Kenneth Sims, a Longhorn Legend who starred at defensive end for Texas from 1978-81 and was inducted into the National Football Foundation College Football Hall of Fame in the class of 2021, passed away peacefully in his home on Friday. The 1981 Lombardi Award winner, No. 1 pick in the 1982 NFL Draft and member of the Texas Athletics Hall of Honor (Class of 1997) was 65.
A Groesbeck, Texas native, Sims arrived on the Forty Acres as a freshman in 1978 and was an impact performer at the heart of the Longhorns' defensive line for four seasons.