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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2008-2011Tennessee
Matt Simms
QB • 6'3" • Franklin Lakes, NJ, USA
Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator
Matt Simms is a balanced quarterback profile with 10.8 usage in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
3
Developing production for a quarterback
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Reliability
0
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
18
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Tennessee
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Louisville • Tennessee
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Florida
Player Story
Matt Simms built his college career from 2008 through 2011 as a quarterback from Franklin Lakes, NJ wearing No. 12, spending time with Louisville and Tennessee. The clearest part of Matt Simms' career was his passing...
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- Committed To
- Louisville
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2007
Matt Simms, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Tennessee. Matt Simms is a balanced quarterback profile with 10.8 usage in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 1,683
- Passing yards
- 1,818
- Touchdowns
- 10
Quick Answers
Matt Simms quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Tennessee · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 1,683
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 18 games
- Best season
- 2010 Regular Season · Tennessee
- Top game
- Florida
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Don Bosco Prep · Louisville
- High school pipeline
- Don Bosco Prep · 47 FBS recruits · 5 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 12 · Class 2011
- 2011 Total offense rank
- 297 total offense · QB 174th (top 62%) · SEC 48th (top 35%) · National 413th (top 32%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Regular Season | Louisville | 1 | 34 | 39 | -5 | 0 | 35.7 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Tennessee | 10 | 1,352 | 1,460 | -108 | 9 | 67.7 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Tennessee | 7 | 297 | 319 | -22 | 1 | 35.8 |
Related Context
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Matt Simms played QB for Louisville and Tennessee. Across 3 tracked seasons, Matt Simms recorded 1,818 passing yards, -135 rushing yards, and 10 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2010 with Tennessee.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2010 Regular Season
Tennessee paired 1,352 primary output with 55.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2011 Regular Season role shape
pass-led usage with 56.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2011 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Louisville, Tennessee.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: LSU
Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2011 Regular Season · Tennessee
Games
7
Primary Metric / G
42.4
Efficiency
56.5
Usage
10.8
Consistency
40.9
Best Game by takeover score
LSU
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Montana: 18. Buffalo: 0. Georgia: 22. LSU: 128. Alabama: 50. South Carolina: 49. Arkansas: 30
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Montana: 1 by 100. Buffalo: 1 by 33.3. Georgia: 10 by 55.2. LSU: 20 by 47.8. Alabama: 20 by 38. South Carolina: 13 by 50.9. Arkansas: 5 by 70
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins9 · Games = 2 · -46.8 vs Losses
Losses55.8 · Games = 5 · +46.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
7 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
LSU
Best efficiency game
100 vs Montana
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/12 | @ Arkansas | L 7-49 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 60.0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/29 | vs South Carolina | L 3-14 | 5 | 12 | 46 | 41.7 | 0 | 0 | 50.9 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Sat 10/22 | @ Alabama | L 6-37 | 8 | 17 | 58 | 47.1 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 3 | -8 | -2.70 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 10/15 | vs LSU | L 7-38 | 6 | 20 | 128 | 30.0 | 0 | 2 | 47.8 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/8 | vs Georgia | L 12-20 | 4 | 6 | 39 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 55.2 | 4 | -17 | -4.30 | 1 | 1 |
| Sat 10/1 | vs Buffalo | W 41-10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/3 | vs Montana | W 42-16 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | — | — | — | — | — |
Player Story
Matt Simms story
Matt Simms built his college career from 2008 through 2011 as a quarterback from Franklin Lakes, NJ wearing No. 12, spending time with Louisville and Tennessee. The clearest part of Matt Simms' career was his passing role: 1,818 passing yards, 8 touchdown passes, and 267 attempts across 18 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2010 with Tennessee. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. With 18 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Louisville and Tennessee.
The arc is straightforward: Matt Simms moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Louisville
2008
Opening stop
- 2
Tennessee
2010-2011
Final stop
Season Value Progression
200820102011
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Regular Season | Louisville | 34 | 33.1 | 3.3 | — |
| 2010 Regular Season | Tennessee | 1,352 | 55.8 | 19 | 1,318 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Tennessee | 297 | 56.5 | 10.8 | -1,055 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Florida
Week 3 · L 17-31 · Conference game
Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.
241
Total Offense
76.2 takeover
241 total offense with 51.3 efficiency.
#2
vs LSU
Week 7 · L 7-38 · Conference game
128
Total Offense
73.9 takeover
Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.
128 total offense with 47.8 efficiency.
#3
vs UAB
Week 4 · W 32-29
219
Total Offense
70.2 takeover
Win with 219 yards of offense and 54 efficiency.
219 total offense with 54 efficiency.
#4
@ Georgia
Week 6 · L 14-41 · Conference game
158
Total Offense
59.5 takeover
Loss with 158 yards of offense and 59.6 efficiency.
158 total offense with 59.6 efficiency.
#5
vs Montana
Week 1 · W 42-16
18
Total Offense
57 takeover
Win with 18 yards of offense and 100 efficiency.
18 total offense with 100 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2010 Regular Season · Tennessee
1,352 primary output · 55.8 efficiency · 19 usage
67.7
#2
2011 Regular Season · Tennessee
35.8
297 primary · 56.5 efficiency · 10.8 usage
#3
2008 Regular Season · Louisville
35.7
34 primary · 33.1 efficiency · 3.3 usage
Milestones
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250+ passing yards
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300+ total offense
1
3+ TD games
5
Above avg efficiency
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