#97

Simeon Mitchell

Senior defensive tackle for Arkansas State. 2025: 1.5 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, 46 tackles.

DT · Arkansas State · Sr. · #97

6′3″ · 291 lb · Oakland, CA

CFB Index 67 · #88 of 330 interior linemenLow confidence

How he plays

Wins his gap play after play.

Tackles: 76th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

1.5

sacks · 2025

Best game: 1 sacks, 1 TFL, 8 tackles, vs Southern Miss

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Senior defensive tackle for Arkansas State. 2025: 1.5 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, 46 tackles.

Signed with McNeese in 2024.
Transferred from McNeese to Arkansas State in 2025.

The full story, with sources

Simeon Mitchell

DT · Arkansas State · Sr · #97

Wins his gap play after play. He got to Arkansas State by way of McNeese. The receipt: 8 tackles, 1 TFL against Southern Miss — Week 11, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
portal record
game log

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Arkansas State	46	13	3.0	1.5	1	--	--
Career		46	13	3.0	1.5	1	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 42-24vs Southeast Missouri State	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 14-56@ Arkansas	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 16-24vs Iowa State	2	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 21-28@ Kennesaw State	6	1	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 31-30vs Texas State	8	4	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 8	W 15-14@ South Alabama	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 23-10@ Troy	4	1	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 11	L 21-27vs Southern Miss	8	3	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 30-34vs Louisiana	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 30-29@ App State	6	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 34-28vs Missouri State	4	0	0.5	0.5	—	0
Total		46	13	3.0	1.5	—	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 42–24

vs Southeast Missouri State

2 tackles · 1 solo tackles

With J. Raynor — 345 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 80.0 · 17 rush yds (4 car) · J. Waller — 47.7 yards per punt · 3 punts · 1 inside the 20

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2025Arkansas State7-6HC: Butch Jones · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

67Quality starter #88 of 330?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Production sits in the middle of the position cohort across the board.

Box-score production (6)

Tackles#706 / 2975 · 76th pct

Sacks#707 / 2975 · 74th pct

1.5

QB hurries#634 / 2975 · 72nd pct

Tackles for loss#1001 / 2975 · 63rd pct

3.0

Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct

Solo tackles#1622 / 2975 · 44th pct

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.

Defensive profile

Defender profile · Production by role

Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet

46 tkl · 3 TFL · 2 sacks · 1 PD

TFL rate

7%3 TFL

Sack rate

3%2 sacks

Hurry rate

4%2 hurries

46 tackles · 3 for loss · 2 sacks.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	4.3	0.4	0.2	0.0
Road5g	4.0	0.1	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.0	0.3	0.1	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	4.4	0.2	0.2	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Butch Jones

Pass share

42.0%

71 pass / 98 run

Plays / game

56.3

3 games

Team sack rate

7.4%

81 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Impact starter

Tackle volume for the position among the most productive regulars.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

67 · #88 of 330 interior linemen

Unranked recruit. Now #88 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-Sun Belt

Based on 2025: #9 of 15 Sun Belt DTs

How the All-Sun Belt estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Simeon Mitchell

2024

202511 games

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

2025 snapshot

Defensive profile

Splits & context

Awards

Impact starter

How he plays

DNA match

Two-Gap Base

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