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2020-2024Ohio State
Cody Simon
LB • 6'2" • 235 lbs • Jersey City, NJ, USA
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Cody Simon shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 48.1 disruption score.
Impact Production
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Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
81
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
94
Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Ohio State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Ohio State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Oregon
Player Story
Cody Simon built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a linebacker from Jersey City, NJ wearing No. 30, spending time with Ohio State. The clearest part of Cody Simon's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Ohio State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2025
- Selection
- Round 4 · Pick 13
- Overall
- No. 115
- NFL Team
- Arizona Cardinals
Cody Simon, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Ohio State. Cody Simon shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 48.1 disruption score.
Quick Answers
Cody Simon quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Ohio State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 259
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 8 entries · 53 games
- Best season
- 2024 Postseason · Ohio State
- Top game
- Oregon
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · St. Peter's Prep · Ohio State
- High school pipeline
- St. Peter's Prep · 34 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2025 · Round 4 · Pick 13 · Arizona Cardinals
- Latest roster
- No. 30 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 112 tackles · LB 20th (top 2%) · Big Ten 4th (top 1%) · National 24th (top 1%)
Cody Simon played LB for Ohio State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Cody Simon recorded -3 rushing yards and 259 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Ohio State.
Recognition
Honors
- 20242024 All-Big Ten Coaches · conference_coachesthird
- 20242024 All-Big Ten Media · conference_mediafirst
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