Honors
- CSC Academic All-District: 2023, 2024
- MVFC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award: 2024
- MVFC Honor Roll: 2023, 2024
- MSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll: Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024
2024
Played in 10 games with 8 starts at nickelback ... Earned MSU Defensive Grinder of the Game honors for win at Murray State (11/9/24) with 2 solo tackles ... Brought down season-high 4 ball carriers in back-to-back games at Northern Iowa (10/26/24) and at home vs. Southern Illinois (11/2/24), including a tackle for loss at UNI and 3 solo stops vs. SIU ... Broke up a pair of passes and had 3 total stops at Ball State (9/7/24) ... Also recorded 3 tackles in home opener vs. Lindenwood (9/14/24) with his first career interception ... MVFC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award and MVFC Honor Roll recipient ... Named to MSU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2024 semester.
2023
Played in all 11 games in 2023 with 6 starts in the defensive secondary ... Racked up 26 total tackles on the season with 18 solo stops, a sack, a forced fumble and a pair of pass break-ups ... Accounted for 4.0 tackles per game during the month of November with a pair of starts ... Had season-high 4 solo tackles at No. 1 South Dakota State (11/18/23) in start ... Also had 4 total stops in starting role vs. No. 15 UNI (11/11/23) to go with 2 solos and a PBU ... Notched 3 solo tackles and 4 total stops vs. Illinois State (11/4/23) at home ... Notched 3 solos in season opener at Kansas (9/1/23) ... Also logged 3 solo stops in road win at Western Illinois (10/14/23) ... In homecoming win over Murray State (10/2/23), he posted 2 solo tackles, a 7-yard sack, a forced fumble and a QB hurry ... Earned 2023 CSC Academic All-District honors ... Earned MVFC Honor Roll laurels ... Named to MSU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 semesters.
Montana
2022: Was part of an 8-5 NCAA playoff squad for coach Bobby Hauck that fell to North Dakota State in the quarterfinals ... Played in 9 games with a pair of tackles ... Had 2 assisted stops vs. Indiana State (9/17/22) ...
2021: Redshirted his first season and did not play in any games.
High School
Was a second-team all-state honoree for coach Christopher Chetta at Louisiana his senior season (2020) at Metairie (La.) Park Country Day High ... Cajuns were 4-3 in limited 2020 season ... Earned first team all-district honors in football and baseball.
Personal
Dylan Dalton Simmons was born 4/23/03 in Marrero, La. ... Son of Dalton Simmons and Renee Edwards of Marrero, La. ... Has two brothers, Dawson and Dalton, and three sisters, Aje, Maddyn and Dashavana ... His father Dalton Simmons was an All-America candidate at Colorado... Earned degree in Financial Technology in 2025 and currently pursuing Masters in Information Technology.
