Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2024-2025Middle Tennessee
Zeion Simpson-Smith
DT • 6'1" • 271 lbs • Nashville, TN, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Zeion Simpson-Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
46
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
28
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
72
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Middle Tennessee
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Sam Houston
Player Story
Zeion Simpson-Smith built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a defensive tackle from Nashville, TN wearing No. 95, spending time with Middle Tennessee. The clearest part of Zeion Simpson-Smith's career was...
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- Committed To
- Middle Tennessee
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2024
Zeion Simpson-Smith, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee. Zeion Simpson-Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 19
- TFL
- 3
- Sacks
- 3
- QB hurries
- 3
Quick Answers
Zeion Simpson-Smith quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Middle Tennessee · DT
- Career Tackles
- 19
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 11 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee
- Top game
- Sam Houston
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Pearl-Cohn · Middle Tennessee
- High school pipeline
- Pearl-Cohn · 29 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 95 · Freshman
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 19 tackles · DT 100th (top 44%) · Conference USA 203rd (top 37%) · National 2,168th (top 35%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2025 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 11 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | 0 | 42.9 |
Related Context
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Zeion Simpson-Smith played DT for Middle Tennessee. Across 2 tracked seasons, Zeion Simpson-Smith recorded 19 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Middle Tennessee.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Middle Tennessee paired 9 primary output with 15.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 15.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Sam Houston
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
15.4
Usage
4.9
Consistency
15.2
Best Game by takeover score
Sam Houston
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Austin Peay: 2. Wisconsin: 0. Nevada: 2. Marshall: 0. Kennesaw State: 0. Missouri State: 0. Delaware: 1. Florida International: 0. Western Kentucky: 1. Sam Houston: 3. New Mexico State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Austin Peay: 3 by 32.5. Wisconsin: 1 by 4.2. Nevada: 2 by 28.3. Marshall: 2 by 8.3. Kennesaw State: 2 by 8.3. Missouri State: 1 by 4.2. Delaware: 0 by 10. Florida International: 1 by 4.2. Western Kentucky: 3 by 22.5. Sam Houston: 2 by 38.3. New Mexico State: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.7 · Games = 3 · +1.2 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 8 · -1.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Sam Houston
Best efficiency game
38.3 vs Sam Houston
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | @ New Mexico State | W 31-24 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Sam HoustonSplash game | W 31-17 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | @ Western Kentucky | L 26-42 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | vs Florida International | L 30-56 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Wed 10/22 | @ Delaware | L 28-31 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Wed 10/8 | vs Missouri State | L 20-22 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Kennesaw State | L 16-24 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Marshall | L 28-42 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | @ NevadaSplash game | W 14-13 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | @ Wisconsin | L 10-42 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Austin PeaySplash game | L 14-34 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Zeion Simpson-Smith story
Zeion Simpson-Smith built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a defensive tackle from Nashville, TN wearing No. 95, spending time with Middle Tennessee. The clearest part of Zeion Simpson-Smith's career was his defensive production: 19 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, and 3 sacks across 11 career games in the available record. That gives Zeion Simpson-Smith's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Middle Tennessee
2024-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2025 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 9 | 15.4 | 4.9 | 9 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 135 Sam Houston
Week 13 · W 31-17 · Conference game
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
78.6 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 78.6 takeover score.
#2
@ No. 116 Nevada
Week 3 · W 14-13
2
Havoc Plays
61.9 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 61.9 takeover score.
#3
vs Austin Peay
Week 1 · L 14-34
2
Havoc Plays
57.5 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 57.5 takeover score.
#4
@ No. 69 Western Kentucky
Week 12 · L 26-42 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
44.2 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 44.2 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 109 Delaware
Week 9 · L 28-31 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
24.4 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 24.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee
9 primary output · 15.4 efficiency · 4.9 usage
42.9
#2
2024 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
3
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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