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Defensive back, Boston College, 2012–15
Justin Simmons
- Number
- No. 27
- Height
- 6′3″
- Hometown
- Stuart, FL
- Born
- Nov 19, 1993, in Manassas, Virginia
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Justin Simmons played defensive back at Boston College (2012–15). The Denver Broncos took Simmons in round 3, No. 98 overall in the 2016 NFL Draft.
Defense
| Season | Team | Int |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Boston College | 1 |
| 2014 | Boston College | 2 |
| 2015 | Boston College | 5 |
| Career | 8 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Int | PBU | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 11 | 31 | 21 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 2013N | 13 | 22 | 12 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2014E | 8 of 13 | 34 | 7 | 41 | – | – | – | – |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played); E, ESPN play-by-play participants, via SportsDataverse: tackles only, counted in the games whose play-by-play names tacklers (G: those games, of his team’s), so part of the season, not its total. A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Boston College | 27 | DB | |
| 2013 | Boston College | 27 | DB | |
| 2014 | Boston College | 27 | DB | |
| 2015 | Boston College | 27 | DB | 6′3″ |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2015 Boston College 4 games with an interception on file, 5 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17 | at Clemson | L 17–34 | 1 |
| Oct 24 | at Louisville | L 14–17 | 1 |
| Nov 7 | vs. NC State | L 8–24 | 1 |
| Nov 21 | vs. Notre Dame | L 16–19 | 2 |
2014 Boston College 2 games with an interception on file, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | at Massachusetts | W 30–7 | 1 |
| Oct 25 | at Wake Forest | W 23–17 | 1 |
2012 Boston College 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27 | vs. Maryland | W 20–17 | 1 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Before the draft
Played in the 2016 East–West Shrine Game (East team, lost 9–29).
| Drill | Combine 2016 | Combine or pro day 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′2⅜″ | |
| Weight | 202 lb | |
| Arm length | 32⅝″ | |
| Hand size | 9⅝″ | |
| Wingspan | 77⅞″W | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.61 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.61 s | |
| Vertical jump | 40″ | |
| Broad jump | 10′6″ | |
| Bench press | 16 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 6.58 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 3.85 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
9 seasons, 132 games with a stat; latest team: Atlanta Falcons.
Pro Bowls: 2 (2020, 2023) · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 4 (2019, 2021–23)
All-Pro teams: AP second team 2019, 2021–23.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Denver Broncos | 12 | 30 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | Denver Broncos | 12 | 67 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | Denver Broncos | 16 | 94 | 0 | 3 |
| 2019 | Denver Broncos | 16 | 85 | 0 | 4 |
| 2020 | Denver Broncos | 16 | 94 | 0 | 5 |
| 2021 | Denver Broncos | 17 | 69 | 1.5 | 5 |
| 2022 | Denver Broncos | 12 | 61 | 0 | 6 |
| 2023 | Denver Broncos | 15 | 67 | 1 | 3 |
| 2024 | Atlanta Falcons | 16 | 58 | 0 | 2 |
| NFL career | 132 | 625 | 4.5 | 32 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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