Travon Simmons: DB · East Carolina · #37.
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Travon Simmons
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. The two seasons at East Carolina span two head coaches: Ruffin McNeill and Scottie Montgomery. A game that shows it: 8 tackles against Cincinnati — Week 8, 2016.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
53 tackles. 3 passes defended. 1 interception. 0.5 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | East Carolina | 53 | 29 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 |
| 2014 | East Carolina | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Career | 53 | 29 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 3 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 52-7vs Western Carolina | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 33-30vs NC State | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 15-20@ South Carolina | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 17-54@ Virginia Tech | 8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 5 | L 29-47vs UCF | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 22-38@ South Florida | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 19-31@ Cincinnati | 8 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-3vs UConn | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 24-45@ Tulsa | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 31-55vs SMU | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 31-66vs Navy | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-37@ Temple | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 53 | 29 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 |
Week 1 · 2016
W 52-7
1 interception · 2 tackles · 2 solo tackles
Dominant 45-point win at home against Western Carolina.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
6%3 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
53tackles this seasonTFL rate
1%0 TFL53 tackles · 0.5 for loss · 3 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 5.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scottie Montgomery
Pass share
58.1%
552 pass / 398 run
Plays / game
79.2
12 games
Team sack rate
5.1%
594 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2016
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at East Carolina, 53 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Ruffin McNeill → Scottie Montgomery. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
