Colin Simmons LB/EDGE Texas |
NFL Draft Profile & Scouting Report

Scouting Report: Weaknesses

• Drew nine penalties, a timing and discipline detail to clean up
• Missed nine tackles, a finish wobble at the point of contact
• Frame at 240 pounds can be tested by the heaviest tackles inside

Scouting Report: Summary

Simmons is the cleanest edge evaluation in this class, a bend-and-burst rusher whose pass rush sat at the very top of the position and whose production matched it: fifty-nine pressures, ten sacks, and the SEC sack title. He wins the corner before tackles can set, converts speed to power when he needs to, and the disruption travels, with a three-sack, forced-fumble afternoon against Kentucky and a six-stop game against Mississippi State that proves he is more than a pass-rush specialist.

There is real polish to chase. He drew nine penalties, a timing problem that NFL tackles will bait, and he missed nine tackles, a finish issue at the point of contact. His frame at 240 pounds can be tested by the biggest tackles when he gets reduced inside, so a defense will want to keep him on the edge where his speed is the weapon. None of it is a projection concern so much as a refinement list.

This is a high-floor, high-ceiling edge who rushes the passer at an elite level and sets a firm edge against the run, the rare prospect whose tape backs a top grade without caveat. Tighten the penalties and the tackle finish and he is a perennial double-digit-sack threat. He grades as a top-of-the-board defender and an immediate three-down starter, the kind of player a front gets built around.