Agreed to terms with the New Orleans Saints, 4/27/25…Was a three-year letterman at North Carolina Central before transferring to South Carolina in 2024…Started all 13 games at right guard for the Gamecocks, was selected as a team captain and earned third-team All-SEC honors from league coaches and College Football Nation...Played in the Hula Bowl in Orlando following the season…Named to the Stats Perform FCS All-America Third Team in 2023 after helping the Eagles post a 9-3 record and advance to the NCAA Division I FCS playoffs...Recognized as the MEAC Offensive Lineman of the Year and a first-team all-league performer after helping an NCCU offense lead the MEAC in every team statistical category and rank in the top 20 of the FCS in both scoring and total offense...Was a 2023 HBCU All-American and tabbed the MEAC Offensive Lineman of the Week three times…In 2022, garnered first-team All-MEAC honors...Started all 12 games at center for the top scoring and total offense leaders in the MEAC...Twice named MEAC Offensive Lineman of the Week...Topped the squad with 81 pancake blocks, an average of 6.8 per game...Graded out at 85.3 percent on the season...The Eagles posted a 10-2 overall record, won the MEAC title and defeated Jackson State in the Cricket Celebration Bowl, earning the title of HBCU National Champions...Secured the program's highest FCS national ranking at No. 17 in the final AFCA Coaches' Poll…In 2021, started all 11 games...Named MEAC Offensive Lineman of the Week following his performance in win at Howard...Earned spot on Phil Steele's All-MEAC third team…Graduated from Olympic (Charlotte, N.C.) HS in 2020...Named SoMECK 7 All-Conference...Selected to play in the 2019 Queen City Senior Bowl…Graduated from South Carolina with a degree in services management…Torriccelli Simpkins III was born June 6, 2002 in Aiken, S.C.
