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Shamari Simmons Season 2023

#7
PositionDefensive Back
Weight185 lbs
Height6-0
ClassRedshirt Senior
HometownAshland, Ala.
Previous SchoolHutchinson CC / Austin Peay

2023 Redshirt senior

  • Played the most snaps of any Sun Devil defender (796), good for eighth among all Pac-12 defensive players during the regular season and was named the Sun Devil Football Defensive MVP for the season for his efforts
  • Was seventh among Pac-12 safeties on run defense with a grade of 72.9 from Pro Football Focus and was fifth among Pac-12 safeties as a pass rusher
  • Led the Sun Devils with 73 total tackles, 54 of which were solo - a total that was 15 more than any other player on the roster
  • Added 1.5 tackles for loss, one sack, one interception and six breakups while recovering two fumbles and recording seven quarterback pressures

Austin Peay / Hutchinson CC / High school

  • Named a 2022 All-ASUN Conference Selection, recording 63 total tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, a fumble recovery, three interceptions and four pass breakups and recorded double digit tackles in each of the team’s final three games – including a career-best 12 against Alabama with two breakups
  • Ranked in the Top-40 among all FCS safeties in 2022 with a coverage grade of 78.5
  • Played in all 11 games, starting nine games in 2021 … Had two tackles and two pass breakups in his Austin Peay debut against Chattanooga (Sept. 2) … Broke onto the scene on the season’s biggest stage with a career-high 11 tackles, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery, and a pass breakup at Ole Miss (Sept. 11) 
  • Earned one OVC Player of the Week accolade and led the league 10 pass breakups while adding four interceptions … Ranked fourth on the team with 50 total tackles
  • Redshirted as a freshman in 2019 at Hutchinson Community College – which was also attended by former Sun Devil corner Ro Torrence
  • Totaled 20 tackles in four appearances during the Blue Dragons’ 2020-21 NJCAA National Championship season … Posted three tackles in NJCCA National Championship game against Snow College 
Shamari_Simmons

Graduate Student
2024

Defensive Back
6-0 / 195 lbs