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- Among Simeon’s
classmates at Mt. Carmel were Donovan McNabb and Antoine Walker. He sponsors
a scholarship
tuition program at his high school alma mater.
- Simeon had an extensive collection
of football cards as a kid. After his 15th birthday, he gave them all to
a neighborhood friend who had just suffered a personal tragedy.
- Simeon ended his college career
ninth on the Division 1-A list for sacks. The leaders at the time were Derrick
Thomas (Alabama) and Tedy Bruschi (Arizona) with 52.
- Simeon says an alter
ego overtakes him on game days. He calls the personality "Game," and
swears he assumes complete control of his mind and body.
- Simeon was barely
edged out by Dexter Jackson in the balloting for Super Bowl XXXVII MVP.
He got
six
and a half votes to the safety’s eight.
- Simeon's father retired in 1997
after 30 years on the assembly line for Ford. The family received a
scare four years later when Henry had to undergo triple bypass surgery.
He came through the six-hour operation in good shape.
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Antoine Walker, 1997 Upper Deck
Derrick Thomas, 1991 Fleer Ultra
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