Jeffery Simmons shares tear-filled appreciation for single mom after new contract means 'generational wealth'
Jeffery Simmons understands that his latest contract with the Tennessee Titans means generational wealth for his family. And that’s perhaps why he was overwhelmed with emotions at a Wednesday press conference, and wiped away tears.
“My mom, single parent, just to see how much we have came from, to see the journey we have been on, as a family, it’s crazy,” he said. “… It’s my kids’ kids, it’s generational wealth, as we call it. It’s why I do it for man, every day I wake up.”
Simmons, the former Mississippi State star, paused to reflect on moving from house to house, and apartment to apartment and sharing a bed with his brother.
“I just think about those hard times where I know my mom didn’t feel like it,” he said. “For some time, I be like, I’m hurt, I think about my mom having to raise 5 kids on her own. For me to say, I don’t want to do this, that’s my motivation, my family.”
Simmons’ new contract is expected to be for $94 million over 4 years, about $23.5 million a year based on new money.
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