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Jul 28, 1997 · DOB 1997-07-28 ( 26.9) Height 6' 4". Weight 305. Speed —. College Mississippi State Bulldogs. Draft Year 2019. Draft Team Tennessee Titans. Round 1. Selection 19.
Feb 24, 2023 · Here’s what PFF had to say about the ranking: Simmons set a new career-high in pass-rush grade (79.3), which was top 10 at his position, while also finishing within that range with 53 total pressures. Simmons’ strong year across the board led him to finish inside the top 10 in PFF WAR for the second time in his four-year career.
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PRO: The Titans selected Jeffery Simmons with the 19th overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft. By the end of his fourth season, he was a two-time team captain, a two-time Pro Bowl selection and a two-time second-team All-Pro honoree. From 2019 to 2022, he appeared in 56 total games with 54 starts, and his 21 sacks ranked second on the Titans ...
- Chris Jones, Kansas City Chiefs (92.0) With a two-way tie for the highest grade at the position, Jones gets the nod at No. 1 because he played 51 more defensive snaps and generated more wins above replacement (0.44) at the position than everyone but Aaron Donald.
- Dexter Lawrence, New York Giants (92.0) There isn’t much that separates Lawrence from Jones among the top two spots, and it doesn’t get much closer than the final grades.
- Quinnen Williams, New York Jets (90.1) While Williams earned the fourth-highest grade at the position, he moves up this final list one spot after only missing one game all year and finishing with the third-most sacks (12) at the position.
- Aaron Donald, Los Angeles Rams (90.5) For the first time since 2015, Donald did not finish with the highest overall grade at his position, but he still managed to earn a 90.0-plus overall grade, which he has done in every season of his NFL career.
Jun 6, 2022 · PFF’s Ben Linsey recently published his interior defenders rankings and tiers. Simmons is in the ‘very good’ tier and is ranked No. 9 overall. Any list of the best young interior defensive linemen in the NFL is going to have Simmons’ name near the top. The soon-to-be 25-year-old ranks 12th in PFF’s Wins Above Replacement (WAR) metric ...
Jeffery Bernard Simmons Jr. (born July 28, 1997) is an American football defensive end for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Mississippi State and was drafted by the Titans with the 19th pick in the 2019 NFL draft .
