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Tennessee Titans agree to three-year, $105.8 million extension with Jeffery Simmons
The Tennessee Titans reached a three-year contract extension with defensive lineman Jeffery Simmons worth $105.8 million, including $100 million guaranteed. Simmons posted career highs in the 2025 season and earned first-team All-Pro honors.
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The Tennessee Titans have agreed to a three-year contract extension with defensive lineman Jeffery Simmons worth $105.8 million, including $100 million guaranteed. The deal keeps Simmons with the franchise after he recorded a career-high 11 sacks in the 2025 season, breaking the team record for sacks by a defensive tackle in a single year.
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He led all NFL interior defensive linemen in solo tackles with 39, tackles for loss with 17, sacks with 11, sack yards with 79.0, quarterback pressures with 60, pressure rate at 14.5 percent, and forced fumbles with three.
Simmons was named first-team All-Pro and earned his fourth Pro Bowl selection in his seven-year career. He was the 19th overall pick by the Titans in the 2019 NFL Draft and has appeared in 99 games with 97 starts, recording 383 tackles, 42.5 sacks, 27 passes defensed, eight forced fumbles, and six fumble recoveries.
Titans general manager Mike Borgonzi said in a statement that Simmons is a pillar for the franchise and the premier defensive tackle in the NFL.
Borgonzi added that Simmons sets the standard for the team both on and off the field and thanked his agents for helping complete the deal. Simmons said Tennessee has become a second home and expressed gratitude to the organization, owner Amy Adams Strunk, teammates, and staff for their belief in him. He is a five-time captain and three-time Walter Payton Man of the Year winner for the Titans.
