Brian Simmons

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For the American baseball player, see Brian Simmons (baseball player).

Brian Eugene Simmons (born June 21, 1975) is a current National Football League linebacker for the Cincinnati Bengals.

At New Bern High School in New Bern, North Carolina, Simmons lettered in football, basketball, baseball, and track. Simmions played college football in the University of North Carolina where as a senior, he won first team All-America honors from Football News, Associated Press, and the Walter Camp Foundation.

He was drafted by the Bengals in the 1998 NFL Draft where he played eight seasons with them so far. Simmons missed all but one game of the 2000 season because of injury.