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Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||||||
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Born: | Springfield, Kentucky, U.S. | November 3, 1955||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 216 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||||||
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High school: | Southern (Louisville, Kentucky) | ||||||||||||
College: | Morehead State (1974–1978) | ||||||||||||
NFL draft: | 1979 / Round: 1 / Pick: 7 | ||||||||||||
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Phillip Martin Simms (born November 3, 1955) is an American former football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons with the New York Giants. After playing college football for the Morehead State Eagles, Simms was selected in the first round by the New York Giants as the seventh overall pick in the 1979 NFL draft. Simms was named Most Valuable Player (MVP) of Super Bowl XXI, after he led the Giants to a 39–20 victory over the Denver Broncos and set the record for highest completion percentage in a Super Bowl, completing 22 of 25 passes (88%), as well as the highest passer rating in a Super Bowl at 150.9; both of these records still stand. He was also named to the Pro Bowl for his performances in the 1985 and 1993 seasons.
He finished his career with 33,462 passing yards and has since gone on to be a career broadcaster of NFL games—first as an analyst for ESPN, then as an in-game color commentator with NBC and CBS. He left CBS in 2024.[3] He is the father of former NFL quarterback, assistant coach, and current NFL football analyst Chris Simms and former quarterback Matt Simms.