With the 2020 NFL combine less than a week away, the Broncos’ official Twitter page recently posted a throwback video showing safety Justin Simmon’s impressive performance at the 2016 combine.
Before he was an All-Pro safety, @jsimms1119 was turning heads at the 2016 #NFLCombine. pic.twitter.com/2XdbGpugiN
— Denver Broncos (@Broncos) February 19, 2020
Simmons’ 40-inch vertical jump, 3.85-second 20-yard shuttle and 10.84-second 60-yard shuttle all ranked No. 1 among safeties. His 10-foot, six-inch broad jump ranked fourth at his position and his 4.61-second 40-yard dash ranked seventh among safeties.
Simmons also bench-pressed 225 pounds 16 times but NFL.com’s Lance Zierlein wasn’t impressed, predicting that the Boston College product would become a backup and special teams player in the NFL.
Denver’s staff was certainly more impressed than Zierlein and the Broncos selected Simmons in the third round of the draft. Simmons won a starting job in 2017 and he has totaled 288 tackles, two sacks, 28 pass breakups and 11 interceptions over the last four years.
Simmons is set to become an unrestricted free agent in March and Denver hopes to re-sign him to a long-term contract extension.
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