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Marcello Muhammad Simmons (born August 8, 1971 in Tomball, Texas) is a former defensive back in the National Football League and the Canadian Football League.
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College career
From 1989-1993, Simmons played college football with the SMU Mustangs. Simmons would earn SMU's Most Improved Athlete award in 1992. Simmons later graduated from SMU with a B.A. in Advertising.
Professional career
During the 1993 NFL Draft, Simmons was selected in the 4th round, 90th overall, by the Cincinnati Bengals. Simmons dressed in all 16 regular season games for the Bengals during the 1993 NFL Season, but only started for two games, both against the Houston Oilers, of the season. The following season, Simmons made no game appearances for the Bengals. In January 1995, Simmons signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars but was a pre-season cut by the team on August 15.
After being cut by the Jaguars, Simmons signed with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League. In September 1995, midway into the 1995 CFL season Simmons spent his first two weeks on the practice roster but started the last 5 games of the season. In 1996, with Simmons as a starting defensive player with the Argos, the team would go on to win its first of two consecutive Grey Cup championships. In 1999, just days before the start of training camp, Simmons was traded to the Edmonton Eskimos and would remain there for the rest of the season. In 2000, he signed with the BC Lions but was traded back to the Toronto Argonauts midway into the season. Simmons would eventually end his football career with the Argonauts, spending 6 of his 7 CFL seasons with them.
Coaching career
In 2003, Simmons was named the special teams coach for the Toronto Argonauts. The team would go on to win a Grey Cup championship a year later. Simmons remained the team's special teams coach until the end of the 2008 season.
On June 4, 2010, Simmons was announced as a new member of the coaching staff for the Acadia Axemen's football team.[1]
Simmons is now the Defensive Back coach for the University of Guelph Gryphons football team.
References
External links
- Pro-Football-Reference stats
- NFL.com stats
- Toronto Argonauts profile page
- Marcello Simmons LinkedIn.com page
Toronto Argonauts 92nd Grey Cup Champions 1 Noel Prefontaine | 2 Michael Fletcher | 3 Andre Rison | 4 Andre Talbot | 5 Arland Bruce III | 6 Dan Giancola | 7 Michael Bishop | 8 Chris Hardy | 9 Damon Allen | 10 Antonious Bonner | 11 John Williams | 12 Adrion Smith | 13 Clifford Ivory | 15 Tony Miles | 16 Romaro Miller | 18 R. Jay Soward | 19 Scott Krause | 20 John Avery | 21 Orlondo Steinauer | 23 Bashir Levingston | 24 Raphaol Ball | 26 Jordan Younger | 29 Hurley Tarver | 30 Kenny Wheaton | 32 Chuck Winters | 33 Jeff Johnson | 34 Skip Hicks | 35 Kevin Eiben | 36 Ray Mariuz | 37 Mike Crumb | 38 Kris Aiken | 45 Randy Srochenski 50 Michael O'Shea | 56 Chad Folk | 58 Frank Hoffmann | 59 Mike Mihelic | 62 Jon Landon | 64 Mark Moroz | 65 Sandy Annunziata | 66 Jude St. John | 67 John Feugill | 68 Dave Costa | 69 Bernard Williams | 70 Kevin Gagnon | 77 Michael Palmer | 82 Jean-Frederic Tremblay | 85 Johnnie Mitchell | 88 Robert Baker | 90 Chuck Walsh | 92 Noah Cantor | 93 Gabe Robinson | 94 Arnold Miller | 95 Eric England | 97 Jonathan Brown | 98 Marvin Thomas
Head coach: Michael "Pinball" Clemons
Assistant coaches: Kent Austin | Perry Marchese | Tom Menas | Ken Miller | Marcello Simmons | Rich StublerCategories:- 1971 births
- Living people
- People from Tomball, Texas
- African American players of Canadian football
- BC Lions players
- Grey Cup champions
- SMU Mustangs football players
- Toronto Argonauts players
- Canadian football defensive backs
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