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Wayne Simmons

Retired

Buffalo Bills · ILB

Wayne Simmons recorded 90 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 6 rostered seasons with Buffalo Bills, Kansas City Chiefs, Green Bay Packers.

▶Best highlights

0.0

tackles/gm

12

playoff games

6

indexed seasons

90

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Wayne Simmons's most significant indexed performances.

Super Bowl
XXXI
GREEN BAYPACKERS
NEW ENGLANDPATRIOTS
JAN 26, 1997

Green Bay Packers vs New England Patriots

Super Bowl XXXI · Jan 26, 1997

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Conference Championship
1996
CAROLINAPANTHERS
GREEN BAYPACKERS
JAN 12, 1997

Carolina Panthers vs Green Bay Packers

Conference Championship · Jan 12, 1997

0 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Divisional Round
1995
GREEN BAYPACKERS
SAN FRANCISCO49ERS
JAN 6, 1996

Green Bay Packers vs San Francisco 49ers

Divisional Round · Jan 6, 1996

0 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
1997
OAKLANDRAIDERS
KANSAS CITYCHIEFS
DEC 7, 1997

Oakland Raiders vs Kansas City Chiefs

Regular Season · Dec 7, 1997

0 tackles · 2 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
1995
GREEN BAYPACKERS
JACKSONVILLEJAGUARS
SEP 24, 1995

Green Bay Packers vs Jacksonville Jaguars

Regular Season · Sep 24, 1995

0 tackles · 2 sacks · 0 INT

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Wayne Simmons's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 2 sacks

Regular Season
1997
OAKLANDRAIDERS
KANSAS CITYCHIEFS
DEC 7, 1997

Oakland Raiders vs Kansas City Chiefs

Regular Season · Dec 7, 1997

0 tackles · 2 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 1 interception

Regular Season
1996
GREEN BAYPACKERS
CHICAGOBEARS
OCT 6, 1996

Green Bay Packers vs Chicago Bears

Regular Season · Oct 6, 1996

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 1 INT

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Wayne Simmons's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1992–2007

01
GBSIMMONS—Wayne Simmons
GBFAVRE4Brett Favre
GBWHITE92Reggie White

Joyful improvisation returns Green Bay to the summit

Green Bay Packers · The Favre revival

Ron Wolf acquired Favre and White, restoring national relevance and winning Super Bowl XXXI under Mike Holmgren.

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Franchise era

1989–1998

02
KCSIMMONS—Wayne Simmons
KCTHOMAS58Derrick Thomas
KCSMITH90Neil Smith

Defense and power make the Chiefs a fixture

Kansas City Chiefs · Martyball restores Arrowhead

Marty Schottenheimer and Thomas produced seven playoff appearances and one of football's loudest home advantages, though no Super Bowl trip followed.

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Franchise era

1997–2016

03
BUFSIMMONS—Wayne Simmons
BUFMOULDS80Eric Moulds
BUFJACKSON22Fred Jackson

Great defenses and near misses without January

Buffalo Bills · The seventeen-year drought

Buffalo cycled through coaches and quarterbacks while devoted fans waited through the league's longest active playoff drought.

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Career accomplishments

Super Bowl champion · 19966 NFL seasons90 career games12 career sacksJersey: 5512 playoff appearances1 Super Bowl appearanceFirst appearance: Sep 5, 1993Most recent: Jan 2, 1999

Official awards via ESPN · Pro Bowl and All-Pro counts via NFLverse with selection years cross-checked against Wikipedia · league leads verified from indexed regular-season stats

Team history