NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Titans owner Amy Adams Strunk on Friday defended the team's decision to draft defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons, calling him a "great man" who has learned from the 2016 off-the-field incident that resulted in some criticism of Tennessee's first-round pick.
Simmons was moved to tears as Strunk addressed the aftermath of the March 2016 incident -- in which a 17-year-old Simmons was caught on video striking a woman who was fighting his sister -- and vouched for his character. Simmons pleaded no contest to simple assault and was allowed to enroll at Mississippi State, where he was suspended for one game.