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Chris Simms

Weight: 220

Position: QB

College: Texas

Drafted: Pick 33 of the 3rd round by Tampa Bay
Analysis
Positives: Effective passer with impressive overall accuracy...Shows the consistency of getting the ball to his receivers in the short-to-intermediate areas...Has a quick setup and a smooth overhead release...Gets strong velocity behind his tosses...Makes the deep throws with adequate accuracy and has improved on hitting the receivers in stride...Has a good feel for pressure in the pocket and will step up to absorb punishment while scanning the field to find his alternate targets...Proved at the Senior Bowl that he has the instincts to get the ball into the receiver's hands on deep routes...Has good balance in the pocket...Has improved upon his one-long windup and the results have been better consistency and force behind his throws...Has good pocket awareness and the arm strength to feather his long bombs and fire tight spirals on slants and crossing patterns...Despite a lack of ideal speed, he can make plays with his feet.
Negatives: Forces his throws under pressure...Does not have the same velocity behind his tosses when throwing on the move...Must develop a more take-charge attitude in the huddle...Throws off his back foot at times, and has difficulties setting his feet, squaring his shoulders and delivering the long ball on a consistent basis, but has made strides to correct his mechanics...Despite displaying excellent character and a quiet demeanor, he spent so much time in the media's dog-house, that he may need patient coaching to develop confidence in his hidden talents...Must take a little velocity off his short tosses... Has all the tools, but lacks ideal instincts...Has a nice deep ball, but lacks great arm strength...Shows lower body stiffness, which sometimes causes him to lose a bit of velocity in his throwing motion...Must refine his mechanics, as he has too much of a long throwing stride, a high release point and fails to get the ball to come out on his third or fifth step, which causes him to lose rhythm and force his throws.
Career Notes
A semi-finalist for the Davey O'Brien Award as a senior, the son of former NFL great Phil Simms is about to carry on the family tradition as he embarks on his professional career, but before he left Texas, he erased all doubts that the media had in him with a solid performance in his only year as the team's unquestioned starter...Sharing playing time with Major Applewhite for his first three seasons allowed the strong-armed passer to learn from a great teacher...For his career, he completed 535 of 911 passes (58.7%) for 7097 yards, 58 touchdowns and 31 interceptions while starting 31 of 41 games...Only Apple- white (60, 1998-2001) had more scoring tosses in school history...His 535 completions and 7097 yards rank fourth on the school's all-time record lists...Finished with a 25-6 record as a starter.
2002 Season

All-Big Twelve Conference third-team selection...Semi-finalist for the Davey O'Brien Award, given to the nation's top passer...Completed 235 of 396 passes (59.3%) for 3207 yards, 26 touchdowns and 12 interceptions...Only Major Applewhite (3357 in 1999) threw for more yards in a season for the Longhorns...His 26 touchdowns broke Applewhite's previous Texas season-record of 21 in 1999...Scored four times on 70 carries...Averaged 237.2 yards per game in total offense.

long of 44 yards to Johnson.

Took over starting duties from Major Applewhite, completing 214 of 362 passes (59.1%) for 2603 yards, 22 touchdowns and 11 interceptions...Carried 52 times, scoring six touch- downs and averaged 216.1 yards per game in total offense.

Appeared in ten games, starting five contests...Completed 67 of 117 passes (57.3%) for 1064 yards, eight touchdowns and seven interceptions...Averaged 101.6 yards per gamein total offense.

Played in six games, starting vs. Texas A&M...Finished with 19 of 36 passes (52.8%) for 223 yards, two touchdowns and an interception...Connected on 10 of 21 throws for 130 yards vs. Texas A&M...Hit on 9 of 18 attempts for 91 yards vs. Arkansas in the Cotton Bowl.

32 3/4 10 1/2 22 4.84 2.83 1.69 31 8'7" 4.21 7.38

1999 36 19 52.8 223 2 6.19 11.74 1 2.78 57 37.17

2000 117 67 57.3 1064 8 9.09 15.88 7 5.98 70 106.40

2001 362 214 59.1 2603 22 7.19 12.16 11 3.04 92 216.92

2002 396 235 59.3 3207 26 8.09 13.65 12 3.03 84 246.69

TOTAL 911 535 58.7 7097 58 7.79 13.27 31 3.40 92 173.09

1999 06 01 11 22 2.0 0 23

2000 10 05 26 -25 -1.0 0 13

2001 12 12 52 -10 -0.2 6 19

2002 13 13 70 -124 -1.8 4 14

TOTAL 41 31 159 -137 -0.9 10 23

1999 06 47 223 22 245 2 5.21 40.83

2000 10 143 1064 -25 1039 8 7.27 103.90

2001 12 414 2603 -10 2593 28 6.26 216.08

2002 13 466 3207 -124 3083 30 6.62 237.15

TOTAL 41 1070 7097 -137 6960 68 6.50 169.76