Markell Simmons

Senior safety for TCU. 2018: 1 interception, 3 pass breakups, 33 tackles.

S · TCU · Sr. · #3

6′1″ · 197 lb · Phoenix, AZ

TCU 2018 alumnus

The story

4 safety for TCU. 2018: 1 interception, 3 pass breakups, 33 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at TCU, 65 tackles — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

TCU

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

1 coach

2016–2018

Gary Patterson

TCU

Played his entire career under Gary Patterson.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Gary Patterson — 24-16 over that span.

2016TCU6-7HC: Gary Patterson · Balanced, fast tempo

2017TCU11-3HC: Gary Patterson · Run-leaning

2018TCU7-6HC: Gary Patterson · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

8 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Passes defended#519 / 2662 · 76th pct

Solo tackles#1124 / 2662 · 56th pct

Tackles#1205 / 2662 · 54th pct

Forced fumbles#63 / 722 · 46th pct

Tackles for loss#1588 / 2662 · 37th pct

1.5

Interceptions#323 / 805 · 30th pct

QB hurries#1228 / 2662 · 27th pct

Sacks#1396 / 2662 · 24th pct

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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

2018 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.5	0.2	0.0	0.3
Road4g	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	3.2	0.1	0.0	0.5
Weeks 8+6g	3.3	0.2	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Sonny Dykes

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	TCU	33	20	1.5	3	1	--
2017	TCU	26	23	1.0	1	1	--
2016	TCU	6	2	0.0	--	--	--
Career		65	45	2.5	4	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2018

W 31–24

vs Oklahoma State

3 TOT · 3 SOLO · 1 TFL

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With J. Reagor — 121 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD · A. Nunez — 40 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 56 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week