Usage / Role
23%
Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2020UTEP
Dedrick Simpson
DT • 6'3" • 320 lbs • Houston, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Dedrick Simpson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Impact Production
39
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
24
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
53
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · UTEP
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- UTEP
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Houston Christian
Player Story
Dedrick Simpson built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a defensive tackle from Houston, TX wearing No. 59, spending time with UTEP. The clearest part of Dedrick Simpson's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- UTEP
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
Dedrick Simpson, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · UTEP. Dedrick Simpson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 29
- TFL
- 3.5
- Sacks
- 2
- QB hurries
- 2
Quick Answers
Dedrick Simpson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UTEP · DT
- Career Tackles
- 29
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 14 games
- Best season
- 2019 Regular Season · UTEP
- Top game
- Houston Christian
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Dobie · UTEP
- High school pipeline
- Dobie · 5 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 59 · Junior
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | UTEP | 7 | 14 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 36.7 |
| 2018 Regular Season | UTEP | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2019 Regular Season | UTEP | 7 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 47.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | UTEP | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
Related Context
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Dedrick Simpson played DT for UTEP. Across 4 tracked seasons, Dedrick Simpson recorded 29 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with UTEP.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season
UTEP paired 4 primary output with 14.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 14.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2020 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Houston Christian
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2019 Regular Season · UTEP
Games
7
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
14.7
Usage
7.3
Consistency
14.3
Best Game by takeover score
Houston Christian
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Houston Christian: 2. Texas Tech: 0. Nevada: 1. UTSA: 0. Florida International: 0. North Texas: 1. Rice: 0
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. Houston Christian: 1 by 24.2. Texas Tech: 1 by 4.2. Nevada: 7 by 39.2. UTSA: 3 by 12.5. Florida International: 1 by 4.2. North Texas: 1 by 14.2. Rice: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins2 · Games = 1 · +1.7 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 6 · -1.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
7 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Houston Christian
Best efficiency game
39.2 vs Nevada
Player Story
Dedrick Simpson story
Dedrick Simpson built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a defensive tackle from Houston, TX wearing No. 59, spending time with UTEP. The clearest part of Dedrick Simpson's career was his defensive production: 29 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, and 2 sacks across 14 career games in the available record. That gives Dedrick Simpson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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UTEP
2017-2020
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2017201820192020
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | UTEP | 3.5 | 13.3 | 3.8 | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | UTEP | 0 | — | — | -3.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | UTEP | 4 | 14.7 | 7.3 | 4 |
| 2020 Regular Season | UTEP | 0 | — | — | -4 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Houston Christian
Week 1 · W 36-34
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
74.7 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.7 takeover score.
#2
vs Western Kentucky
Week 6 · L 14-15 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
73.3 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.3 takeover score.
#3
vs Nevada
Week 4 · L 21-37
1
Havoc Plays
63.1 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.1 takeover score.
#4
@ North Texas
Week 10 · L 26-52 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
46.7 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 46.7 takeover score.
#5
vs UTSA
Week 9 · L 14-31 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
37.5 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 37.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Regular Season · UTEP
4 primary output · 14.7 efficiency · 7.3 usage
47.5
#2
2017 Regular Season · UTEP
36.7
3.5 primary · 13.3 efficiency · 3.8 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · UTEP
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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