Bio
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Debut
- 1986
- College
- Western Carolina
Bio
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Debut
- 1986
- College
- Western Carolina
Stats
Totals
Career regular season
- GP
- 236
- TOT
- 305
- SOLO
- 232
- AST
- 73
- SACK
- 121.5
- INT
- 3
- PD
- 26
- FF
- 15
Ranked among NFL players who qualify (TOT, SOLO, SACK, PD, FF: 8+ games; AST: 4+ games) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 |  PHI | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | PHI | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | PHI | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | PHI | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | PHI | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | PHI | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | PHI | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | PHI | 16 | 63 | 43 | 20 | 5.0 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 1994 | ARI | 16 | 45 | 33 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | ARI | 16 | 52 | 38 | 14 | 11.0 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 1996 | JAX | 16 | 36 | 27 | 9 | 7.5 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1997 | JAX | 16 | 40 | 33 | 7 | 8.5 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1998 | CIN | 16 | 30 | 28 | 2 | 5.0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 1999 | CHI | 16 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 7.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2000 | CHI | 16 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
Career Postseason
- GP
- 4
- TOT
- 13
- SOLO
- 9
- AST
- 4
- SACK
- 3.5
- INT
- 1
- PD
- 1
- FF
- 0
Per game
Career regular season
- GP
- 236
- TOT
- 1.3
- SOLO
- 1.0
- AST
- 0.3
- SACK
- 0.5
- INT
- 0.0
- PD
- 0.1
- FF
- 0.1
Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | PHI | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | PHI | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | PHI | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | PHI | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | PHI | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | PHI | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | PHI | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | PHI | 16 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| 1994 | ARI | 16 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 |
| 1995 | ARI | 16 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| 1996 | JAX | 16 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| 1997 | JAX | 16 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| 1998 | CIN | 16 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| 1999 | CHI | 16 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| 2000 | CHI | 16 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
What were Clyde Simmons's career stats?
Clyde Simmons played 15 seasons for the Eagles, the Cardinals, the Jaguars, the Bengals and the Bears. He recorded 305 tackles, 121.5 sacks and 3 interceptions. His best season was 1993: 63 tackles and 5.0 sacks.
League leaderboards and awards
15 seasons, 2 postseasons, 1986 to 2000
Clyde Simmons finished top 10 in a stat 1 time.
All-time career rank
- 24th in sacks (121.5)
Among the 9,233 NFL players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified NFL players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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