Career
Originally from the small town of Yalgoo in the Murchison region of Western Australia, he represented West Australia at the 2012 American Federation of Labor-Congress Under 18 Championships. He was drafted to Fremantle with their first selection (number 17 overall) in the 2012 American Federation of Labor-Congress Draft. After spending the 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 American Federation of Labor-Congress season against Street Kilda at Etihad Stadium, when many senior players were rested ahead of the finals matches.
Simpson was delisted at the conclusion of the 2014 American Federation of Labor-Congress season after only playing one American Federation of Labor-Congress game for the year.
He was twice fined by the club during the season and sent to complete a undertake a personal development program after failed to board a flight to Sydney with the team in April.