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right; width: 40%;">High school:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hilton_Head_Island_High_School" title="Hilton Head Island High School">Hilton Head Island (SC)</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">College:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Clemson_University" title="Clemson University">Clemson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">NFL draft:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1993_NFL_draft" title="1993 NFL draft">1993</a> / round: 1 / pick: 15</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career history <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers" title="Green Bay Packers">Green Bay Packers</a> (<a href="/wiki/1993_NFL_season" title="1993 NFL season">1993</a>–<a href="/wiki/1997_NFL_season" title="1997 NFL season">1997</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Chiefs" title="Kansas City Chiefs">Kansas City Chiefs</a> (<a href="/wiki/1997_NFL_season" title="1997 NFL season">1997</a>–<a href="/wiki/1998_NFL_season" title="1998 NFL season">1998</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bills" title="Buffalo Bills">Buffalo Bills</a> (<a href="/wiki/1998_NFL_season" title="1998 NFL season">1998</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career highlights and awards <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_champion" class="mw-redirect" title="Super Bowl champion">Super Bowl champion</a> (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXXI" title="Super Bowl XXXI">XXXI</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/PFWA_All-Rookie_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="PFWA All-Rookie Team">PFWA All-Rookie Team</a> (<a href="/wiki/PFWA_All-Rookie_Team#1993" class="mw-redirect" title="PFWA All-Rookie Team">1993</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career NFL statistics</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;"><a href="/wiki/Quarterback_sack" title="Quarterback sack">Sacks</a>:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">11.5</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;"><a href="/wiki/Interception" title="Interception">Interceptions</a>:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;">Games:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">90</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="padding-left:3px;"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SimmWa20.htm">Stats</a> at <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Reference" title="Pro Football Reference">Pro Football Reference</a></b> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7976612#P3561" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Wayne General Simmons</b> (December 15, 1969 – August 23, 2002) was an American professional <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">football</a> player who was a <a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">linebacker</a> in the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> (NFL). </p><p>Simmons was selected by the <a href="/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers" title="Green Bay Packers">Green Bay Packers</a> with the 15th pick of the first round of the <a href="/wiki/1993_NFL_draft" title="1993 NFL draft">1993 NFL draft</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Simmons played for Green Bay for four and a half years, earning a <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_ring" title="Super Bowl ring">Super Bowl ring</a> at the end of the <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXXI" title="Super Bowl XXXI">1996</a> season. Simmons was well known for shutting down opposing <a href="/wiki/Tight_end" title="Tight end">tight ends</a>, but in doing this task extremely well he was not able to obtain the attention-grabbing statistics of <a href="/wiki/Quarterback_sack" title="Quarterback sack">quarterback sacks</a>. Simmons was traded to the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Chiefs" title="Kansas City Chiefs">Kansas City Chiefs</a> during the <a href="/wiki/1997_Kansas_City_Chiefs_season" title="1997 Kansas City Chiefs season">1997 season</a> when <a href="/wiki/Seth_Joyner" title="Seth Joyner">Seth Joyner</a> returned from knee surgery. The Chiefs waived Simmons in <a href="/wiki/1998_Kansas_City_Chiefs_season" title="1998 Kansas City Chiefs season">1998</a> after a 30–7 <a href="/wiki/Monday_Night_Football" title="Monday Night Football">Monday Night</a> loss to their arch-rival <a href="/wiki/Denver_Broncos" title="Denver Broncos">Denver Broncos</a>, in which Simmons and fellow linebacker <a href="/wiki/Derrick_Thomas" title="Derrick Thomas">Derrick Thomas</a> were called for a total of five <a href="/wiki/Personal_foul_(football)#Personal_foul" class="mw-redirect" title="Personal foul (football)">personal fouls</a> on the Broncos' final <a href="/wiki/Touchdown" title="Touchdown">touchdown</a> drive. The <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bills" title="Buffalo Bills">Buffalo Bills</a> claimed Simmons off waivers on November 19, 1998, and he played five games before being released by the team in February 1999. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wayne_Simmons_(American_football)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the early morning hours of August 23, 2002, Simmons was killed at the age of 32 in a single-car crash on <a href="/wiki/Interstate_70_in_Missouri" title="Interstate 70 in Missouri">Interstate 70</a> in <a href="/wiki/Independence,_Missouri" title="Independence, Missouri">Independence, Missouri</a>. Witnesses reported he was driving his <a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz" title="Mercedes-Benz">Mercedes</a> at high speed and weaving through traffic before losing control of the vehicle. The car rolled several times before landing in a ditch and catching fire. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wayne_Simmons_(American_football)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1993/draft.htm">"1993 NFL Draft Listing"</a>. <i>Pro-Football-Reference.