Last confirmed: Mississippi State, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′4″ · 300 lb · Macon, MS · Noxubee County
Jeffery Simmons: DT · Mississippi State · #94.
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Jeffery Simmons
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Jeffery Simmons has played for two head coaches in three seasons at Mississippi State. One game to point at: 10 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against LSU — Week 8, 2018.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
62 tackles. 4 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 16 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
The Clarion-Ledger Oct 17Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Mississippi State | 62 | 24 | 16.0 | 2.0 | 4 |
| 2017 | Mississippi State | 60 | 21 | 12.0 | 5.0 | 1 |
| 2016 | Mississippi State | 39 | 11 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
| Career | 161 | 56 | 30.0 | 7.0 | 7 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 63-6vs Stephen F. Austin | 4 | 3 | 3.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 2 | W 31-10@ Kansas State | 4 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 56-10vs Louisiana | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 7-28@ Kentucky | 6 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 6-13vs Florida | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 23-9vs No. 8 Auburn | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 3-19@ No. 5 LSU | 10 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 28-13vs No. 16 Texas A&M | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 45-3vs Louisiana Tech | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 0-24@ No. 1 Alabama | 6 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 52-6vs Arkansas | 7 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 35-3@ Ole Miss | 4 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | L 22-27@ Iowa | 4 | 1 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 62 | 24 | 16.0 | 2.0 | — | 4 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
26%16 TFLSack rate
3%2 sacksHurry rate
10%6 hurries62 tackles · 16 for loss · 2 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 4.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road5g | 6.0 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.1 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.5 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Joe Moorhead
Pass share
38.9%
323 pass / 507 run
Plays / game
63.8
13 games
Team sack rate
7.3%
357 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2018
62 tackles in 13 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Mississippi State, 161 tackles — drafted at #19 overall by the Tennessee Titans.
His career
He has a stat line in 38 games over 3 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Dan Mullen → Joe Moorhead. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where he ended up · NFL
Tennessee TitansEntering 8th NFL season
Tennessee TitansEntering 8th NFL season
