Player Dossier

2012-2015

Boston College

Justin Simmons

DB • 6'3" • Stuart, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Justin Simmons shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive back

lowelite

Reliability

95

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

90

Elite ceiling indicators

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Boston College

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Boston College
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Notre Dame

Player Story

Justin Simmons built his college career from 2012 through 2015 as a defensive back from Stuart, FL wearing No. 27, spending time with Boston College. The clearest part of Justin Simmons' career was his defensive...

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3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2012 · Rating 0.8181

Martin County · Stuart, FL

Committed To
Boston College
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2012

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2016
Selection
Round 3 · Pick 35
Overall
No. 98
NFL Team
Denver Broncos

Justin Simmons, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Boston College. Justin Simmons shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25 disruption score.

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2015 · Boston College · Player Highlight

Justin Simmons college highlights at Boston College.

Season
2015
Type
Player highlight

Quick Answers

Justin Simmons quick answers

Latest team and position
Boston College · DB
Career Tackles
0
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 7 games
Best season
2015 Regular Season · Boston College
Top game
Notre Dame
Recruit profile
3-star · Martin County · Boston College
High school pipeline
Martin County · 7 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
NFL Draft
2016 · Round 3 · Pick 35 · Denver Broncos
Latest roster
No. 27 · Class 2015

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2012 Regular SeasonBoston College10-0--046.7
2013 Regular SeasonBoston College00-0--0-
2014 Regular SeasonBoston College20-0--053.3
2015 Regular SeasonBoston College40-0--068.9

Related Context

Justin Simmons played DB for Boston College. Across 4 tracked seasons, Justin Simmons recorded 3 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2015 with Boston College.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season

Boston College paired 5 primary output with 25 efficiency.

Supporting note

2015 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 25 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2015 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Notre Dame

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2015 Regular Season · Boston College

Games

4

Havoc Plays / G

1.3

Efficiency

25

Usage

Consistency

81.8

Best Game by takeover score

Notre Dame

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Clemson: 1. Louisville: 1. NC State: 1. Notre Dame: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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First Half1 · Games = 2 · -0.5 vs Second Half
Second Half1.5 · Games = 2 · +0.5 vs First Half

Game Log

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

4 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Notre Dame

Best efficiency game

40 vs Notre Dame

Result
Sun 11/22@ Notre DameSplash gameL 16-192
Sat 11/7vs NC StateL 8-241
Sat 10/24@ LouisvilleL 14-171
Sat 10/17@ ClemsonL 17-341

Player Story

Justin Simmons story

Justin Simmons built his college career from 2012 through 2015 as a defensive back from Stuart, FL wearing No. 27, spending time with Boston College. The clearest part of Justin Simmons' career was his defensive production: 8 interceptions across 7 career games in the available record. His career also includes 3 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Justin Simmons' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Boston College

    2012-2015

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2012201320142015
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2012 Regular SeasonBoston College120
2013 Regular SeasonBoston College0-1
2014 Regular SeasonBoston College2202
2015 Regular SeasonBoston College5253

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Notre Dame

Week 12 · L 16-19

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

70 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.

#2

vs Maryland

Week 9 · W 20-17 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#3

@ Wake Forest

Week 9 · W 23-17 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#4

@ Massachusetts

Week 1 · W 30-7

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#5

vs NC State

Week 10 · L 8-24 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

35 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 35 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2015 Regular Season · Boston College

5 primary output · 25 efficiency · usage

68.9

#2

2014 Regular Season · Boston College

53.3

2 primary · 20 efficiency · usage

#3

2012 Regular Season · Boston College

46.7

1 primary · 20 efficiency · usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games