Originally from the small town of
Yalgoo in the
Murchison region of Western Australia, he represented West Australia at the
2012 AFL Under 18 Championships. He was drafted to with their first selection (number 17 overall) in the
2012 AFL draft. After spending most of the 2013 season playing for
East Fremantle in the
West Australian Football League (WAFL), Simpson was one of ten players brought into the Fremantle side in the final round of the
2013 AFL season against
St Kilda at
Etihad Stadium, when many senior players were rested ahead of the finals matches. Simpson was delisted at the conclusion of the
2014 AFL season after only playing one AFL game for the year. He was twice fined by the club during the season and sent to complete a personal development program after failed to board a flight to Sydney with the team in April. ==References==