Jeffery Simmons NFL Stats, Career Profile & VAL | StatVault | StatVault

Jeffery Simmons ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Simmons in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Simmons a career score of 77, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

Jeffery Simmons

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Jeffery Simmons

4× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 7% all-time pass rushersIron Man📈 Late Developer · 2025Two-Way ProfileTeam Carrier · #177

Height6'4"

Weight305 lb

BornJul 28, 1997

Age28

CollegeMississippi State See College Stats

ConferenceSoutheastern

Rookie yr2019

Draft2019 · Rd 1, Pick 19 · TEN

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

4x

Pro Bowls

1x

All-Pro

Archetype Intelligence

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A high-end edge rusher defined as much by excellent availability over their career as by their on-field impact (top 10% all-time). Coaches and teammates could count on them being available.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 165 · #540 · High-Value

Worth 165 points of value above a freely-available replacement interior lineman — top 13% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 7 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +23.6 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

7 cleared

Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit

47

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

7

Seasons over

cleared the bar

×

+23.6

Avg surplus

peak +42

7 seasons × ~23.6 surplus ≈ VORP 165

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

4 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts						Receiving									Advanced (EPA)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2019	—	TEN	9	—	27	13	14	4	2	2.0	8.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	314	49.2%	54	21.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2020	—	TEN	15	—	49	24	25	3	14	3.0	20.0	0	5	1	3	0	0	—	0.0%	840	80.3%	89	21.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2021	—	TEN	17	—	46	34	12	12	16	8.5	36.5	0	6	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	932	85.3%	89	20.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2022	—	TEN	15	—	53	24	29	9	14	7.5	30.5	0	7	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	840	83.3%	69	18.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2023	—	TEN	12	—	37	23	14	10	11	5.5	26.5	0	1	1	1	0	0	6	3.0%	658	81.7%	61	19.1%	1	1	2	1	100.0%	2.0	2.0	—	1	—	—	—	—	—
2023	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.2	0	2
2024	—	TEN	16	—	71	36	35	11	9	5.0	25.0	0	4	2	2	0	0	5	2.7%	807	81.1%	73	18.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2025	—	TEN	15	—	65	37	28	17	21	11.0	49.0	0	3	3	—	0	1	2	1.5%	764	81.3%	77	18.7%	1	1	1	1	100.0%	1.0	1.0	—	1	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	99	—	348	191	157	66	87	42.5	195.5	0	27	8	6	0	1	13	2.4%	5,155	77.5%	512	19.6%	2	2	3	2	100.0%	1.5	1.5	—	2	—	—	1.2	0	2

Career EPA1.2·1 receiving·1.2/season

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	VAL
2023	26	TEN	1	1*	1	1	2	1	100.0%	2.0	2.0	—	1	—
2025	28	TEN	1	1*	1	1	1	1	100.0%	1.0	1.0	—	1	—
Career			2	2*	2	2	3	2	100.0%	1.5	1.5	—	2	60.7

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2019	22	TEN	9	0*	27	13	14	4	2	2.0	8.0	0	1	0	—	0	0
2020	23	TEN	15	12*	49	24	25	3	14	3.0	20.0	0	5	1	3	0	0
2021	24	TEN	17	14*	46	34	12	12	16	8.5	36.5	0	6	0	—	0	0
2022	25	TEN	15	12*	53	24	29	9	14	7.5	30.5	0	7	1	—	0	0
2023	26	TEN	12	10*	37	23	14	10	11	5.5	26.5	0	1	1	1	0	0
2024	27	TEN	16	13*	71	36	35	11	9	5.0	25.0	0	4	2	2	0	0
2025	28	TEN	15	12*	65	37	28	17	21	11.0	49.0	0	3	3	—	0	1
Career			99	73*	348	191	157	66	87	—	—	0	27	8	6	0	1

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2019	22	TEN	9	0*	—	0.0%	314	49.2%	54	21.1%
2020	23	TEN	15	12*	—	0.0%	840	80.3%	89	21.1%
2021	24	TEN	17	14*	—	0.0%	932	85.3%	89	20.4%
2022	25	TEN	15	12*	—	0.0%	840	83.3%	69	18.9%
2023	26	TEN	12	10*	6	3.0%	658	81.7%	61	19.1%
2024	27	TEN	16	13*	5	2.7%	807	81.1%	73	18.1%
2025	28	TEN	15	12*	2	1.5%	764	81.3%	77	18.7%
Career			99	73*	13	—	5,155	—	512	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2023	26	—	—	10*	—	—	1.2	0	2
Career				10*	—	—	—	0	2

