Florida State University Athletics
2024-25 Men's Basketball Roster
Roster
Jason Simpson
- Year:
- Senior
- Height:
- 5-10
- Hometown:
- West Palm Beach, Fla.
- Weight:
- 170
- High School:
- Montverde Academy
- Other College:
- St. John's
Jason Simpson’s Career-High’s
PTS: 3 vs. Tarleton State (1-12-24)
STLS: 1 at Xavier (2-4-23*)
ASTS: 1 at Creighton (1-15-23*)
*denotes while Saint John’s
HONORS
2025 NABC Academic Honors Court
2025 ACC Academic Honor Roll
WHY I WEAR MY NUMBER
I wear No. 4 at Florida State because that’s the number my brother, Scottie, wore when he was a star player for the Seminoles in 2021.
Jason Simpson is the 14th player in school history to wear uniform No. 4. It has been worn by two ACC Sixth Men of the Year (Patrick Williams in 2020 and Scottie Barnes in 2021), two NBA Draft Picks (Williams in 2020 by the Chicago Bulls and Dwayne Bacon in 2017 by the New Orleans Pelicans), and a current NBA assistant coach (Deividas Dulkys from 2009-12).
WHAT'S IN A NAME
My full name is Jason Carter Simpson. My father wanted keep the same initials of JCS that runs in the family, and asked my oldest brother to pick the name and chose Jason. He picked my first name, Jason, after the former basketball player Jason Kidd.
HOMETOWN
My hometown is West Palm Beach, Fla. which is an awesome place with beautiful weather, fantastic beaches, and great people.
ON SIMPSON
Played as a Seminole for two seasons (2024 and 2025) under head coach Leonard Hamilton and his staff…played four years of college basketball – two at St. John’s under Mike Anderson (2022 and 2023) and at Florida State (2024 and 2025)…graduated from Florida State University on May 3, 2025…graduated in university ceremonies at the Donald L. Tucker Center – his home basketball playing arena as a Seminole…played in 15 career games including 10 at Florida State during his two seasons (2024 and 2025), and five at St. John’s during the 2021-22 (two games) and 2022-23 seasons (three games)…a tremendous teammate…named to the 2025 NABC Academic Honors Court.
AS A SENIOR (2025)
Averaged 0.4 points and 0.0 rebounds in a career-high nine games played…played in 10 games during the season including five in ACC play… made his senior-season debut with the first field goal of his career (a 3-pointer) for a total of 3 points in 2 minutes of playing time in Florida State's victory over Tarleton State (Nov. 12)...also earned playing time in three more non-conference games against Hofstra (Nov. 19), UMass (Nov. 24) and at home against Western Carolina (Nov. 26)…earned playing time in ACC games against Syracuse (Jan. 4), at Miami (Jan. 8), at Clemson (Jan. 11), at Duke in Cameron Indoor Stadium (March 1) and was a first-time starter in Florida State’s regular season finale against SMU (March 8)… earned the first start of his career and played three minutes in the Seminoles' 76-69 win over SMU at the Donald L. Tucker Center in Tallahassee (March 8).
AS A JUNIOR (2024)
Played in one game in his first season as a Seminole...made his Florida State debut with one minute of playing time in the Seminoles' Senior Day victory over Miami in ACC play at the Donald L. Tucker Center (March 9)...
AS A SOPHOMORE (2023)
A second-year member of the team at St. John’s...played in a career-high three games as he earned playing time at Creighton (Jan. 15), at Xavier (Feb. 4) and against Butler (March 8)...totaled four minutes of playing time in the three games in which he earned playing time...earned his first career steal at Xavier.
AS A FRESHMAN (2022)
A member of the team at St. John’s...earned in two games before missing much of the season with an injury...earned five minutes of playing time in two games against Mississippi Valley State (Nov. 9) and St. Peter’s (Nov. 13).
BEFORE FLORIDA STATE
Graduated from Montverde Academy in 2021...played at Montverde for two seasons...was the starting point guard for the Eagles for two seasons...averaged 12.0 points, 7.0 assists and 2.0 steals per game, while shooting .400 percent from 3-point range...led the Eagles to a state championship in the postgraduate division of the Florida Sun Conference his junior season.
AT OXBRIDGE ACADEMY
Played at Oxbridge Academy in West Palm Beach during his sophomore and junior seasons...helped lead the Thunderwolves to two district championships...led Oxbridge to an undefeated regular season as a sophomore...averaged 3.6 points, 1.2 rebounds, and 1.5 steals in his two seasons at 48 games played at Oxbridge...averaged a career-high 5.7 points, a career high 1.3 rebounds and a career-high 1.6 assists as a junior.
PERSONAL
Born: August 24, 2002...Jason is the son of Rita Rodriguez and John Simpson...his father, John, played basketball at Virginia State...was born in Huntington, N.Y...has two brothers Scottie and Daniel...Scottie Barnes was a 2021 Seminole All-American, the 2021 ACC Freshman of the Year and the 2022 NBA Rookie of the Year...hopes to start his own company following his basketball playing career...graduated from Florida State University in May of 2025 with a degree in finance.
