2023 Football Roster

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UAlbany Athletics

8 AJ Simon

  • Position Defensive Lineman
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 267
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Tobyhanna, Pa.
  • Highschool Pocono Mountain West

Biography

2023:
  • All-CAA First Team Defence 
  • FCS Football Central First Team All-American 
  • Stats Perform FCS All-America Third Team 
  • Phil Steele All-Caa First Team
  • Played in 15 games 
  • Made 55 tackles (37 solo, 18 assisted) with 12.5 sacks 
  • 12.5 sacks was tied for third in the entire FCS
  • Recorded 21.5 tackles for a loss for a combined 125 yards
  • Forced two fumbles and recovered two fumbles. 
  • Tallied six solo tackles against Villanova (9.30)
  • Recorded seven tackles at Towson (10.07)
  • Made five solo tackles and one assisted against Richmond (12.02) 
  • Named to the Fall 2023 CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll

2022:
  • Appeared in nine games
  • Recorded 6.0 tackles against Rhode Island (11.19)
  • Recorded 2.0 sacks against Baylor (9.3)
  • Recorded an interception against Hampton (10.15)
  • Totaled 30 tackles (16 solo, 14 assisted) and 5.0 sacks
Before UAlbany
  • Attended Bloomsburg University
  • 2021 First Team All Conference
High School
  • Lettered one year in football at PMW/Kirkland Academy
Personal
  • Amitral “AJ” Simon
  • Son of Amitral Simon and Felma Simon
  • Has two sisters, Dominque and Doranella
  • Intends to major in Sociology 

Statistics

Season:
2023

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Historical Player Information

  • 96

    2022Junior

    Defensive Lineman
    6'1" 264 lbs
    96
  • 8

    2023Senior

    Defensive Lineman
    6'1" 267 lbs
    8