Player Dossier

2023-2024

Arizona State

Shamari Simmons

S • 6'0" • 195 lbs • Ashland, AL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Shamari Simmons shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 34.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

71%

Major defensive role

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Impact Production

83

High-end production for a safety

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Reliability

79

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

77

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Arizona State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Arizona State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Iowa State

Player Story

Shamari Simmons built his college career from 2023 through 2024 as a safety from Ashland, AL wearing No. 7, spending time with Arizona State. The clearest part of Shamari Simmons' career was his defensive production:...

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Shamari Simmons, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Arizona State. Shamari Simmons shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 34.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
145
TFL
10.5
Sacks
1
QB hurries
8
Passes defended
10

Quick Answers

Shamari Simmons quick answers

Latest team and position
Arizona State · S
Career Tackles
145
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 29 games
Best season
2024 Postseason · Arizona State
Top game
Iowa State
Latest roster
No. 7 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
72 tackles · S 44th (top 9%) · Big 12 27th (top 4%) · National 236th (top 4%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonArizona State12731.5146056.5
2024 PostseasonArizona State14320-1064.7
2024 Regular SeasonArizona State14697043064.7

Related Context

Shamari Simmons played S for Arizona State. Across 2 tracked seasons, Shamari Simmons recorded 145 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Arizona State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason

Arizona State paired 18 primary output with 34.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 36.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Arizona

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 91.7th percentile of the selected season.

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2023 Regular Season · Arizona State

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

1.1

Efficiency

36.6

Usage

7.1

Consistency

55.2

Best Game by takeover score

Arizona

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Southern Utah: 0. Oklahoma State: 1.5. Fresno State: 2. USC: 0. California: 0. Colorado: 1. Washington: 2. Washington State: 2. Utah: 0. UCLA: 3. Oregon: 0. Arizona: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Southern Utah: 3 by 12.5. Oklahoma State: 10 by 56.7. Fresno State: 4 by 36.7. USC: 6 by 25. California: 11 by 45.8. Colorado: 2 by 18.3. Washington: 1 by 24.2. Washington State: 6 by 45. Utah: 10 by 41.7. UCLA: 5 by 50.8. Oregon: 7 by 29.2. Arizona: 8 by 53.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.7 · Games = 3 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses0.9 · Games = 9 · -0.7 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Arizona

Best efficiency game

56.7 vs Oklahoma State

Result
Sat 11/25vs ArizonaSplash gameL 23-5986001
Sat 11/18vs OregonL 13-4976000
Sun 11/12@ UCLASplash gameW 17-755003
Sat 11/4@ Utah10+ tacklesL 3-55107000
Sun 10/29vs Washington StateSplash gameW 38-2764000
Sun 10/22@ WashingtonSplash gameL 7-15110011
Sat 10/7vs ColoradoL 24-2722001
Sat 9/30@ California10+ tacklesL 21-24116000
Sun 9/24vs USCL 28-4266000
Sun 9/17vs Fresno StateSplash gameL 0-2943110
Sun 9/10vs Oklahoma State10+ tacklesL 15-271060.5000
Fri 9/1vs Southern UtahW 24-2132000

Player Story

Shamari Simmons story

Shamari Simmons built his college career from 2023 through 2024 as a safety from Ashland, AL wearing No. 7, spending time with Arizona State. The clearest part of Shamari Simmons' career was his defensive production: 145 tackles, 10.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 2 interceptions across 29 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with Arizona State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Shamari Simmons' production has multiple signals. With 29 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Arizona State.

The arc is straightforward: Shamari Simmons moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Arizona State

    2023-2024

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Season Value Progression

202320242024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonArizona State13.536.67.1
2024 PostseasonArizona State1834.39.74.5
2024 Regular SeasonArizona State1834.39.70

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Iowa State

Week 15 · W 45-19 · Conference game

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

83.6 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.

#2

@ Kansas State

Week 12 · W 24-14 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

80.8 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.

#3

vs Texas

Week 1 · L 31-39 · Postseason

3

Havoc Plays

78.3 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 78.3 takeover score.

#4

@ Ole Miss

Week 2

1

Havoc Plays

77.9 takeover

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 77.9 takeover score.

#5

vs Arizona

Week 13 · L 23-59 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

72.2 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 72.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Postseason · Arizona State

18 primary output · 34.3 efficiency · 9.7 usage

64.7

#2

2024 Regular Season · Arizona State

64.7

18 primary · 34.3 efficiency · 9.7 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Arizona State

56.5

13.5 primary · 36.6 efficiency · 7.1 usage

Milestones

14

Impact games

13

Splash games

5

10+ tackle games