Jeffery Simmons

Tennessee Titans

Pos IDL

Updated October 9, 2026

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Model Score

93.0 MODEL

2019

73.9

2020

80.5

2021

88.3

2022

87.2

2023

82.2

2024

85.8

2025

99.0

2026

93.0

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 →

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.