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Texas' Colin Simmons becomes four-time Co-SEC Defensive Linemen of the Week

On3 imageby: Justin Wells11/24/25

Texas EDGE Colin Simmons continues to stack honors in 2025. The Duncanville (Texas) product and Horns sophomore had another outstanding performance during Saturday’s 52-37 win over Arkansas. And the SEC rewarded him again.

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Simmons complied five tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, one sack, a career-high four pressures and a forced fumble that was returned by a teammate for a 52-yard touchdown in Texas’ 52-37 win over Arkansas. The touchdown provided the Longhorns a 52-23 early in the fourth quarter before the Razorbacks scored a pair of late touchdowns with Simmons and many of the starters out for much of those drives.

Simmons’ first pressure came on a third down and forced a 51-yard field goal attempt on Arkansas’s first drive. He later produced a pressure on a first down in the second quarter that set in motion the first three-and-out of the game.

His half tackle for loss came in the third quarter on a second-and-2 to create a third down that resulted in an interception.

Just prior to the forced fumble early in the fourth quarter, Simmons had another pressure on third down that forced the fourth down where he generated the sack-fumble that produced the touchdown return.

For the year, Simmons now has a team-leading 10 sacks, 12.5 tackles for loss, 12 pressures and three forced fumbles.

His .91 sacks per game rank second in the SEC and seventh nationally, while his three forced fumbles are fifth in the SEC and 15th nationally.

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