No. 56, 51 | |||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Born: | New Bern, North Carolina, U.S. | June 21, 1975||||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||
Weight: | 244 lb (111 kg) | ||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||
High school: | New Bern | ||||||||||||||
College: | North Carolina | ||||||||||||||
NFL draft: | 1998 / round: 1 / pick: 17 | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
Career NFL statistics | |||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
Player stats at PFR |
Brian Eugene Simmons (born June 21, 1975) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for 10 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of North Carolina, and earned All-American honors. He was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals 17th overall in the 1998 NFL draft, and he played professionally for the Bengals and New Orleans Saints of the NFL.[1]