UAB Blazers · RB RoomRB

#7 Ja'Vin Simpkins

Class  RS JR/TRFrom  Coastal Carolina (transfer)Ht / Wt  5'9" · 185 lbHometown  Miami, FL · Miami Northwestern

Depth-chart placement

Current role

RB3

Placement

Depth

Room

Running Back

Experience

4-JR

Last change

Updated 2026-07-29

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RB room context

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Ja'Vin Simpkins holds the RB · Depth spot in UAB Blazers’s running back room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

RB · StarterRod Robinson IIStarter

RB · BackupBam McReynoldsBackup

RB · DepthJa'Vin SimpkinsDepth

Transfer history

2026Coastal Carolina→UAB Blazers

Background & career

Ja'Vin Simpkins is a running back from Miami, Florida who transferred to UAB from Coastal Carolina. At Coastal Carolina, he appeared in all 13 games in 2025, recording 591 rushing yards and two touchdowns while adding 17 receptions for 74 yards. He played in three games in 2024, rushing 14 times for 93 yards and averaging 6.6 yards per carry before injury limited his availability. In 2023, Simpkins appeared in 11 games, returning 21 kicks for 395 yards and rushing 21 times for 129 yards and one touchdown. He was a three-star recruit in the Class of 2023.

Coastal Carolina2023 – 2025

UAB2026 — present

Previous schoolCoastal CarolinaRecruiting3-star · No. 495 nationalOriginMiami, FL · Miami Northwestern