,000 per year plus bonuses.<ref>[https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=414365 Lions trade Simon to Saskatchewan for Harper, third-round pick]</ref> Geroy Simon missed the first 3 weeks of the [[2013 CFL season]] with a lower body injury.<ref>[https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=427414 Misses 3 straight game with lower back injury]</ref> On 17 August 2013 (Week 8) Simon became the 3rd player in CFL history to have 1,000 career receptions: The other players are [[Ben Cahoon]] and [[Terry Vaughn]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://leaderpost.com/sports/Simon+grateful+catches/8805144/story.html |title=Simon gets 1,000 career receptions, August 2013 |access-date=26 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202231907/http://www.leaderpost.com/sports/Simon+grateful+catches/8805144/story.html |archive-date=2 December 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In Week 9 (1 week later) Simon became the first CFL player to have 16,000 receiving yards.<ref>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/football/sheets-helps-roughriders-avoid-upset-to-eskimos/article13943605/ First CFL receiver to have 16,000 yards, August 2013]</ref> In Week 14, against the [[Montreal Alouettes]], Simon became the CFL's all time receptions leader. He surpassed [[Ben Cahoon]]'s record of 1,017 career receptions. Simon would finish the season on a winning note catching two touchdown passes in the biggest game of the year en route to the Roughriders winning their fourth Grey Cup championship.

On May 31, 2014, Simon announced his retirement from professional football.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/rider-training-camp-opens-with-geroy-simon-s-retirement-1.2661328 |title=Rider training camp opens with Geroy Simon's retirement |last1=Anderson |first1=Eric |date=1 June 2014 |website=CBC.ca |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] |access-date=4 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://riderville.com/article/cfls-all-time-receptions-and-receiving-yards-leader-geroy-simon-announces-retirement |title=CFL's All- Time Receptions and Receiving Yards Leader, Geroy Simon Announces Retirement |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=4 June 2014 |website=Riderville.com |publisher=Saskatchewan Roughrider Football Club Inc. |access-date=4 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606203300/http://riderville.com/article/cfls-all-time-receptions-and-receiving-yards-leader-geroy-simon-announces-retirement |archive-date=6 June 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Statistics==
{| BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="0" width="65%" style="text-align:center"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="2" | Receiving
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! colspan="6" | Regular&nbsp;season
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! colspan="6" | Playoffs
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Year
! Team
! Games
! No.
! Yards
! Avg
! Long
! TD
! Games
! No.
! Yards
! Avg
! Long
! TD
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[1999 CFL season|1999]]
| [[1999 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season|WPG]]
| 10
| 34
| 306
| 9.0
| 25
| 0
| colspan="6" | ''Team did not qualify''
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2000 CFL season|2000]]
| [[2000 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season|WPG]]
| 17
| 51
| 725
| 14.2
| 80
| 7
| 2
| 4
| 54
| 13.5
| 31
| 1
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[2001 CFL season|2001]]
| [[2001 BC Lions season|BC]]
| 6
| 14
| 182
| 13.0
| 33
| 1
| 1
| 5
| 56
| 11.2
| 32
| 0
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2002 CFL season|2002]]
| [[2002 BC Lions season|BC]]
| 17
| 50
| 754
| 15.1
| 42
| 2
| 1
| 5
| 88
| 17.6
| 31
| 0
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[2003 CFL season|2003]]
| [[2003 BC Lions season|BC]]
| 18
| 94
| 1687
| 17.9
| 103
| 13
| 1
| 3
| 11
| 3.7
| 5
| 0
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2004 CFL season|2004]]
| [[2004 BC Lions season|BC]]
| 18
| 103
| 1750
| 17.0
| 89
| 14
| 2
| 8
| 73
| 9.1
| 18
| 0
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[2005 CFL season|2005]]
| [[2005 BC Lions season|BC]]
| 18
| 89
| 1322
| 14.9
| 83
| 10
| 1
| 3
| 112
| 37.3
| 90
| 1
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2006 CFL season|2006]]
| [[2006 BC Lions season|BC]]
| 18
| 105
| 1856
| 17.7
| 92
| 15
| 2
| 8
| 75
| 9.4
| 13
| 0
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[2007 CFL season|2007]]
| [[2007 BC Lions season|BC]]
| 18
| 72
| 1308
| 18.2
| 96
| 6
| 1
| 5
| 50
| 10.0
| 18
| 1
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2008 CFL season|2008]]
| [[2008 BC Lions season|BC]]
| 16
| 82
| 1418
| 17.3
| 79
| 10
| 2
| 9
| 179
| 19.9
| 46
| 1
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[2009 CFL season|2009]]
| [[2009 BC Lions season|BC]]
| 18
| 79
| 1239
| 15.7
| 62
| 6
| 2
| 9
| 141
| 15.7
| 48
| 0
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2010 CFL season|2010]]
| [[2010 BC Lions season|BC]]
| 18
| 78
| 1190
| 15.3
| 98
| 6
| 1
| 4
| 45
| 11.3
| 14
| 0
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[2011 CFL season|2011]]
| [[2011 BC Lions season|BC]]
| 18
| 84
| 1350
| 16.1
| 63
| 8
| 2
| 10
| 185
| 18.5
| 53
| 1
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2012 CFL season|2012]]
| [[2012 BC Lions season|BC]]
| 13
| 54
| 700
| 12.9
| 56
| 2
| 1
| 6
| 56
| 9.3
| 56
| 0
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[2013 CFL season|2013]]
| [[2013 Saskatchewan Roughriders season|SSK]]
| 15
| 40
| 565
| 14.1
| 45
| 3
| 3
| 6
| 103
| 17.2
| 42
| 2
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | [[Winnipeg Blue Bombers|WPG]] totals
! 27
! 85
! 1,031
! 12.1
! 80
! 7
! 2
! 4
! 54
! 13.5
! 31
! 1
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | [[BC Lions|BC]] totals
! 196
! 904
! 14,756
! 16.3
! 103
! 93
! 17
! 75
! 1,071
! 14.3
! 90
! 4
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | [[Saskatchewan Roughriders|SSK]] totals
! 15
! 40
! 565
! 14.1
! 45
! 3
! 3
! 6
! 103
! 17.2
! 42
! 2
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | [[Canadian Football League|CFL]] totals
! 238
! 1,029
! 16,352
! 15.9
! 103
! 103
! 22
! 85
! 1,228
! 14.4
! 90
! 7
|}

