Alabama football 2025 season preview, predictions: London Simmons
A member of Alabama's 2025 recruiting class, Simmons comes to Tuscaloosa from the state of Mississippi where he was a summer enrollee for the program.
Simmons is also coming off a phenomenal senior season at the prep level, and joins a loaded Alabama defensive tackle room looking to carry over some of that same success to college, starting as a true freshman this fall.
Here is a look at everything you need to know about Alabama's newest defensive lineman London Simmons ahead of the 2025 season.
London Simmons player information
London Simmons career stats
Simmons will be entering his first season of college football this fall. The defensive lineman has yet to compile any collegiate stats.
London Simmons 2024 stats
New to college football this season, Simmons is coming off a strong 2024 campaign at the high school level as a senior where he played at Hartfield Academy in Mississippi. Across 14 games, Simmons posted a stat line of 67 tackles, 27 TFL, and 11.5 sacks.
London Simmons recruiting ranking
According to the 247Sports Composite rankings, Simmons was considered as the nation's No. 514 overall prospect in the 2025 class, as well as the No. 59 defensive lineman nationally. A three-star prospect, Simmons was also the No. 14 player in the state of Mississippi where he attended Hartfield Academy, and committed to Alabama back in June 2024.
London Simmons 2025 season outlook
A talented interior defensive lineman, it's likely an unknown as to how much action Simmons' sees during the 2025 season.
As to why, that is because Alabama has a pair of starters cemented at defensive tackle in Tim Keenan III and James Smith, meaning that Simmons will likely not start in 2025. In addition to that, Simmons also has some experienced options ahead of him on the depth chart as top backups, meaning that the former three-star recruit is likely not in the immediate group to start the season as Alabama's top rotation options.
However, don't count out Simmons emerging later in the season either, as the true freshman could be a factor in potentially stopping the run at times.
London Simmons 2025 season prediction
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