Senior defensive end for Marshall. 2021: 1.5 sacks, 2.5 tackles for loss, 30 tackles.
6′3″ · 247 lb · Laurel, MD
Recruiting
WDE recruit
No. 41 nationally · Signed with Penn State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive end for Marshall. 2021: 1.5 sacks, 2.5 tackles for loss, 30 tackles.
Shane Simmons
Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come. Shane Simmons has played for two head coaches across five seasons and two programs. The receipt: 6 tackles against East Carolina — Week 3, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Marshall, 6 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Doc Holliday → Charles Huff. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: qb hurries (99th percentile). Concern: solo tackles (9th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 4.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 3.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tony Gibson
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Marshall | 30 | 6 | 2.5 | 1.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Penn State | 16 | 5 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Penn State | 19 | 7 | 2.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Penn State | 9 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Penn State | 15 | 8 | 4.5 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 89 | 30 | 13.0 | 5.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2021
W 44–10
3 QB HUR · 1 TFL · 1 SACKS
Dominant 34-point win at home against North Carolina Central.
With G. Wells — 344 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 42.0 · 4 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD · R. LeFevre — 38 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 42 LONG
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 49-7@ Navy | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 44-10vs North Carolina Central | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 38-42vs East Carolina | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 30-31@ App State | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 28-34@ Middle Tennessee | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 20-13vs Old Dominion | 7 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 38-0vs Florida International | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 30 | 6 | 2.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 |
Play style
Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to CJ Bazile’s 2021 season.
Matches CJ on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Mattheus Carroll's senior season at Kent State (2023).
Matches Mattheus on
Player DNA