 Hey buddy, I think we're going to pick. Thanks man. Hello. Jeffrey, I'm Robinson with the Tennessee Titans. How are you doing? I'm good, how you doing? I'm going to be doing better here in a little bit. We're about to make you a Titan. Yes sir. And I tell you, you've had a lot of people in your corner and we're really excited to add you. You're ready to come in here and help this defense, all right? Yes sir, I will. I only know what to feel. I know you will. I know you will. I believe in you. You've got a lot of people who believe in you. Yes sir. I want to hand the phone to our owner, Miss Amy. Congratulations. Yes ma'am, thank you. We're so happy to welcome you as a Titan. I'm glad to be a Titan. Oh, for sure. And we'll get you in here tomorrow and we're all looking forward to seeing you. Yes ma'am, looking forward to meeting you guys. Congratulations. Thank you. Big Jeff. Yes sir. You can celebrate with your family now, man. Enjoy the night and we will see you tomorrow. Yes sir, I can't wait to get up here. See you big fella. I'll see you. Bye-bye. The moment that fall run, I was like, yes, this is like finally the moment that we all been waiting for it. And when he hung up the phone, he just broke down crying. We all stood up and, you know, we waited for them to make that announcement that he was the 19th pick, you know, with the Tennessee Titans. With the 19th pick in the 2019 NFL Draft, the Tennessee Titans select Jeffrey Simmons, defensive tackle, Mr. Simmons. That moment right there, and to watch his mother and Jeffrey embrace and his brother and his sister and his nieces and nephews, it was just, man, it was a cool moment. I told him, you know, you made it. Don't stop now. Keep going. Keep fighting. He said, coach, we did it. And that made me feel good. He said, we, you know, he said, we did it. He made sure that everybody in there knew that we did it. I just didn't do it by myself. I was a proud coach that night, and to see him live out his dream. I'm very proud of Jeffrey. Proud would be understatement to me. I don't think I even sell him enough that I'm proud of him. So what it was like when you got that call from J-Rod? Man, just sitting there on that drop day, man. It was like that whole process was kind of stressful. I got to calm down a little bit. But, you know, I was getting ready. My mom was like, you good? I was like, man, I'm good. Everything was going through my mind. I was like, okay, time winding down. And I was sitting there. You know, I get a call from, it was a Tennessee number. I was like, Tennessee. He was like, Jeffrey, just J-Rod with the Tennessee Titans. Man, when I say it's like my dreams finally come true. And I couldn't be more excited to be part of the Tennessee Titans. And from that day forward, man, it was just I was front, you know, head high, just, you know, moving forward, you know, trying to be the best I could be, especially for the Tennessee Titans. I know, man, I know you was going through it, as mine said, especially just knowing it's drop day. You know, what was going through your mind? So, the funny thing is, Tennessee actually told me they're going to take a receive in the first round. And they ain't no taking you, you know. You know, everybody had passed on me. Everybody had passed on me. So, you know, man, I still, I still carry that chip on my shoulder, bro. Because I woke up the next day hungry, man. I went and worked out in the morning, just to get my mind off of it. And then the second day, I was just, I was just chilling with the fam. I didn't even watch it. You know, I stopped watching. I was just in the yard playing with my little nephew throwing the football. And I got the call from J-Rod. And I remember telling Vray, you know what I'm saying? I'm doing good. And Vray was like, nah, you're doing great. You know what I'm saying? I told him, I told him from day one, like I'm trying to be great. And I'm still, I'm still today, like still trying to do the same thing. I'm still trying to be great. And it's just a feeling that you can't, you can't explain, like your family's there. Everybody supports you there. It was like all the emotions came at once, like everything you worked for as a child. Just chills, man. It was just like a dream, man. I already know that feeling. Yeah. Hello. AJ. This is John Robinson with the Tennessee Titans. You remember me? Yes, sir. We're about to make you a Tennessee Titan, buddy. That sounds great to me. AJ. How you doing? I'm doing great, man. How are you? I'm good. No, you're not good anymore. I'm great. You're doing great. If you say good, when you get here, you ain't good anymore. Yes, I'm trying to be great. I know y'all. Just remember, get open and catch the ball. Okay. AJ. Yes, sir. We'll see you here in a couple weeks and you're ready to ride. Congratulations, buddy. Proud for you. All right. Thank you. Yeah. Patience. Patience. Thank you so much. Proud of you, bro. Thank you. Thank you. Yeah. With the 51st pick in the 2009, the Tennessee Titans selection. The first round didn't happen. However, the second night, we got the call. Tremendously happy, man. He was, you know, excited. We were all excited. He was just glad that, you know, it was time now. He could exhale. Let's put it that way. I'm going to throw it. He finally could exhale. Say, I know exactly where I'm going. I know where I'm playing. Now let's get busy. I'm ready to go. You did it. You did that, bro. All right. Now we make it safe, right? I'm more definitely ready. Ready. Thinking back on