 Over his career with the Rough Riders, Simpson caught 274 passes for 6,034 yards and 65 touchdowns.On defense, he recorded 18 interceptions for 192 return yards and three touchdowns while on punt returns, he had 53 returns for 376 yards (7.1 yard average) and one touchdown.He was the first Rough Riders player to record 1000 receiving yards in a season, doing so in 1956.