Senior linebacker for Michigan State. 2020: 75 tackles, 9 tackles for loss, 1 sack.
6′0″ · 225 lb · Ann Arbor, MI
Recruiting
OLB recruit
No. 309 nationally · Signed with Michigan State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 linebacker for Michigan State. 2020: 75 tackles, 9 tackles for loss, 1 sack.
Antjuan Simmons
Antjuan Simmons has been at Michigan State through two head coaches in four seasons. 2020 brought the first one: All-Big Ten. The receipt on tape: 14 tackles, 1 TFL against Indiana, Week 11, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Michigan State, 230 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mark Dantonio → Mel Tucker. 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: tackles (96th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (96th 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
2020 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 12.5 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 8.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 8+7g | 10.7 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Fitzgerald
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2020
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Michigan State | 75 | 28 | 9.0 | 1.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Michigan State | 90 | 44 | 15.0 | 3.5 | 2 | 1 | -- |
| 2018 | Michigan State | 32 | 10 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | Michigan State | 33 | 20 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 230 | 102 | 26.0 | 4.5 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2020
W 27–24
at Michigan
11 TOT · 6 SOLO · 0 TFL
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.
With B. Baringer — 1 SOLO · 1 TOT · 54 AVG · R. Lombardi — 323 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · 19 rush yds (5 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 8 | L 27-38vs Rutgers | 11 | 4 | 3.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 3.0 TFL |
| Wk 9 | W 27-24@ Michigan | 11 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 10 | L 7-49@ Iowa | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 0-24vs Indiana | 14 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 14 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 29-20vs Northwestern | 13 | 5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 12-52vs Ohio State | 12 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | L 24-39@ Penn State | 10 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 75 | 28 | 9.0 | 1.0 | — | 2 |