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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href="/wiki/Merv_Pregulman" title="Merv Pregulman">Pregulman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walt_Schlinkman" title="Walt Schlinkman">Schlinkman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Strzykalski" title="Johnny Strzykalski">Strzykalski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernie_Case" title="Ernie Case">Case</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jug_Girard" title="Jug Girard">Girard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stan_Heath_(gridiron_football)" title="Stan Heath (gridiron football)">Heath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clayton_Tonnemaker" title="Clayton Tonnemaker">Tonnemaker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Gain" title="Bob Gain">Gain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Babe_Parilli" title="Babe Parilli">Parilli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Carmichael" title="Al Carmichael">Carmichael</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_Hunter" title="Art Hunter">Hunter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veryl_Switzer" title="Veryl Switzer">Switzer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Bettis" title="Tom Bettis">Bettis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Losch" title="Jack Losch">Losch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Hornung" title="Paul Hornung">Hornung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Kramer" title="Ron Kramer">Kramer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Currie" title="Dan Currie">Currie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Duncan" title="Randy Duncan">Duncan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Moore_(running_back)" title="Tom Moore (running back)">Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herb_Adderley" title="Herb Adderley">Adderley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Gros" title="Earl Gros">Gros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Robinson_(American_football)" title="Dave Robinson (American football)">Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Voss" title="Lloyd Voss">Voss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donny_Anderson" title="Donny Anderson">Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Elkins" title="Larry Elkins">Elkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Grabowski" title="Jim Grabowski">Grabowski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gale_Gillingham" title="Gale 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title="George Koonce">George Koonce</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">54 <a href="/wiki/Ron_Cox_(American_football)" title="Ron Cox (American football)">Ron Cox</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">55 <a href="/wiki/Bernardo_Harris" title="Bernardo Harris">Bernardo Harris</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">56 <a href="/wiki/Lamont_Hollinquest" title="Lamont Hollinquest">Lamont Hollinquest</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">58 <a href="/wiki/Mike_Flanagan_(American_football)" title="Mike Flanagan (American football)">Mike Flanagan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">59 <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Wayne Simmons</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">62 <a href="/wiki/Marco_Rivera" title="Marco Rivera">Marco Rivera</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">63 <a href="/wiki/Adam_Timmerman" title="Adam Timmerman">Adam Timmerman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">64 <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Wilkerson" title="Bruce Wilkerson">Bruce Wilkerson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">65 <a href="/wiki/Lindsay_Knapp" title="Lindsay Knapp">Lindsay Knapp</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">67 <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Dellenbach" title="Jeff Dellenbach">Jeff Dellenbach</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">68 <a href="/wiki/Gary_Brown_(offensive_lineman)" title="Gary Brown (offensive lineman)">Gary Brown</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">71 <a href="/wiki/Santana_Dotson" title="Santana Dotson">Santana Dotson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">72 <a href="/wiki/Earl_Dotson" title="Earl Dotson">Earl Dotson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">73 <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Taylor_(American_football,_born_1972)" title="Aaron Taylor (American football, born 1972)">Aaron Taylor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">75 <a href="/wiki/Ken_Ruettgers" title="Ken Ruettgers">Ken Ruettgers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">77 <a href="/wiki/John_Michels" title="John Michels">John Michels</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">80 <a href="/wiki/Derrick_Mayes" title="Derrick Mayes">Derrick Mayes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">81 <a href="/wiki/Desmond_Howard" title="Desmond Howard">Desmond Howard</a> <b>(<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award">MVP</a>)</b></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">82 <a href="/wiki/Don_Beebe" title="Don Beebe">Don Beebe</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">83 <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Thomason" title="Jeff Thomason">Jeff Thomason</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">84 <a href="/wiki/Andre_Rison" title="Andre Rison">Andre Rison</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">85 <a href="/wiki/Terry_Mickens" title="Terry Mickens">Terry Mickens</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">86 <a href="/wiki/Antonio_Freeman" title="Antonio Freeman">Antonio Freeman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">87 <a href="/wiki/Robert_Brooks_(American_football)" title="Robert Brooks (American football)">Robert Brooks</a></span></li> 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