Shayne Simon

Position:
LB
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Height:
6-3
Weight:
235
Hometown:
West Orange, NJ
High School:
St. Peter's Prep

2023: Started all 12 games at middle linebacker...compiled 48 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, five sacks and two pass breakups...had a season-high seven tackles against Syracuse...collected six tackles, a career-high two TFLs and a sack against North Carolina...had six stops, 1.5 TFLs and a sack against Florida State...had five stops and a sack against Boston College...National Football Foundation William V. Campbell Trophy (nation's top scholar athlete) semifinalist...named to the All-ACC Academic Football Team for the second time in his Pitt career…named to the National Football Foundation’s prestigious Hampshire Honor Society.

2022: Enrolled at the University of Pittsburgh in January 2022 as a graduate transfer from Notre Dame…started all 13 games…started all 12 regular-season games at Money linebacker and the Sun Bowl game against UCLA at middle linebacker…compiled 46 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, two sacks, six pass breakups, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery on the year…posted a career-high nine tackles with a fumble recovery against Virginia Tech…had six stops and a TFL against UCLA…had three tackles with a season-high 1.5 TFLs against Syracuse…had five tackles and a 12-yard sack against Duke…in his Pitt debut, had five stops and two pass breakups against West Virginia…selected to the All-ACC Academic Team.

AT NOTRE DAME (2018-21): Played in 32 career games, making eight starts at linebacker…totaled 27 tackles, three TFLs and five pass breakups…starting assignments all came during the 2020 season, when the Irish advanced to the College Football Playoff and finished 10-2…had 14 stops, one TFL and four PBUs during the ‘20 campaign…had a career-high four stops, a TFL and two PBUs in Notre Dame’s 47-40 double-overtime win over No. 1 Clemson on Nov. 7, 2020.

HIGH SCHOOL: Nationally regarded linebacker prospect under Coach Rich Hansen at St. Peter’s Prep…selected to play in the prestigious U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio, Texas…compiled 108 tackles, 23 tackles for loss, six sacks and nine interceptions over his final two varsity seasons…first team All-New Jersey…first team New Jersey All-Non Public School…first team All-New Jersey Super Football Conference (NJSFC)…Hudson Reporter Defensive Player of the Year and first team All-Area…in his final two years, led St. Peter’s Prep to a combined 17-7 record (.708) and consecutive trips to the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) Non-Public Group 4 championship game…rated one of New Jersey’s top-five prospects by ESPN (No. 3), 247Sports (No. 4) and Rivals (No. 4)…rated the nation’s No. 7 outside linebacker prospect by 247Sports and No. 12 by Rivals…rated the country’s No. 15 safety prospect by ESPN.

PERSONAL: Shayne Allan Simon, born 3/14/00, is the son of Amy Ellis and Michael Simon…has one brother…earned his bachelor’s degree in finance from Notre Dame…enrolled in Pitt’s Katz Graduate School of Business, earning a master’s degree in supply chain management.