Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2025-2025Michigan State
Derrick Simmons
DL • 6'3" • 297 lbs • Frankenmuth, MI, USA
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Derrick Simmons shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
10
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
10
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
22
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Michigan State
25
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 1
- Program Path
- Michigan State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Youngstown State
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- Committed To
- Michigan State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2025
Derrick Simmons, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Michigan State. Derrick Simmons shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.3 disruption score.
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- Latest team and position
- Michigan State · DL
- Career Tackles
- 3
- Tracked sample
- 1 unique seasons · 1 entries · 2 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Michigan State
- Top game
- Youngstown State
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Frankenmuth · Michigan State
- High school pipeline
- Frankenmuth · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 98 · Freshman
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 3 tackles · DL 863rd (top 80%) · Big Ten 510th (top 66%) · National 4,088th (top 66%)
Derrick Simmons played DL for Michigan State. Across 1 tracked season, Derrick Simmons recorded 3 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Michigan State.
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