Player Dossier

2022-2025

Pittsburgh

Sean FitzSimmons

DL • 6'3" • 295 lbs • Monaca, PA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Sean FitzSimmons shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18 disruption score.

Usage Score

4.2

Efficiency

18

Consistency

12.5

Season Value

11.9

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
6
Program Path
Pittsburgh
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Louisville

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Sean FitzSimmons, DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season · Pittsburgh. Sean FitzSimmons shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

Pittsburgh paired 2 primary output with 28.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 18 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: West Virginia

Loss with 2 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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2025 Postseason · Pittsburgh

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

18

Usage

4.2

Consistency

12.5

Best Game by takeover score

East Carolina

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. East Carolina: 1. Unknown: 0. Central Michigan: 0. West Virginia: 2. Louisville: 1. Boston College: 0. Florida State: 0. Stanford: 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. East Carolina: 5 by 30.8. Unknown: 1 by 4.2. Central Michigan: 4 by 16.7. West Virginia: 6 by 45. Louisville: 3 by 22.5. Boston College: 3 by 12.5. Florida State: 2 by 8.3. Stanford: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0 · Games = 4 · -1.3 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 3 · +1.3 vs Wins
First Half0.8 · Games = 4 · +0.5 vs Second Half
Second Half0.3 · Games = 4 · -0.5 vs First Half

Game Log

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

8 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

West Virginia

Best efficiency game

45 vs West Virginia

Result
Sat 12/27@ East CarolinaL 17-2350100
Sat 11/1@ StanfordW 35-2011000
Sat 10/11@ Florida StateW 34-3120000
Sat 10/4vs Boston CollegeW 48-732000
Sat 9/27vs LouisvilleL 27-3431100
Sat 9/13@ West VirginiaL 24-3163110
Sat 9/6vs Central MichiganW 45-1740000
Sat 8/30vs Unknown11000

Career Arc

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

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    Pittsburgh

    2022-2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

202220232024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonPittsburgh228.311
2023 Regular SeasonPittsburgh04.20.7-2
2024 PostseasonPittsburgh624.276
2024 Regular SeasonPittsburgh624.270
2025 PostseasonPittsburgh4184.2-2
2025 Regular SeasonPittsburgh4184.20

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Louisville

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 59.1 takeover score.

#2

West Virginia

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 52.3 takeover score.

#3

Unknown

2

Primary metric

Game with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 46.4 takeover score.

#4

Toledo

1.5

Primary metric

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 36.4 takeover score.

#5

East Carolina

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 29.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2022 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

2 primary output · 28.3 efficiency · 11 usage

36.4

#2

2023 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

35

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage

#3

2024 Postseason · Pittsburgh

25.6

6 primary · 24.2 efficiency · 7 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2026 · Rating 0.825

Fort Pierce Westwood · Fort Pierce, FL

Committed To
Eastern Michigan
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2026

Career Facts

1

Career teams

6

Seasons tracked

61

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 6 tracked seasons, 19 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

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Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
DL
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
6
Career tackles
61