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Receiving (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	ADOT	YBC/R	YAC/R	BrkTkl	Drops	Drop%	1D	TgtRate
2023	26	TEN	12	10*	2.0	2.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	118.7
2025	28	TEN	15	12*	1.0	1.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	118.7
Career			27	22*	—	—	—	0	0	—	2	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2019	22	TEN	9	0*	1	1	1.0	104.2	0.0	5	3	0	0	3	0.1
2020	23	TEN	15	12*	2	1	0.5	60.4	-2.0	21	7	11	0	4	0.1
2021	24	TEN	17	14*	2	1	0.5	56.2	-4.0	25	10	6	0	8	0.1
2022	25	TEN	15	12*	4	3	0.8	77.1	-2.5	21	8	5	1	5	0.1
2023	26	TEN	12	10*	0	0	—	—	—	17	6	5	1	3	0.1
2024	27	TEN	16	13*	1	1	1.0	91.7	-1.0	15	6	4	0	6	0.1
2025	28	TEN	15	12*	4	4	1.0	80.2	-3.0	32	11	9	0	7	0.1
Career			99	73*	14	11	—	—	—	136	51	40	2	36	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 77 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 77 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 7 scored seasons.

72

Sustained

career value

×.6

82

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 76 × longevity 1 = KV-H 77· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 72

On-field 54.5

Availability 17.5

On-field production Staying available

Season-by-season quality (era-relative sacks/g)

2019bestavg 71elite 702025

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #177 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Total Score

56

1 qualifying season

2025 TEN·3 team wins#12

Sacks · 11 · score 56

All-Time Standing

how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position

22

Depth

of 100

Reached 21% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

21% of the all-time Sacks leader21

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

1.16 EPA/season over 1 season50

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leaderat this position. Built only from visible encyclopedia data — career production vs. the all-time leader, plus efficiency (EPA) and comparable-player confidence — so it's a transparent context score, not a subjective rating. Tiers: Elite ≥ 85 · Strong ≥ 65 · Solid ≥ 45 · Depth < 45. Comparable-player confidence: 93%.

Per-Snap Impact

Interior D-Line · proprietary · 2012+

82

Excellent

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:4.471See leaderboard →

Disruption/1004.471Snap share77.5%Def snaps5,155ReliableCV 0.30

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within interior d-line, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average defensive linemen aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Postseason Career

4 playoff games

Defense

Tkl12Solo8Ast4TFL4QBHits4Sk3.0Dis11.0FR1

College Stats

Mississippi StateImported college table

College Defense

Season	School	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2016	Mississippi State	—	12	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	2	0	—	—
2017	Mississippi State	—	21	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	2	2	—	—
2018	Mississippi State	—	25	—	—	—	—	—	4	—	1	0	—	—
Career		0	58	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	7	0	5	2	—	—

Reference Graph

Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.

2019 Draft Class· this player went #19

#11Jonah WilliamsDE #12Rashan GaryLB #13Christian WilkinsDT #14Chris LindstromG #15Dwayne HaskinsQB #16Brian BurnsLB #17Dexter LawrenceDT #18Garrett BradburyC #20Noah FantTE #21Darnell SavageDB #22Andre DillardOT #23Tytus HowardOT #24Josh JacobsRB #25Marquise BrownWR #26Montez SweatDE #27Johnathan AbramDB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Jeffery inherited the Tennessee Titans DL room from DaQuan Jones (2014–2020), and handed it to Teair Tart (2020–2023).

Henry Ford 1994–2002James Roberson 1996–1998Gary Walker 1997–1998Kenny Holmes 1997–2000Joe Salave'a 1998–2001Jason Fisk

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Movementderived from season history

2025final season
Last recorded season with TEN
2019draft
Drafted by TEN — Round 1, Pick 19

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'4" / 305 lb

Frame

Injury History

5 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	TEN	0	W4Doubtful· Elbow
2023	TEN	3	W14Out· KneeW15Out· KneeW16Out· Knee
2022	TEN	2	W8Questionable· AnkleW9Questionable· AnkleW10Out· AnkleW11Questionable· AnkleW12Questionable· AnkleW13Questionable· AnkleW14Questionable· AnkleW17Out· Ankle
2020	TEN	0	W13Questionable· Knee
2019	TEN	0	W16Questionable· Knee

Knox

StatVault's proprietary player intelligence, informed by full career data. How Knox works →

Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 7-season peers. See all →

77

peak 82

Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season

C+2019

B2020

B+2021

B+2022

B+2023

B2024

A2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 7 seasons.

85%

Era Translator

Sacks translated to the 2025NFL — each season's standing among its own-era peers, projected onto 2025's scoring environment. Modern-era (1999+) coverage.

Season	Actual Sacks	Sacks/G	→ 2025 Sacks	→ 2025 /G
2019	2	0.2	4+2	0.2
2020	3	0.2	4+1	0.2
2021	8.5	0.5	8-0.5	0.5
2022	7.5	0.5	9+1.5	0.5
2023	5.5	0.5	8+2.5	0.5
2024	5	0.3	5	0.3
2025	11	0.7	12+1	0.7

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), nflverse:injuries, wikipedia:college-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

165 career value over replacement — #540 all-time of 4,642. 23.6/season above a replacement-level DL.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #19 (Rd 1) · TEN · 2019 · +20.5 vs expected KV-H

77actual

56.5 expected · Δ+20.5

💔+24.8 stolen VORP·1.05 szns lost

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