University of Tennessee Athletics

Last name is pronounced Si-mag-lee-uh

CAREER HONORS

2020 Lou Groza Award Preseason Watch List
2020 Preseason All-SEC First Team (Athlon, Coaches, College Football News, Phil Steele)
2019 Lou Groza Award Semifinalist
2019 All-SEC Second Team (Coaches, PFF)
Lou Groza Award Star of the Week (11/4/19)
2019 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
2018 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
2017-18 First Year SEC Academic Honor Roll

CAREER

One of the nation’s top kickers and one of the greatest at his position to ever don the Orange and White … A 2020 preseason All-SEC First Team selection by several publications … Has made 46-of-62 career field goal attempts for a 74.2 percentage, which ranks third in program history … His 46 field goals made ranks eighth in UT history and are five shy of the top seven … His 62 attempts are eighth in school annals … Is 88-of-89 on PATs for his career … Tallied 226 career points, which ranks 11th in program history … Is 4-of-6 on 50+ yard field goals with a career-long make of 53 yards (11/2/19) … From 40+ yards, is 18-of-29 (62.1) and 16-of-22 in the last two seasons … Three-time member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll.

2020 – SENIOR

Tennessee's starting kicker who played in eight games despite dealing with injuries ... Opted out of the final two games in order to focus on his health ... Made a 47-yard FG and totaled five points at #23 Auburn (11/21) to move into 11th on UT’s career scoring list ... Was 2-for-2 on field goals at Arkansas (11/7), converting from 50 and 48 yards ... Made his only field goal attempt (33 yards) and both PATs vs. #2 Alabama (10/24) ... Went 1-2 on field goals and was a perfect 4-4 on PATs in season-opening win at South Carolina (9/26).
 
2019 – JUNIOR

Completed one of the greatest seasons ever by a Tennessee kicker in 2019, drilling 23-of-27 field goals, including a 51-yarder and a 53-yarder … His 85.2 percentage ranked second in the SEC and was best among kickers who attempted more than 20 … Made all 35 of his extra point attempts … Made 9-of-11 field goal attempts from 40+ ... Earned second-team All-SEC honors and was a semifinalist for the Lou Groza Award … Finished second in the SEC with 23 field goals made and tied for seventh in the nation ... 23 made fields goals ranked third in UT single-season annals and most since Carlos Reveiz connected on 24 in 1985 … Ranked sixth in the SEC in scoring and his 104 points tied for the sixth-most in UT history ... His 53-yard field goal against UAB (11/2) was the longest by a Vol in 24 years -- since Jeff Hall's 53-yarder in 1995 -- and tied for the eighth-longest in school history ... Capped the season by going 3-for-3 on field goals against Indiana in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl (1/2), scoring the game's first six points in Jacksonville … Made a 48-yard field goal and a 36-yarder in addition to his career-long 53-yard FG versus UAB (11/2) ... Earned Lou Groza Award “Star of the Week” honors against UAB … Drilled a 46-yard field goal vs. South Carolina ...  Made a pair of field goals against Mississippi State and Alabama ... Opened the season by making his first nine field goal attempts and didn't miss until the fifth game (Georgia) ... Tied his career-high, drilling 4-of-4 field goals against BYU (9/7), including a 51-yarder … Hit a field goal of 48 yards against Georgia State while going 3-for-3 on field goal attempts (8/31). 

2018 – SOPHOMORE

Appeared in 11 games … Finished 10-of-13 on field goal attempts (76.9 percent) and nailed all 31 extra point attempts to lead Tennessee in scoring (61 points) … Was 4-of-6 from 40+ yards with a long of 45 … Was 3-for-3 on PATs and hit a 45-yarder against South Carolina (10/27) … Made three field goals, including a 45-yarder in win at No. 21 Auburn (10/13) … Made a 19-yard field goal vs. No. 11 Kentucky (11/10) and a 21-yarder against Missouri (11/17) … Made a pair of field goals vs. Florida (9/22) from 32 yards and 41 yards … Drilled a 26-yard field goal versus ETSU (9/8) in the home opener and hit a 38-yarder against UTEP (9/15) the next week.

2017 – FRESHMAN

Appeared in five games … Finished 8-of-13 (61.5 percent) on field goals and made all three of his PATs as a freshman … Was 2-of-7 from 40+ yards … Made four field goals at Kentucky, the most by a UT kicker since Aaron Medley made four field goals against Missouri in 2015 … Converted on his first PAT of his career against Alabama (10/21) … Appeared in his first game as UT’s starting kicker against South Carolina (10/14), hitting all three of his field goal attempts … Made his first career field goal attempt, a 51-yarder, against Florida (9/16), the longest made kick since Michael Palardy hit a 51-yarder against Missouri on Nov. 2, 2013.

HIGH SCHOOL

A three-star recruit and one of the nation’s top kicker prospects out of Fred J. Page High School … Five-star rating from Kohl’s and listed as the sixth-best kicker in the Class of 2017 … Named to TSWA Class 4A All-State Team in 2015 and 2016 … Made 6-of-11 field goals and all 31 extra points as a senior in 2016 … Had a career-long field goal of 47 yards.

PERSONAL

Full name is Brent Robert Cimaglia … Born on June 26, 1998 … Son of Keri and Dan Cimaglia … Has two siblings, Jennifer and Jack … Majoring in business management ... Recipient of Daniel Stuart Humphreys Athletic Endowment … Favorite movie is “Forest Gump” … Grew up in Florida and loves the outdoors, including fishing and golf … Moved from Florida to Charlotte, North Carolina, at the age of seven … Spent all of middle school and his first year of high school in Charlotte … Followed in the footsteps of his brother in beginning kicking … Moved from Charlotte to Nashville following his freshman year of high school … Says his dad and brother inspire him.