Chris Simms

Christopher David Simms (born August 29, 1980) is a retired American football quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the third round of the 2003 NFL Draft. He played college football at Texas.

Simms has also played for the Denver Broncos and the Tennessee Titans. He is the son of former New York Giants quarterback and Super Bowl XXI MVP Phil Simms and the older brother of Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Simms.

Early years

Simms grew up in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey and attended Ramapo High School there, where he was a standout in both football and basketball. In football, he was a two-time All-State honoree, and was named the 1998 USA Today National Offensive Player of the Year. Simms graduated from Ramapo High School in 1999. After committing to the University of Tennessee during his senior year, Simms decommitted and enrolled at the University of Texas instead.

College career

Simms played college football at the University of Texas at Austin from 1999–2002.

Chris Simms (disambiguation)

Chris Simms (born 1980), former American football quarterback.

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See also

Chris Simms (author)

Chris Simms(Born in 1969, Horsham, West Sussex) is a British author of crime novels, he graduated from Newcastle University before travelling around the world. He then moved to Manchester in 1994 where he began writing. He is married with four children and lives in Stockport and as well as being the author of a number of works he is also a freelance copywriter.

Awards and acknowledgements

Speaking in the Literary Review, Jessica Mann said Simms was one to watch after his debut novel.

His second novel Pecking Order was selected as a Best British Crime Novel by Deadly Pleasures magazine.

Killing the Beasts was named Best Crime Book for 2005 by Shots magazine.

In 2007, Simms was selected as a ‘Waterstone’s Author for the Future’.

Savage Moon was shortlisted for the 2009 Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award

Manchester Confidential described Simms' writing as ‘thoughtful and exciting crime fiction at its best’.

He has also been described as "one of the best of the new generation" by The Guardian.