#17

Asyrus Simon

Former defensive lineman at UTSA. 2024: 2 sacks, 5.5 tackles for loss, 19 tackles.

DL · UTSA · Sr. · #17

6′4″ · 255 lb · Humble, TX

CFB Index 18 · #385 of 426 edge rushersLow confidenceUTSA 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

WDE recruit

No. 1414 nationally · Signed with UTSA

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive lineman at UTSA. 2024: 2 sacks, 5.5 tackles for loss, 19 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to UTSA in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at UTSA, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2020

Signed with UTSA3-star out of Atascocita

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1414 national

CFB

College

UTSA

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

1 coach

2020–2024

Jeff Traylor

UTSA

Played his entire career under Jeff Traylor.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Jeff Traylor — 46-20 over that span.

2020UTSA7-5HC: Jeff Traylor · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021UTSA12-2HC: Jeff Traylor · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022UTSA11-3HC: Jeff Traylor · Balanced

2023UTSA9-4HC: Jeff Traylor · Run-leaning

2024UTSA7-6HC: Jeff Traylor · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

18Below cohort / limited sample #385 of 426?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (82nd percentile). Concern: solo tackles (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles for loss#484 / 2892 · 82nd pct

5.5

Sacks#502 / 2892 · 79th pct

2.0

QB hurries#941 / 2892 · 57th pct

Passes defended#1155 / 2892 · 49th pct

Forced fumbles#55 / 700 · 46th pct

Tackles#2061 / 2892 · 27th pct

Solo tackles#2143 / 2892 · 24th 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

2024 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	1.6	0.5	0.4	0.2
Road4g	2.8	0.8	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.0	0.6	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	2.2	0.6	0.5	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Traylor

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

18 · #385 of 426 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #385 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	UTSA	19	9	5.5	2.0	1	--	--
2023	UTSA	16	6	2.5	1.0	1	--	--
2022	UTSA	24	10	3.0	0.5	3	--	--
2021	UTSA	26	8	3.0	0.5	--	--	--
2020	UTSA	2	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		87	34	14.0	4.0	5	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 28-16vs Kennesaw State	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 10-49@ Texas State	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 7-56@ Texas	2	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 20-30@ East Carolina	3	2	2.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 38-24vs Florida Atlantic	1	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 48-27vs North Texas	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 13	W 51-27vs Temple	2	1	1.5	1.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 24-29@ Army	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 4 tackles
Bowl	W 44-15vs Coastal Carolina	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		19	9	5.5	2.0	—	1

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

Asyrus Simon

2020

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Game log

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