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Shamari Simmons Season 2024

#7
PositionDefensive Back
Weight195 lbs
Height6-0
ClassGraduate Student
HometownAshland, Ala.
Previous SchoolHutchinson CC / Austin Peay
REDSHIRT SENIOR (2023):
  • 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 
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Redshirt Senior
2023

Defensive Back
6-0 / 185 lbs