#98
Jeffery Simmons
TEN · 2019–presentACT
JefferySimmons#98IDL
Age
29
Jul 28, 1997
Height
6'4"
76"
Weight
305
lb
College
Mississippi State
2016-2018
Drafted
2019
Rd 1, Pk 19
Exp
7
seasons
Contract
$94M
4y · $23.5M APY
Status
ACT
ACT

2025 Season

Latest production
Tackles
67
2025
TFL
17
regular season
Sacks
11.0
regular season
QB Hits
21
regular season
FF
3
regular season
Snap %
81%
avg / game
Updated 2026-06-02

Career

Team path from high school through the NFL, with draft context and accolades.
01 / Career

Career Path

2016 — Present · Includes honors
2019
Tennessee Titans · Interior DL
IDL · 113 active weeks
2021All-Pro (2nd Team) · Pro Bowl
2022All-Pro (2nd Team) · Pro Bowl
2024Pro Bowl
2025All-Pro (1st Team) · Pro Bowl
NFL
2016–2018
Mississippi State · DT
NCAA

Draft Profile

2019 Draft
Selection
Round 1, Pick 19
#19 overall by Tennessee Titans
TeamTEN
Overall#19

Data Sources & Attribution

Credits
Headshot — wikipediaTennessee Titans. Licensed under CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Source file
Statistics — nflverseStats are sourced from nflverse. Carl S, Baldwin B, Sharpe L, Ho T, Edwards J (2025). nflverse: Easily Install and Load the ‘nflverse’. R package version 1.0.3.9001, https://nflverse.nflverse.com/. Advanced metrics shown here are drawn via nflverse from Pro Football Reference Advanced Stats and NFL Next Gen Stats.
Pro Football ReferenceSports Reference LLC. “Pro Football Statistics and History.” Pro-Football-Reference.com. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/. (Accessed 2026-06-02.)
Athleticism & RASCombine and pro-day measurements compiled by Ray Carpenter, nfl-draft-data. Relative Athletic Score (RAS) by Kent Lee Platte, https://ras.football/.