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 / Role

54%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

75

High-end production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

57

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Pittsburgh

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Pittsburgh
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: West Virginia

Player Story

Sean FitzSimmons built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Monaca, PA wearing No. 55, spending time with Pittsburgh. The clearest part of Sean FitzSimmons' career was his defensive...

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Sean FitzSimmons, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Pittsburgh. Sean FitzSimmons shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
61
TFL
8.5
Sacks
3.5
QB hurries
3

Quick Answers

Sean FitzSimmons quick answers

Latest team and position
Pittsburgh · DL
Career Tackles
61
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 19 games
Best season
2024 Postseason · Pittsburgh
Top game
West Virginia
High school pipeline
Fort Pierce Westwood · 12 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 55 · Junior
2025 Tackles rank
25 tackles · DL 266th (top 25%) · ACC 234th (top 30%) · National 1,729th (top 28%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonPittsburgh1211--057.6
2023 Regular SeasonPittsburgh22-0--036.7
2024 PostseasonPittsburgh8210.5--059.1
2024 Regular SeasonPittsburgh8303.513-059.1
2025 PostseasonPittsburgh8510--027.1
2025 Regular SeasonPittsburgh82021--027.1

Related Context

Sean FitzSimmons played DL for Pittsburgh. Across 4 tracked seasons, Sean FitzSimmons recorded 61 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Pittsburgh.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason

Pittsburgh paired 9 primary output with 27.9 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.

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2025 Postseason · Pittsburgh

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

18

Usage

4

Consistency

12.5

Best Game by takeover score

West Virginia

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. East Carolina: 1. Duquesne: 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. Duquesne: 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 = 5 · -1.3 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 3 · +1.3 vs Wins

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 VirginiaSplash gameL 24-3163110
Sat 9/6vs Central MichiganW 45-1740000
Sat 8/30vs DuquesneW 61-911000

Player Story

Sean FitzSimmons story

Sean FitzSimmons built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Monaca, PA wearing No. 55, spending time with Pittsburgh. The clearest part of Sean FitzSimmons' career was his defensive production: 61 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss, and 3.5 sacks across 19 career games in the available record. That gives Sean FitzSimmons' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Pittsburgh

    2022-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202220232024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonPittsburgh228.39.6
2023 Regular SeasonPittsburgh04.20.7-2
2024 PostseasonPittsburgh927.979
2024 Regular SeasonPittsburgh927.970
2025 PostseasonPittsburgh4184-5
2025 Regular SeasonPittsburgh41840

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 93 West Virginia

Week 3 · L 24-31

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

81.4 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.4 takeover score.

#2

@ North Carolina

Week 6 · W 34-24 · Conference game

3.5

Havoc Plays

78.6 takeover

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 78.6 takeover score.

#3

@ Louisville

Week 13 · L 9-37 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

71.5 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 71.5 takeover score.

#4

vs Rhode Island

Week 4 · W 45-24

2

Havoc Plays

69.4 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 69.4 takeover score.

#5

@ No. 38 East Carolina

Week 1 · L 17-23 · Postseason

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Havoc Plays

45.3 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 45.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Postseason · Pittsburgh

9 primary output · 27.9 efficiency · 7 usage

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#2

2024 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

59.1

9 primary · 27.9 efficiency · 7 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

57.6

2 primary · 28.3 efficiency · 9.6 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

4

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games