#49 - Monte Simmons
Position: DE
Year: Sr./Sr.
Hometown: Swissvale, Pa.
High School: Woodland Hills
Height: 6-3
Weight: 226

Career

• Tied for third in school annals with 21.5 career sacks, 3.5 shy of school record

• Totaled 38.5 tackles for loss, which ranks eighth among KSU's career leaders

 

2010 Senior Season

• Named to Phil Steele's All-MAC Fourth Team

• Missed three games due to injury

• Tallied 5.5 sacks, 10 tackles for loss and 38 total tackles

• Tipped a pass against Ball State that led to 61-yard interception return by Dorian Wood

• Hit Ohio's Boo Jackson during throw that helped cause an interception

• Had two sacks and five tackles in win over Murray State

 

2009 Junior Season

• Earned second-team All-MAC accolades

• Led the team with eight sacks (T-33rd nationally) and 16 tackles for loss (T-21st), ranking third and second, respectively, in the MAC

• Made 56 total tackles including 33 solo

• Opened the season with five tackles including 2.5 sacks and two forced fumbles against Coastal Carolina Sept. 3

• Had his best game against Western Michigan with five tackles and three sacks Oct. 31 to earn MAC Defensive Player of the Week honors

• Had a career-high nine tackles including 2.5 for loss in the season finale versus Buffalo Nov. 27

• Helped anchor the defensive line with 12 games played and seven starts

 

2008 Sophomore Season

• Tied for second on the team in sacks with 4.5

• Earned playing time in all 12 contests with two starts at defensive end

• Recorded two sacks at Miami Oct. 25

• Totaled six tackles at Bowling Green Nov. 1

• Accumulated five tackles, four of them solo, and a sack on Sept. 13 against Delaware State

• Posted four tackles and a sack at Iowa State Sept. 6

• Forced a fumble at Buffalo Nov. 28

• Recovered a fumble at Louisiana-Lafayette Sept. 20

 

2007 Freshman Season

• Made an immediate impact at his defensive line position as a true freshman

• Appeared in all 12 games, getting the start in the last two contests at Temple Nov. 17 and versus Buffalo Nov. 24

• Recorded 19 tackles, eight solo

• Had 3.5 sacks for 21 yards lost, and 5.5 TFL for 24 yards lost

• Was named the team’s Defensive Rookie of the Year in addition to earning the Jack Lambert Cup as the Most Improved Defensive Player at the conclusion of spring practice

• Had two sacks and a forced fumble against Akron Sept. 22

• Added a sack against the Owls for a loss of 10 yards

• Recorded a career-high four stops in back-to-back games at Northern Illinois (Nov. 10) and Temple (Nov. 17)

• One of only nine true freshmen to earn a varsity letter

 

Prior to Kent State

• Named first-team all-conference as a senior at Woodland Hills

• Was nominated to play in the Big 33 game

• Earned three varsity letters in both football and track and field

 

Personal

• Born Jan. 29, 1989

• Son of Julie Davis

• Has three siblings, Mickey, Momaja and Anthony

• Majoring in manufacturing technology

• First name is pronounced mahn-TAY

 

CAREER STATS


TACKLES g ua a total tfl pd ff fr blk
2007 12 8 11 19 5.5 0 1 0 0
2008 12 19 15 34 7.0 0 1 1 0
2009 12 33 23 56 16.0 1 3 0 0
TOTAL 36 60 49 109 28.5 1 5 1 0

 

SACKS g ua a total yards
2007 12 3 1 3.5 21
2008 12 4 1 4.5 23
2009 12 6 4 8.0 58
TOTAL 36 13 6 16.0 102