Player Dossier

2019-2024

Tennessee

Elijah Simmons

DL • 6'2" • 340 lbs • Memphis, TN, USA

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Elijah Simmons shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

9%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

20

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

19

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

32

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Tennessee

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Tennessee
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Florida

Player Story

Elijah Simmons built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Memphis, TN wearing No. 10, spending time with Tennessee. The clearest part of Elijah Simmons' career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2025 · Rating 0.8794

Choctawhatchee · Fort Walton Beach, FL

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Commit Date
Jan 1, 2025

Elijah Simmons, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Tennessee. Elijah Simmons shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
59
TFL
7
Sacks
0.5
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Elijah Simmons quick answers

Latest team and position
Tennessee · DL
Career Tackles
59
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 34 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · Tennessee
Top game
Florida
Recruit profile
3-star · Choctawhatchee
High school pipeline
Choctawhatchee · 12 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 10 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
11 tackles · DL 559th (top 55%) · SEC 348th (top 47%) · National 2,762nd (top 46%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonTennessee00-0--0-
2020 Regular SeasonTennessee710-0-1010.6
2021 Regular SeasonTennessee5111.5011045.5
2022 Regular SeasonTennessee6810--012.6
2023 PostseasonTennessee920.50.5--038.6
2023 Regular SeasonTennessee9172.50-1038.6
2024 Regular SeasonTennessee7111.50--017

Related Context

Elijah Simmons played DL for Tennessee. Across 6 tracked seasons, Elijah Simmons recorded 59 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Tennessee.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Tennessee paired 3.5 primary output with 16.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 8.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2024 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Regular Season · Tennessee

Games

7

Havoc Plays / G

0.2

Efficiency

8.7

Usage

2

Consistency

9.5

Best Game by takeover score

Oklahoma

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Chattanooga: 0.5. Oklahoma: 1. Arkansas: 0. Florida: 0. Kentucky: 0. Georgia: 0. UTEP: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Chattanooga: 3 by 17.5. Oklahoma: 1 by 14.2. Arkansas: 1 by 4.2. Florida: 1 by 4.2. Kentucky: 1 by 4.2. Georgia: 2 by 8.3. UTEP: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.3 · Games = 5 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -0.3 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

Oklahoma

Best efficiency game

17.5 vs Chattanooga

Result
Sat 11/23vs UTEPW 56-020000
Sun 11/17@ GeorgiaL 17-3122000
Sat 11/2vs KentuckyW 28-1810000
Sat 10/12vs FloridaW 23-1710000
Sat 10/5@ ArkansasL 14-1910000
Sat 9/21@ OklahomaW 25-1511100
Sat 8/31vs ChattanoogaW 69-3310.5000

Player Story

Elijah Simmons story

Elijah Simmons built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Memphis, TN wearing No. 10, spending time with Tennessee. The clearest part of Elijah Simmons' career was his defensive production: 59 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 34 career games in the available record. That gives Elijah Simmons' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Tennessee

    2019-2024

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2019202020212022202320232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonTennessee0
2020 Regular SeasonTennessee17.411
2021 Regular SeasonTennessee3.516.23.62.5
2022 Regular SeasonTennessee17.21.9-2.5
2023 PostseasonTennessee4.513.83.13.5
2023 Regular SeasonTennessee4.513.83.10
2024 Regular SeasonTennessee1.58.72-3

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Florida

Week 4 · L 14-38 · Conference game

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5

Havoc Plays

65.3 takeover

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 65.3 takeover score.

#2

vs UConn

Week 10 · W 59-3

2

Havoc Plays

62 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 62 takeover score.

#3

vs Ball State

Week 1 · W 59-10

1

Havoc Plays

58.3 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.3 takeover score.

#4

@ Oklahoma

Week 4 · W 25-15 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

48.3 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.3 takeover score.

#5

@ Missouri

Week 11 · L 7-36 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

42.2 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 42.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · Tennessee

3.5 primary output · 16.2 efficiency · 3.6 usage

45.5

#2

2023 Postseason · Tennessee

38.6

4.5 primary · 13.8 efficiency · 3.1 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Tennessee

38.6

4.5 primary · 13.8 efficiency · 3.1 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games