Clyde Simmons, Jr. is a former American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 defensive end

Defensive end

Defensive end is the name of a defensive position in the sport of American and Canadian football.This position has designated the players at each end of the defensive line, but changes in formations have substantially changed how the position is played over the years...

 in the National Football League

National Football League

The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...

 who played for the Philadelphia Eagles

Philadelphia Eagles

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 (1986–1993), Arizona Cardinals

Arizona Cardinals

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 (1994–1995), Jacksonville Jaguars

Jacksonville Jaguars

The Jacksonville Jaguars are a professional American football team based in Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. They are currently members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

 (1996–1997), Cincinnati Bengals

Cincinnati Bengals

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 (1998), and the Chicago Bears

Chicago Bears

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 (1999–2000). He was selected to the Pro Bowl in 1991 and 1992. He led the NFL with 19 sacks in 1992

1992 NFL season

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 and finished his career 11th all time on the NFL sack list, with 121.5.

Simmons returned an interception

Interception (football)

An interception, intercept or pick is a move in many forms of football, including Canadian and American football, as well as rugby league, rugby union, Australian rules football and Gaelic football, which involves a pass, either by foot or hand, being caught by an opposition player, who usually...

 for a touchdown

Touchdown

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 against Jim Kelly

Jim Kelly

James Edward Kelly is a former American football quarterback in the NFL for the Buffalo Bills and the USFL's Houston Gamblers....

 and the Buffalo Bills

Buffalo Bills

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 in the 1996 NFL Playoffs

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He graduated from Western Carolina University

Western Carolina University

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. He played in the 1983 National Championship game.

After Football

Simmons worked for a mortgage company and spent some time as a probation officer. In 2010, he accepted an offer from Rex Ryan

Rex Ryan

Rex Ryan is an American football head coach for the New York Jets of the National Football League . After serving as an assistant coach for twenty-two years, Ryan attained his first head coaching job in the NFL with the Jets in 2009...

 as a fellowship coach with the New York Jets

New York Jets

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