==Personal life==
Before ultimately choosing football as a career, Simon enjoyed great success as a basketball player at a young age. He also took up baseball and track, but became attracted to football after watching [[Walter Payton]]. Envisioning a career in professional football, he accepted a scholarship offer from the University of Maryland. During his spare time, Simon has said that he listens to [[B.B. King]], watches SportsCentre, and plays pool. Simon also coaches his son's minor football team. Simon currently lives in Edmonton for the football season and spends the offseason in Arizona with his fiancée Taryn Dakha.

Simon was together with his wife, Tracy Simon, for 17 years before she died.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bc.ctvnews.ca/tracy-lasorsa-simon-wife-of-b-c-lions-great-geroy-simon-dies-1.3391931|title = Tracy Lasorsa-Simon, wife of B.C. Lions great Geroy Simon, dies|date = 30 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theprovince.com/sports/football/ed-willes-hall-of-famer-simon-copes-being-a-superman-on-hurting-home-front|title=Ed Willes: Simon copes with being a Superman on hurting home front}}</ref>

His eldest son Gervon, who was born when Geroy was a freshman at Maryland, was formerly the starting quarterback at [[Greater Johnstown High School]] - Geroy's alma mater - who finished as the all-time passing yards leader.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ups and downs of fatherhood|url=http://www2.canada.com/theprovince/news/sports/story.html?id=5321e8ee-5a8c-4929-a101-d0e2438d41d2|access-date=2 October 2011|newspaper=The Province (Vancouver)|date=12 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228065706/http://www2.canada.com/theprovince/news/sports/story.html?id=5321e8ee-5a8c-4929-a101-d0e2438d41d2|archive-date=28 December 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Gervon Simon, #10|url=http://www.goarmysports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/gervon_simon_855448.html|access-date=10 January 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150115094546/http://www.goarmysports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/gervon_simon_855448.html|archive-date=15 January 2015}}</ref>

==Executive career==
After Simon ended his playing career in 2013, he remained with the Saskatchewan Roughriders in a front office role. Simon returned to the BC Lions in 2015 and served as the team's Director for Global Scouting and a US Regional Scout.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bclions.com/staff-geroy-simon/|title=Geroy Simon - Director, Global Scouting and US Regional Scout}}</ref> On December 28, 2021, he was named the assistant general manager of the [[Edmonton Elks]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goelks.com/2021/12/28/simon-named-elks-assistant-general-manager/|title=Simon named Elks assistant general manager |publisher=[[Edmonton Elks]] |date=December 28, 2021}}</ref>

On July 15, 2024, following the dismissal of [[general manager]], [[Chris Jones (gridiron football coach)|Chris Jones]], Simon was named the team's interim general manager.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goelks.com/2024/07/15/general-manager-and-head-coach-chris-jones-relieved-of-his-duties/ |title=General manager and head coach Chris Jones relieved of his duties |publisher=[[Edmonton Elks]] |date=July 15, 2024}}</ref> On November 9, 2024, it was announced that Ed Hervey had been named general manager for the Elks and Simon was not retained.

In 2025, Simon was named executive director of revenue share management and general manager of the Maryland Terrapins football team.<ref name="Maryland">{{cite web |title=Terrapin Great, CFL Hall of Famer Geroy Simon Named Executive Director of Revenue Share Management and General Manager |url=https://umterps.com/news/2025/1/14/terrapin-athletics-terrapin-great-cfl-hall-of-famer-geroy-simon-named-executive-director-of-revenue-share-management-and-general-manager.aspx |website=umterps.com/ |publisher=University of Maryland |access-date=19 February 2025}}</ref>

==Awards and legacy==
In 2012, in honour of the [[100th Grey Cup]], [[Canada Post]] used his image on a series of commemorative postage stamps. The image was also used on presentation posters and other materials to promote the Grey Cup game and other celebrations associated with the centennial.

==References==
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==External links==
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