Elijah Simmons

Defensive Tackle, Tampa Bay Buccaneers · #92.

Player facts

Team: Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Position: Defensive Tackle
Number: 92
Born: Jul 26, 2001 (age 25)
Birthplace: Memphis, TN, USA
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 335 lbs
College: Tennessee
Experience: 2 seasons
Status: Active

Stats

2026 Defense

	TOT	SOLO	AST	SACK	FF	FR	YDS	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	PD	STF	STFYDS	KB
Regular Season	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Career	8	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	3.5	3	0

Recent games

			Tackles				Fumbles		Interceptions
Date	Opponent	Result	TOT	SOLO	AST	SACK	FF	FR	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	PD	KB
Thu, Oct 8	@ DAL	W 24-16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Oct 4	vs GB	L 17-14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 27	vs MIN	L 23-16	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0

Last 3 games. Click a game for its box score.

About

Elijah Well Simmons (born July 26, 2001) is an American professional football nose tackle for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Tennessee Volunteers.

From Wikipedia’s article on Elijah Simmons, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life

Simmons was born on July 26, 2001 in Memphis, Tennessee and moved to Nashville, Tennessee when he was eight. Simmons attended Pearl-Cohn Comprehensive High School in Nashville. In his sophomore and junior seasons he combined for 85 tackles as he was named all-Area in his junior season as he helped lead his team to back-to-back playoff semifinal appearances. Simmons also won state titles in both shot put and discus. Coming out of high school, he was rated as a three-star recruit and committed to play college football for the Tennessee Volunteers over offers from Memphis and Missouri.

College career

As a freshman in 2019, Simmons appeared in three games and took a redshirt. In 2020, he played in ten games for the Volunteers, where he tallied ten tackles and a pass deflection. In 2021, Simmons appeared in seven games with four starts, where he notched 11 tackles with two being for a loss. In 2022, he posted eight tackles with one going for a loss for Tennessee. In 2023, Simmons recorded 19 tackles with three being for a loss for the Volunteers. In 2024, he played in all 13 games for Tennessee, making two starts, where he totaled 11 tackles with one and a half being for a loss.

From Wikipedia’s article on Elijah Simmons, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full article.¹