Zeion Simpson-Smith
Zeion Simpson-Smith
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Career Arc
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Middle Tennessee | 19 | 12 | 3.0 | 3.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 19 | 12 | 3.0 | 3.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2025
W 31–17
vs Sam Houston
2 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 SACKS
How he plays
Play style
Disrupts the pocket from the interior.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Middle Tennessee
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive tackle · Middle Tennessee
Returning around him
- 99% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
- 1 Middle Tennessee player drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: +1 net (19 in / 18 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Middle Tennessee · Last season: 3-9 · Talent rank #110 · 2026 recruiting class #117
DNA match
Player DNA
3-Tech Penetrator
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Darius Hodges’s 2022 season.
Matches Darius on
Differs from Darius on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Jarra Anderson's freshman season at Memphis (2023).
Matches Jarra on
Differs from Jarra on
Heisman trajectory
Heisman Trajectory · 2025
Peak #10737
Peaked at #10737 this season.
Background
Honors • 2025: CUSA All-Freshman Team 2025 (r-Freshman) • Played in all 12 games • Ended the year with 21 tackles, including 3.0 TFLs, 3.0 sacks, three hurries, a fumble recovery and a forced fumble • Was in on 260 total defensive snaps, including a season-high 43 at WKU • Had three tackles, incl...