Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-14vs North Alabama | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Total | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
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Wyatt Simmons
Junior linebacker for Arkansas. 2026: 1 game with a box-score line.
6′3″ · 226 lb · Searcy, AR
Returning to Arkansas for 2026
The numbers
2
tackles · 2026
1 game into 2026 so far -- Best game: 2 tackles, vs North Alabama
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 linebacker for Arkansas. 2026: 1 game with a box-score line.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Arkansas in 2024.
Wyatt Simmons
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Wyatt Simmons has been at Arkansas through two head coaches in two seasons. One game to point at: 2 tackles against North Alabama — Week 1, 2026.
2 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
2024
- Signed with Arkansas3-star out of Harding Academy
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Arkansas
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2025–2026
2 coaches2025
Arkansas
Coaching transition mid-career: Sam Pittman → Ryan Silverfield. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2025Arkansas2-10HC: Sam Pittman · Balanced
2026Arkansas1-1HC: Ryan Silverfield · Balanced, fast tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 1 game: 2.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ryan Silverfield
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Backup
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 31–14
2 TOT · 2 SOLO
With K. Jackson — 267 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · 27 rush yds (10 car) · G. Rush — 48 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 51 LONG
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Arkansas
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Linebacker · Arkansas
Returning around him
- 4 Arkansas players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -1 net (42 in / 43 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Arkansas · Last season: 2-10 · Talent rank #36 · 2026 recruiting class #46
DNA match
Player DNA
Balanced Linebacker
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
LB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Brock Golwas’s 2025 season.
86%match
Matches Brock on
Class year
Height
Solo tackle rate
Differs from Brock on
Hurry rate (lower)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Brock Golwas's freshman season at Texas Tech (2025).
Matches Brock on
Class year
Height
Solo tackle rate
Differs from Brock on
Hurry rate (lower)
Player DNA
Players who play like Wyatt Simmons
The linebacker corps · Arkansas
- #7Bradley Shaw50 tackles · 2025
- #44Ben Bogle37 tackles · 2025
- #10Wyatt Simmons17 tackles · 2025
- #8Phoenix Jackson9 tackles · 2025
- #42Jeremy Evans7 tackles · 2025
4 more on the roster · Arkansas team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology