Rookie Watch #5: Jeffery Simmons, 19th Pick
Simmons had the terrible misfortune of tearing his ACL while preparing for the draft. That will surely put him a little behind the curve when it comes to getting on the field and making an impact as a rookie.
There was also an incident when Simmons was recorded on video punching a woman while he was in high school, so character issues also caused him to drop a little in the draft. Most people believed that the injury and incident would drop Simmons into the 2nd Round. However, he now has to overcome both and live up to the billing of a 1st-round pick, which could be tough.
The Latest and Greatest NFL Wives & Girlfriends
Emily Wilkinson (Wife of Baker Mayfield)
Baker Mayfield’s exploits at the University of Oklahoma earned him not only the Heisman Trophy and nationwide fame, but also the attention of a certain Instagram model by the name of Emily Wilkinson. Wilkinson is the sister of Sammy Wilk, the latter of whom was a social media influencer on the now-defunct “Vine” video application.
Mayfield and Wilkinson began dating in January of 2018 (reportedly right after Mayfield’s Sooners lost to the University of Georgia in the College Football Playoffs), got engaged in June of 2018 (only weeks after becoming the #1 overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft), and just over one year later (in July of 2019), the two were married in Malibu, California.
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