#93

Antonio Simmons

Defensive lineman for Georgia Tech. 2017: 5.5 sacks, 8 tackles for loss, 31 tackles.

DL · Georgia Tech · #93

6′3″ · 246 lb · Jacksonville, FL

Georgia Tech 2017 alumnus

The story

2017 defensive lineman for Georgia Tech. 2017: 5.5 sacks, 8 tackles for loss, 31 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Georgia Tech, 6 sacks — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Georgia Tech

2016–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Paul Johnson — 14-10 over that span.

2016Georgia Tech9-4HC: Paul Johnson · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2017Georgia Tech5-6HC: Paul Johnson · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (95th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (89th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#111 / 2682 · 95th pct

5.5

Tackles for loss#276 / 2682 · 89th pct

8.0

QB hurries#294 / 2682 · 86th pct

Solo tackles#839 / 2682 · 68th pct

Tackles#1308 / 2682 · 51st pct

Passes defended#1669 / 2682 · 19th 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.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	2.7	0.6	0.4	0.0
Road4g	3.0	0.9	0.6	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.2	1.1	0.9	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.5	0.4	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brent Key

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Georgia Tech	31	26	8.0	5.5	--	--	--
2016	Georgia Tech	31	23	5.0	1.0	--	--	--
Career		62	49	13.0	6.5	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2017

W 28–22

vs Virginia Tech

4 TOT · 2 SOLO · 0 TFL

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 at home.

With T. Marshall — 140 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 36.1 · 64 rush yds (22 car) · 2 TD · B. Stewart — 1 rec · 60 yds · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week