it, like, we played against a little league, high school, college. Now we're teammates. And we're teammates. And, you know, it was all crazy. You know, now they saying, we got two guys from Mississippi, you know, on the same team. But, you know, I couldn't be more proud to be a teammate, man. Especially coming out there every Sunday, getting to watch you play, man. You just, you know, one of the best, you know, in my eyes in the league. And, you know, just being able to see, it's just fun to watch, bro. And likewise, bro. Same, same. And now we teammates. We teammates. Oh, Jeffrey's best trait. He cares. He cares about everything that he's doing. When the helmet's on, he cares about what's happening between the white lockers. When the helmet's off, he cares about everything around him. He cares deeply about his community. Jeffrey's camp, I can remember when he first told me he wanted to do it. Y'all ready? Yeah! We never had that going. We never had an NFL guy come to Little Old, Notchby County, Starksville, and have a camp so we could attend it, especially a free camp so we can attend it. You gonna beat me? Come on. Come on. Come on, we going that way. Come on. Come on. I saw how excited the kids was. One kid came to meet me. I've been waiting all year for this. I missed it last year because I was out of town. What he's doing is tremendous. He's changing the culture of where he came from. So it's really not just focus on football, it's kind of like more of like a day of mentoring of younger and older kids. He's really doing it out his heart. He really want to see these young men be better and not be a product of their environment. And for him to put his foot on the ground and go into these places, his hometown and start there and changing the culture, man, I'm extremely proud of it. Work on three. One, two, three. Work! Come on, run with us. You gonna walk. Come on. Not only is he a superstar, not only is he an NFL player, but he's still a normal person. And he lets you know, hey, no matter where I am, no matter where I go, I'm from there and that will always be where my heart is. The people here and all of our kids really look up to Jeffrey simply because of the person that he is. He has a heart for the community, a heart for the children and I am so proud of him for that. He has a heart of gold. Heart of gold. I've never met a human being that could be as gentle and kind and just almost mild mannered off the field. And then when the helmet comes on, he completely changes into an absolutely different human being. Think of it this way. As a quarterback, when the pocket begins to break down around you, the escape route is always, I can step up. I can find a way to avoid a loss. Unless you're playing against a guy like Jeffrey Simmons, because Jeffrey is so strong, so imposing, so dominant that he pushes the middle of that pocket back in. And now there's a whole another level of stress as a quarterback that you have to deal with. Titan splits it. Here they come. Rivers in trouble. AJ's first two years in the NFL came to no surprise any Ole Miss fan because we knew what he was capable of. When it's third down and you have to have that tough catch, he's a guy that's going to compete at the highest level against anybody. He never backs down. He's never scared of that challenge. Texan's set to rush forward. He drops. Tannehill looks. He throws deep downfield. Going for AJ Brown. He's got it! AJ Brown makes the catch. Yes! AJ Brown was a ready-made superstar the minute he stepped on campus in college and he was a ready-made superstar the minute he stepped on the field in the NFL. You can come from rural Mississippi from a town due respect to the size of this room in Mississippi. And you can make it anywhere. Playing on the biggest football stage in the world. That's a great story. It's just amazing how two kids grew up 30 minutes down the road at Ryder Schools. There was enemies on the football field on Friday nights but now I'm living a dream playing in the NFL and I'm playing on the same team. I just love watching the Titan play. Brown makes the catch at the 10. I find it incredibly poetic in a way because you had two guys 30 minutes from each other. Jeffrey in Knox v. County in Macon, Mississippi you had AJ Brown at Starkville High School in Starkville, Mississippi rivalries constantly setting the bar against each other. Jeffrey goes to Mississippi State AJ goes to Ole Miss and there is an arrival I believe in college football that's that. And now people can root for AJ Brown and Jeffrey Simmons on the same team. You can't ask for a better story. All those games that played against each other and all the time they've spent talking trash against each other for the opposing team it's just built the respect between those two. They know how hard each other works and the Titans they just really struck gold. They got two guys of character first and foremost but you all know you got two guys that are just elite gamers and they've proven it. Oh my goodness! Thinking about this season man I think we got a shot to hold that line of water up. Man you know every game is different don't nobody really know who's going to win no matter what game plan we're going to the game play. Man we key in we do what we're supposed to do we lock in we play ball stay focused don't get the big head anything is possible anything is possible so you know that's what we that's what we chase in each and every day so just like I'm about to chase this win right here eight ball a corner pocket.