Anthony Simmons (American football)
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Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||||
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Born: | Spartanburg, South Carolina, U.S. | June 20, 1976||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 240 lb (109 kg) | ||||||||||
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High school: | Spartanburg (SC) | ||||||||||
College: | Clemson | ||||||||||
NFL draft: | 1998 / Round: 1 / Pick: 15 | ||||||||||
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Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
Anthony Lamont Simmons (born June 20, 1976) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons. He played college football for Clemson University, and earned All-American honors. He was selected in the first round of the 1998 NFL draft, and he played professionally for the Seattle Seahawks, and briefly, the New Orleans Saints of the NFL.
Early years
Simmons was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He attended Spartanburg High School, where he played for the Spartanburg Vikings high school football team and helped lead the Vikings to their first of three consecutive state championships.[citation needed]
College career
Simmons attended Clemson University, and played for the Clemson Tigers football team. As a freshman in 1995, Simmons earned the starting job at inside linebacker after just five days of practice. He finished the season with 150 tackles, and became the first defensive player ever to be named UPI's national freshman of the year, and received first-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) honors. As a sophomore, he set the Tigers' record for tackles in a season (178) en route to being named an All-American, and earning another first-team All-ACC selection.
Simmons became one of the premier players in the nation as a junior, and was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American. He led both Clemson and the ACC in tackles (158) and tackles for loss (25) en route to a third-consecutive first-team All-ACC selection. He also led the Tigers in quarterback sacks (8).
Professional career
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 20-yard shuttle |
Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |||
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6 ft 0+1⁄8 in (1.83 m) |
231 lb (105 kg) |
32+3⁄4 in (0.83 m) |
9+7⁄8 in (0.25 m) |
4.28 s | 3.97 s | 7.35 s | 34.5 in (0.88 m) |
10 ft 7 in (3.23 m) |
22 reps | |||
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Simmons ran a 4.28 and a 4.34
NFL statistics
Year | Team | GP | Tackles | Fumbles | Interceptions | |||||||||
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Comb | Solo | Ast | Sack | FF | FR | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | PD | |||
1998 | SEA | 12 | 41 | 31 | 10 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 1 | 2 |
1999 | SEA | 16 | 92 | 57 | 35 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
2000 | SEA | 16 | 147 | 119 | 28 | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
2001 | SEA | 16 | 121 | 101 | 20 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
2002 | SEA | 7 | 45 | 34 | 11 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 15 | 0 | 2 |
2003 | SEA | 13 | 99 | 79 | 20 | 3.0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 33 | 0 | 7 |
2004 | SEA | 7 | 41 | 29 | 12 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 1 | 3 |
Career[3] | 87 | 586 | 450 | 136 | 10.0 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 131 | 14.6 | 36 | 2 | 26 |
References
- ^ a b Kelly, Steve (2002-08-02) Seattle Times "Speed kills, and Hawks' Simmons backing it up" Retrieved 2009-04-17
- ^ "1998 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
- ^ "Anthony Simmons Stats". ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved 7 May 2014.