Brian Simms III
Cincinnati Bearcats
73
Average

Brian Simms III

Cincinnati BearcatsAverage
DOGDefenseAverage
Projected Starter

Is Brian Simms III starting?

Brian Simms III is the projected starter at DOG for Cincinnati Bearcats.

Redshirt junior · #17 · 6'3", 240 lbs

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Depth at DOG · Cincinnati Bearcats

  1. 11773Brian Simms IIIStarter
  2. 21060Patrick Bauer
  3. 39348Keegan Horn

Cincinnati Starting Lineup

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Top defensive linemen in the Big 12

Hosea WheelerBaylor · NTKeanu TanuvasaBYU · DTAshton PorterHouston · DE

Up next for Cincinnati

Cincinnati plays Houston away on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 03:30 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of St. Frances Academy, ranked #938 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 34 tackles, 2 TFL, 1 sacks. That's 4% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 73 overall (Average tier).

Recruit3★ · #938 Natl2-Yr Total51 tackles · 1 sacksTeam Share4%
Baltimore, MD
Jersey
#17
Class
RS JR
Height
6'3"
Weight
240 lbs

Career Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
20253421
2024170.50

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8661
National Rank
#938
High School
St. Frances Academy
Hometown
Baltimore, MD

Why this rating?

On a 72-rated defense; 78th-percentile production (×0.91 for competition level) put them +1 vs unit starters → 73.

Team defense (SP+)
72
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 78% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.91)
Depth-chart adjustment
+1 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 31LUTAHTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 49-25

Oct 24WTTUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 37-24

Oct 17LWVUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 45-42

Oct 4LARIZTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
1
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 34-7

Sep 26WKSUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 31-26

Sep 19WM-OHTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 35-31

Sep 5WBCTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 34-15

Brian Simms III's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

34 tkl · 2 TFL · 1 sacks
Usage / Involvement80%
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