Following a trade with the Philadelphia Eagles on night one of the NFL Draft, the Kansas City Chiefs selected Ohio State’s Josh Simmons with the 32nd pick with hopes of him becoming the answer at starting left tackle. The highly touted offensive lineman shared an update on his rehab during his rookie camp press conference.
“Yeah, so I was like super frustrated, pissed, you know? It was the biggest season we had,” said Simmons reflecting on his injury during the college football season, “Everybody had all the tools to win a natty (national championship), which we obviously did, but I mean, I just had to kind of grow up and just put all that frustration into rehab and just get after it.”
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The former Ohio State offensive lineman is 6 feet 5 inches tall and 310 pounds. He earned Third-Team All-Big Ten honors last season for the 2024 National Champions. Simmons missed significant time last October due to a torn patellar tendon, but he believes he’s returning to good health.
“Yeah, so I mean, attack rehab as hard as I can that way when training camp does come around, I can be the most help that I possibly can be.” said Simmons, “There’s nothing really (that) I can do to kind of force – there’s a lot of vets in here and my thing is just (to) stay out (of) the way and work hard and be a helpful piece if I can.”
The Chiefs signed Jaylon Moore at the start of free agency to address the left tackle position, immediately providing ample time for their first-round pick to recover.
This article originally appeared on Chiefs Wire: Chiefs OL Josh Simmons shares injury rehab update at rookie camp