Lamont Simmons: DB · Georgia Tech · #6.
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Lamont Simmons
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Three seasons in the Georgia Tech secondary to date. On tape: 7 tackles against Clemson, Week 4, 2018.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
29 tackles. 1 pass defended. 1 interception. 1 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Georgia Tech | 29 | 22 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | Georgia Tech | 9 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2016 | Georgia Tech | 19 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- |
| Career | 57 | 41 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | L 19-24@ Pittsburgh | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 21-49vs No. 3 Clemson | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 63-17vs Bowling Green | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 14-28vs Duke | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 49-28@ Virginia Tech | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 38-28@ North Carolina | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 27-21vs Miami | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 30-27vs Virginia | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 10-34vs Minnesota | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 29 | 22 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
3%1 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
29tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%1 TFL29 tackles · 1 for loss · 1 pass breakup · 1 interception.
3 seasons under Paul Johnson — 21-16 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 3.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Paul Johnson
Pass share
14.6%
127 pass / 744 run
Plays / game
67.0
13 games
Team sack rate
11.9%
143 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2018
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Georgia Tech, 57 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
1 coachPlayed every college season under Paul Johnson.
