Usage / Role
2%
Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2025-2025Michigan State
Derrick Simmons
DL • 6'3" • 297 lbs • Frankenmuth, MI, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Derrick Simmons shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
10
Developing production for a defensive lineman
lowelite
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
4★
- 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.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 3
Quick Answers
Derrick Simmons quick answers
- 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%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Regular Season | Michigan State | 2 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.6 |
Related Context
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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.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Michigan State paired 0 primary output with 6.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 6.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Youngstown State
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Michigan State
Games
2
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
6.3
Usage
1.2
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Youngstown State
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Youngstown State: 0. Michigan: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Wins0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Wins
Game Log
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2 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Youngstown State
Best efficiency game
8.3 vs Youngstown State
Career Arc
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- 1
Michigan State
2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Regular Season | Michigan State | 0 | 6.3 | 1.2 | — |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Youngstown State
Week 3 · W 41-24
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0
Havoc Plays
7.2 takeover
0 disruption/tackle impact with 7.2 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 25 Michigan
Week 9 · L 20-31 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
0
Havoc Plays
3.3 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Michigan State
0 primary output · 6.3 efficiency · 1.2 usage
38.6
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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