Congrats to this Clemson pro, who has earned a starting gig for his NFL team heading into the 2023 season. John Simpson will be the starting left guard for the Baltimore Ravens, head coach John Harbaugh announced after the team’s preseason finale against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers this past weekend. “John’s going to be the […]
A little over a week after being released by the NFL team that drafted him, a former Clemson All-American has already found a new home in the league. The Baltimore Ravens announced on Monday that they have signed offensive guard John Simpson to their practice squad. Simpson was waived by the Las Vegas Raiders on […]
A former Clemson All-American has been released by an NFL team. Offensive lineman John Simpson has been waived by the Las Vegas Raiders, the team announced Saturday. A fourth-round pick (109th overall) in the 2020 NFL Draft, Simpson started all 17 of the Raiders’ games a season ago but was mostly a reserve for the […]
A former Tigers and current NFL player took to Twitter to throw a little shade at the University of South Carolina. John Simpson, who currently plays for the Raiders responded to a tweet about the best rivalries in college football by stating the Palmetto Bowl is “not really a competition anymore.” I guess the palmetto […]
The NFL disciplined a Dallas Cowboys player for his action during a recent postgame altercation with a former Clemson standout. Cowboys defensive tackle Trysten Hill has been suspended without pay for two games for punching former Tiger and current Las Vegas Raiders offensive lineman John Simpson following Dallas’ Thanksgiving Day loss to Las Vegas. Hill […]
A former Clemson football player was involved in an altercation following one of Thursday’s Thanksgiving NFL games. Former Tiger offensive lineman and Las Vegas Raiders second-year player John Simpson got into an incident with Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle Trysten Hill after the Raiders’ 36-33, overtime victory over the Cowboys at AT&T Stadium in Arlington. An […]
Former Clemson offensive lineman John Simpson took advantage of this offseason and is ready to take the next step in his second year in the NFL. The Las Vegas Raiders guard worked hard over the offseason to gain weight and strength without sacrificing the athleticism and flexibility the Raiders saw when they selected him in […]
A former Clemson standout started a new chapter on Saturday. John Simpson played offensive guard for the Tigers from 2016-19 before he was drafted by the Raiders with the 109th pick of the 2020 NFL Draft. On Saturday he married Aliyah Simmons in Isle of Palms, S.C. The ceremony was attended by several former teammates […]
A former Clemson offensive lineman weighed in on the name, image, and likeness conversation on Monday. Current Las Vegas Raider John Simpson poked fun at the new NIL rules on Twitter saying, “How these college athletes getting more sponsors than me”. Simpson, who is coming out of his rookie season with the Raiders, played in […]
Entering the 2020 NFL Draft, former Clemson offensive lineman John Simpson did not have a good feel for which team he might land with. But after a conversation with Las Vegas Raiders general manager Mike Mayock leading up to the draft, Simpson was more confident that one of the 32 organizations in the league would […]