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Titans DT Simmons' Home Burglarized During 49ers Game

Published 15 December 2025

The home of Tennessee Titans defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons was burglarized Sunday night while he was playing in a road game against the San Francisco 49ers, the team confirmed Monday.

Simmons, a 28-year-old All-Pro lineman in his seventh NFL season, had just returned from Santa Clara, California, where the Titans fell 37-24. During the contest, he delivered a standout performance with seven tackles, a sack, a forced fumble and a rare one-yard receiving touchdown on a scramble by quarterback Cam Ward, marking the second score of Simmons' career and making him the sixth player in league history to achieve that combination in a single game. Shortly after 7:30 p.m. Central Standard Time, two masked individuals entered his Nashville-area residence through the patio door, according to surveillance footage Simmons shared on his Instagram stories.

No one was home at the time, and the three-time Pro Bowler expressed profound relief on social media that his family remained safe. "What if any of my family members was in my house?? All that materialistic [expletive] you can have but this is crazy!" Simmons wrote alongside the video clip, which captured the intruders' entry. The Titans...

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