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Deon Simon is a nose tackle for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. He was drafted by the New York Jets in the seventh round of the 2015 NFL Draft. He played college football at Northwestern State. Simon has also been a member of the Tennessee Titans.
In high school, Simon played defensive line and was named as his team’s MVP as a junior after recording three sacks in one game. Simon was First Team All-District as a junior after stacking up 71 tackles and 10 sacks, along with 5 tackles for loss and 2 fumble recoveries, although he missed lots of action with an ankle injury. He received scholarship offers in 2009 from Kentucky, Colorado, Central Florida, and Southern Mississippi before a 2009 knee injury. He returned to rack up 10 sacks as a senior, and moved on to Northwestern State.
In 2013 at Northwestern State, Simon started all 12 games at defensive tackle and recorded 42 total tackles including seven for loss. He had a personal-best eight tackles and 1.5 sacks against Central Arkansas including a key stop inside own 10. The massive tackle also collected seven tackles and a sack against Nicholls. He added five tackles and a sack against UAB and five tackles and one-half sack against Langston. For his effort he was an All Southland Conference Honorable Mention in his junior season along with being named as an all-conference Honorable Mention.
As a senior, Deon Simon was limited to seven games due to a knee injury. He recorded 26 tackles and 5.5 tackles in those seven games, including one sack. Simon rose throughout the NFL Pre-Draft process, beginning with a strong showing at the Senior Bowl. He then enjoyed a strong NFL combine, where Simon led all participants with 35 reps on the 225-pound bench press. Simon has excellent size and is a naturally strong man.
For the 2016 NFL Season, The NFL and Nike unveiled the 2016 Color Rush uniforms for all 32 NFL clubs. Comprised of a full-color head-to-toe look, each club’s Color Rush uniform takes inspiration from both its current and historic uniform colors and designs, and will be featured exclusively in 2016 Thursday Night Football matchups. The league first tested Color Rush in 2015 during four Thursday night games.
One hundred percent of the NFL’s proceeds from the sale of Color Rush jerseys will go directly to the NFL Foundation to fund health, safety and wellness programs for youth around the country. The NFL Foundation is the league’s nonprofit organization representing all 32 clubs and funds grants to support athletes, youth football and the communities which support our great game. The first $500,000 raised from this initiative will be earmarked to replace youth and high school football equipment and fields lost in last month’s devastating floods in Louisiana.
The featured white and green nike lunarbeast cleats were game worn by Deon Simon for the New York Jets’ 2016 NFL Color Rush Game against the Buffalo Bills on Thursday night, September 15th, 2016. These dynamite cleats were issued to New York Jets players as part of the Color Rush uniform. New York Jets Running Back Matt Forte scored three touchdown runs and Ryan Fitzpatrick finally solved Rex Ryan’s defense, leading the New York Jets to a 37-31 victory over the Buffalo Bills.
Forte’s 3-yard run put New York ahead 27-24 with 2:12 left in the third quarter. He sealed the win by patiently waiting for a seam to open before scampering into the end zone from 12 yards to put New York up 37-24 with 4:02 left in the fourth quarter. The running back finished with 100 yards rushing, and the offseason free-agent addition became the 13th New York player to score three rushing touchdowns in a game. Ryan Fitzpatrick finished 24 of 34 for 374 yards and a 5-yard touchdown pass to Eric Decker. Deon Simon has signed both cleats and added “Game Worn Vs Bills” in black. The cleats show great use!
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