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Class of 2027 · defensive lineman

Joshua Simmons

6-5, 240 · Iona Prep · New Rochelle, NY

Committed to Wake Forest since Jun 16

54offer strength · No. 1120
0.8656composite · 3-star
10offers · 4 power

His offers

10 offers · visited 1
Wake Forest logoWake Forest
ACC · strength 71
Committed
offered Jan 23
Minnesota logoMinnesota
Big Ten · strength 71
cold
offered Feb 4
Duke logoDuke
ACC · strength 60
cold
offered Jan 30
Syracuse logoSyracuse
ACC · strength 51
cold
offered Oct 20, 2025
Temple logoTemple
American Athletic · strength 43
cold
offered Jan 28
James Madison logoJames Madison
Sun Belt · strength 43
cold
offered May 1
Show all 10 offersUConn logoUConn
FBS Independents · strength 38
cold
offered Jan 29
Buffalo logoBuffalo
Mid-American · strength 26
cold
offered Jan 30
Bowling Green logoBowling Green
Mid-American · strength 16
cold
offered May 17, 2025
Dartmouth logoDartmouth
cold
offered Sep 26, 2025
Best programs first, by what each offer is worth in our grade: program strength times how rarely that program offers (how it is made). Warm means an offer, visit or camp in the last 60 days or an official visit in the last 120; cool, contact in the last 180; cold, older or a decommit. A count is the offers on record, not every offer the staffs made.

Where he fits

best 3 of 10 offers
Best fits
Syracuse logoSyracuse
Has started 8 defensive lines his size since 2022; 2 in their last year, so a spot opens for his first season; even at defensive line (10 with 2+ years left)
No. 1Wake Forest logoWake Forest Committed
1 in his last year, so a spot opens for his first season; even at defensive line (7 with 2+ years left); has not started his size at defensive line since 2022
No. 2Minnesota logoMinnesota
Has started 5 defensive lines his size since 2022; 2 in their last year, so a spot opens for his first season; stocked at defensive line (15 with 2+ years left)
No. 3
Need (how thin the program is at his spot) x fit (whether it starts players his size) x room (who leaves after this season), and while he is uncommitted, STM odds. How it is made. Not advice, and never a dollar figure.
Where his size starts

369 of the 1,993 FBS starters at edge rusher and interior defender since 2022 were his size (6-4 to 6-6, 223 to 257 pounds): most in the Big Ten (71), SEC (54) and Big 12 (54). Programs that start it most: Michigan (8), Syracuse (8) and Kansas (8). Of his offers, Syracuse (8), Duke (6), Minnesota (5) and UConn (4) have started it.

Who needs him

Of his 10 offers, Wake Forest has the thinnest room at defensive line: 7 with 2+ years left of 19, 1 in his last year, 8 portal exits in 3 seasons, 6 commits this cycle (him included). He committed to a spot that is even by our count.

Starter seasons 2022-2026: six or more games in one of the position's starting slots by volume (college snap counts are not public). How it is made. Room is 2+ years left plus 2027 commits at the spot against the 68 programs mapped (the power conferences and Notre Dame); exits are the 2024-2026 portal feeds. How it is made.

Boards that looked like his

0 of 10 drafted
Rashod BerryRashod Berry
Class of 2015 · WDE · signing not on record
Both offered by Minnesota and Syracuse; both about 6-5, 240
Not drafted
match 70
TCU logoChad Childs
Class of 2012 · DT · signed TCU
9 offers; Simmons had 10; both about 6-4, 240
Not drafted
match 68
D'Angelo Reynolds
Class of 2013 · DE · signing not on record
9 offers; Simmons had 10; both about 6-5, 225
Not drafted
match 67
Adrian Griffin
Class of 2023 · DL · signing not on record
9 offers; Simmons had 10; 6-5, 260
Not drafted yet
match 65
Nebraska logoGreg McMullen
Class of 2012 · SDE · signed Nebraska
8 offers; Simmons had 10; both about 6-5, 255
Not drafted
match 64
Show all 10
Kansas State logoNate Matlack
Class of 2020 · WDE · signed Kansas State
9 offers; Simmons had 10; 6-4, 220
Not drafted
match 63
Baylor logoAnthony Gonzales
Class of 2010 · SDE · signed Baylor
12 offers; Simmons had 10; 6-5, 256
Not drafted
match 63
Notre Dame logoKona Schwenke
Class of 2010 · WDE · signed Notre Dame
9 offers; Simmons had 10; 6-5, 215
Not drafted
match 62
Horace Arkadie
Class of 2011 · SDE · signing not on record
8 offers; Simmons had 10; both about 6-4, 240
Not drafted
match 62
Daniel Hayden
Class of 2011 · WDE · signing not on record
10 offers; Simmons had 10; both about 6-4, 235
Not drafted
match 61
Past recruits whose offer boards looked most like his: same position, about the same size, offers from programs of the same strength, about as many. Past boards are offers at signing day; his is the board he holds today (Nov 2, 2026). Classes 2016 to 2026 are thin in our record today, so most matches come from 2010 to 2015. 9 of these 10 have finished their draft window. History, not a forecast for him.

Timeline

12 dated moves since May 17, 2025
Wake Forest logoCommitted Wake ForestJun 16
Wake Forest logoOfficial visit Wake ForestJun 5
James Madison logoOffered James MadisonMay 1
Minnesota logoOffered MinnesotaFeb 4
Buffalo logoOffered BuffaloJan 30
Duke logoOffered DukeJan 30
UConn logoOffered UConnJan 29
Temple logoOffered TempleJan 28
Show all 12 moves
Wake Forest logoOffered Wake ForestJan 23
Syracuse logoOffered SyracuseOct 20, 2025
Dartmouth logoOffered DartmouthSep 26, 2025
Bowling Green logoOffered Bowling GreenMay 17, 2025
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