Jeffery Simmons
Tennessee TitansModel Score
How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →
Season Stats · 15 games
Draft & College
He went earlier than consensus.
Covers the college seasons in our data, which does not always reach back to a player's first year.
Comps
STM Take
Two Pro Bowls plus the 2025 tier 1 (#1) STTM peak puts Simmons in the conversation as the best interior defender in football. The Mississippi State pedigree plus the pre-draft ACL recovery plus seven years of Titans starter reps gives him the structural anchor résumé. The 2026 question is whether Simmons wins his first 1st-team All-Pro recognition or whether the broader voting catches up to the STTM #1 ranking.
Simmons came out of Mississippi State as the Tennessee Titans' 1st-round pick (19th overall) in 2019 after recovering from an ACL torn during pre-draft training. He has made two Pro Bowls (2021, 2022) plus earned 2021 1st-team All-Pro consideration. He has anchored the Titans' interior across seven seasons. His STTM career runs tier 3 (#20) in 2021, tier 3 (#18) in 2022, tier 1 (#7) in 2023, tier 2 (#12) in 2024, and tier 1 (#1) peak in 2025.
Strengths
- Two Pro Bowls (2021, 2022) plus the 2025 tier 1 (#1) STTM peak establishes a top-3 interior defender ceiling.
- Seven years of NFL starter reps at age 28 plus the structural Titans anchor role gives him the developmental runway for continued elite production.
Concerns
- No 1st-team All-Pro recognition yet despite the 2025 tier 1 (#1) STTM peak flags a gap between metric dominance and broader voting.
- Tennessee's broader defensive identity transition plus the multi-year offensive rebuild compresses the structural support around Simmons.
What to watch: Whether Simmons wins his first 1st-team All-Pro in 2026 plus holds tier 1 (top 5), the threshold for confirming the STTM #1 ranking translates into broader voting.