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How Justin Simmons Found His Place

After the Broncos safety established himself as one of the league’s rising stars on the field, he embraced his biracial identity and emerged as a leading voice in social activism during an offseason like no other.

Before his third NFL season, back in 2018, Justin Simmons decided to drive to Broncos training camp from his home in southeast Florida. Somewhere along the highway in Colorado, his wife, Taryn, took the wheel so her husband could catch a nap. She was carrying the couple’s first child, a daughter, and keeping an eye on the family dog in the backseat.