Player Dossier

2022-2025

North Carolina

Andrew Simpson

LB • 6'0" • 238 lbs • Norwalk, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Andrew Simpson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 42.4 disruption score.

Usage / Role

94%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

82

High-end production for a linebacker

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

61

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Boise State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Boise State • North Carolina
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Utah State

Player Story

Andrew Simpson built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Norwalk, CA wearing No. 2, spending time with Boise State and North Carolina. The clearest part of Andrew Simpson's career was his...

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Andrew Simpson, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Boise State. Andrew Simpson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 42.4 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
197
TFL
39.5
Sacks
17.5
QB hurries
13
Passes defended
6

Quick Answers

Andrew Simpson quick answers

Latest team and position
North Carolina · LB
Career Tackles
197
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 45 games
Best season
2023 Postseason · Boise State
Top game
Utah State
High school pipeline
St. Edward · 58 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 2 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
59 tackles · LB 224th (top 18%) · ACC 49th (top 7%) · National 414th (top 7%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonBoise State9284323038.9
2023 PostseasonBoise State13610--078.4
2023 Regular SeasonBoise State1359156.552078.4
2024 PostseasonBoise State1240.50.5--050.6
2024 Regular SeasonBoise State1241102.5--050.6
2025 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina11599561068.6

Related Context

Andrew Simpson played LB for Boise State and North Carolina. Across 4 tracked seasons, Andrew Simpson recorded 197 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Boise State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason

Boise State paired 31.5 primary output with 45.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 45.1 efficiency.

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Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Boise State, North Carolina.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Wyoming

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2023 Postseason · Boise State

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

2.4

Efficiency

45.1

Usage

15

Consistency

68.5

Best Game by takeover score

Wyoming

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. UCLA: 1. Washington: 2. North Dakota: 0. San Diego State: 1. Memphis: 0. San José State: 2. Colorado State: 4. Wyoming: 5. Fresno State: 2.5. New Mexico: 4. Utah State: 3. Air Force: 4. UNLV: 3

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. UCLA: 6 by 35. Washington: 4 by 36.7. North Dakota: 7 by 29.2. San Diego State: 3 by 22.5. Memphis: 4 by 16.7. San José State: 5 by 40.8. Colorado State: 5 by 60.8. Wyoming: 6 by 75. Fresno State: 12 by 75. New Mexico: 4 by 56.7. Utah State: 4 by 46.7. Air Force: 4 by 56.7. UNLV: 1 by 34.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins2.8 · Games = 8 · +0.9 vs Losses
Losses1.9 · Games = 5 · -0.9 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Wyoming

Best efficiency game

75 vs Fresno State

Result
Sun 12/17vs UCLAL 22-3564100
Sat 12/2@ UNLVSplash gameW 44-20110012
Fri 11/24vs Air ForceSplash gameW 27-1944310
Sun 11/19@ Utah StateSplash gameW 45-1044210
Sun 11/12vs New MexicoSplash gameW 42-14410.500.500
Sun 11/5@ Fresno State10+ tackles · Splash gameL 30-371282.5000
Sat 10/28vs WyomingSplash gameW 32-764310
Sun 10/15@ Colorado StateSplash gameL 30-31532110
Sun 10/8vs San José StateSplash gameW 35-27530.500.500
Sat 9/30@ MemphisL 32-3544000
Sat 9/23@ San Diego StateW 34-31300.500.500
Sat 9/16vs North DakotaW 42-1873000
Sat 9/2@ WashingtonSplash gameL 19-5642110

Player Story

Andrew Simpson story

Andrew Simpson built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Norwalk, CA wearing No. 2, spending time with Boise State and North Carolina. The clearest part of Andrew Simpson's career was his defensive production: 197 tackles, 39.5 tackles for loss, 17.5 sacks, and 4 interceptions across 45 career games in the available record. His career also includes 8 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Andrew Simpson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Boise State

    2022-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    North Carolina

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202220232023202420242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonBoise State1225.26.7
2023 PostseasonBoise State31.545.11519.5
2023 Regular SeasonBoise State31.545.1150
2024 PostseasonBoise State14.527.77.7-17
2024 Regular SeasonBoise State14.527.77.70
2025 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina2242.412.57.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Utah State

Week 13 · W 42-23 · Conference game

Win with 6 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

6

Havoc Plays

97.2 takeover

6 disruption/tackle impact with 97.2 takeover score.

#2

vs Wyoming

Week 9 · W 32-7 · Conference game

5

Havoc Plays

91.7 takeover

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.

#3

vs No. 112 Stanford

Week 11 · W 20-15 · Conference game

5

Havoc Plays

91.7 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.

#4

vs Utah State

Week 6 · W 62-30 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

83.3 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 83.3 takeover score.

#5

@ Colorado State

Week 7 · L 30-31 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

80.3 takeover

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Postseason · Boise State

31.5 primary output · 45.1 efficiency · 15 usage

78.4

#2

2023 Regular Season · Boise State

78.4

31.5 primary · 45.1 efficiency · 15 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · North Carolina

68.6

22 primary · 42.4 efficiency · 12.5 usage

Milestones

17

Impact games

22

Splash games

3

10+ tackle games