Jeffery Simmons

PRO CAREER: In his eighth NFL season and first with Chicago after being acquired via trade before Week 8…Has played in 106 regular season games with 104 starts with the Tennessee Titans (2019-26)…Has played in five postseason games with two starts including setting a Titans franchise record with three sacks in the 2021 AFC Divisional Round…A three-time AP All-Pro including First-Team honors in 2025…Has been named to four Pro Bowl Teams (2021-22, 24-25) and is a three-time Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award nominee (2023-25)…Entered the NFL as a first-round selection (19th overall) of the Titans in 2019.

2026 SEASON (TITANS/BEARS): Played in and started seven games for the Titans before being traded to the Bears ahead of Week 8…Has totaled 38 tackles (20 solo), four sacks, six tackles for loss, nine QB hits, four passes defended, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery…Among NFL interior defensive lineman has the most tackles, is tied for the most sacks and is tied for the second-most tackles for loss.

2025 SEASON (TITANS): Played in and started 15 games…Had 67 tackles (39 solo), while leading all NFL interior defensive lineman with 11 sacks and 17 tackles for loss to go along with three passes defended and three forced fumbles…Was selected as a starter on his fourth career Pro-Bowl team while earning First-Team AP All-Pro honors…Was named the Titans Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year honoree for the third consecutive season.

2024 SEASON (TITANS): Played in and started 16 games…Had a career-high 76 tackles (41 solo), including five sacks, 11 tackles for loss, four passes defended, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries...Finished the season top-five among interior defensive lineman in tackles and tackles for loss and top-10 in sacks…Selected to his third career Pro-Bowl team and was named the Titans Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year honoree for a second consecutive season.

2023 SEASON (TITANS): Played in and started 12 games…Had 44 tackles (30 solo), 10 tackles for loss, 5.5 sacks, a pass defended, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery…Named the Titans Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year honoree.

2022 SEASON (TITANS): Played in and started 15 games…Had 54 tackles (25 solo), nine tackles for loss, 7.5 sacks, a forced fumble and a career-high seven passes defended…Earned his second career Pro-Bowl and All-Pro selections.

2021 SEASON (TITANS): Played in and started all 17 games…Had 54 tackles (42 solo), including a career high 12 tackles for loss and 8.5 sacks along with six passes defended…Earned his first career Pro Bowl and AP All-Pro selections.

2020 SEASON (TITANS): Played in and started 15 games…Had 49 tackles (24 solo), three sacks, three tackles for loss, five passes defended, three fumbles recovered and one forced fumble.

2019 SEASON (TITANS): Made his NFL debut in Week 7 after returning from injury…Played in seven games with two starts…Had 32 tackles (18 solo), four tackles for loss, two sacks and a pass defended.

TRANSACTIONS

• 05/22/2019: Signed/draft choice to the Titans
• 04/07/2023: Re-signed with Titans
• 06/19/2026: Re-signed with Titans
• 10/30/2026: Traded to Bears

COLLEGE: Played in 38 career games with 28 starts at Mississippi State (2016-18)…Earned First-Team All-SEC Honors in each of his final two seasons (2017-18)…Over his three seasons, totaled 163 tackles (59 solo), seven sacks, 32.5 tackles for loss, seven passes defended, five forced fumbles and two fumbles recovered…Scored two touchdowns, both in the same game, when he blocked a kick returning it for a touchdown and returned a fumble 90 yards for a touchdown against Louisiana Tech in Week 2 of the 2017 season…Finished his career ranked sixth in school history with 32.5 in tackles for loss.

PERSONAL: Prepped at Noxubee County High School (Miss.)…Won back-to-back MHSAA Class 4A State Championships in his final two seasons…As a senior, led the Tigers with 20.5 tackles for loss, 18.5 sacks, three blocked field goals and two blocked punts.