| Herschel Sims | |
| Current Title: | Assistant coach |
| Current Team: | Houston Christian |
| Current Conference: | Southland |
| Birth Date: | 17 September 1991 |
| Birth Place: | Abilene, Texas |
| Player Years1: | 2011 |
| Player Team1: | Oklahoma State |
| Player Years2: | 2012 |
| Player Team2: | Lamar |
| Player Years3: | 2013–2015 |
| Player Team3: | Abilene Christian |
| Coach Years1: | 2017–2020 |
| Coach Team1: | North Texas |
| Coach Years2: | 2021–2022 |
| Coach Team2: | SMU (OA) |
| Coach Years3: | 2023–present |
| Coach Team3: | Houston Christian (AHC) |
Herschel Sims (born September 17, 1991) is a former American football running back who is currently an assistant coach at Houston Christian University.[1] He played college football at Oklahoma State, Lamar University and Abilene Christian University.[2] [3]
Sims began high school football with the Abilene High School Eagles, who won the 2009 5A State Championship (Texas), against the Katy High School Tigers. He began playing for the Oklahoma State Cowboys in the 2011 season. Sporting News ranked him as the number 14 best college recruit. Rivals.com said that he was the fourth best back in the country.[4] In 2010, part of Sims' final high school football season was profiled on the MTV documentary series, World of Jenks. He played in the 2011 U.S. Army All-American Bowl.
The film, Under the Stadium Lights, focuses on the 2009 Abilene High Eagles 2009 season in which Sims is a main character portrayed by Acoryé White. The film stars Milo Gibson & Laurence Fishburne as Chad Mitchell & Harold Christian. Sims was not active in the film and provided very little support to the actors involved, the film is based on the novel 'Brother's Keeper' by Chad Mitchell & Al Pickett.
One of the most sought after signatures in the 2010 class Sims pledged early to Oklahoma State, but was frequently listed as a soft commitment. Texas A&M and TCU also recruited him, but Sims fended them off only to be reportedly mulling a late offer from Auburn.[5] However, he stuck to his original commitment and signed with Oklahoma State.
Reported in June 2011 to summer training camp at 208 pounds.[7]
Played his first collegiate game against Kansas. Sims scored his first touchdown against the Jayhawks as well. He had two 100-yard games against Baylor and Texas Tech.[8] He racked up 242 yards on just 31 carries, an average of nearly 7.8 yards per carry.
Sims has been accused of stealing $700 from a teammate.[9] He was dismissed from the team on June 1, 2012.[10] On June 5, 2012, he was charged with two felony counts of second-degree forgery.[11]