Sims signed with the Bengals as an unrestricted free agent in 2020, after spending his first four seasons (2016-19) with the Tennessee Titans ... Brings tough, physical playing style, and is known as a willing tackler ... Enters 2020 with 56 career games played (11 starts), 115 tackles, eight PDs, two INTs and one FF ... Has been a particularly productive player on special teams, with 20 career ST tackles and three fumble recoveries ... Originally a fifth-round pick of the Titans in 2018.
Career transactions: Selected by Tennessee in fifth round of 2016 NFL Draft (157th overall) ... Signed with Titans on 5-9-16 ... Signed as unrestricted free agent with Cincinnati on 3-31-20.
2019 highlights: Played in 14 regular-season games (two starts) and all three playoff games for Tennessee team that reached the AFC Championship Game ... Totaled 29 tackles and two PDs on defense, and six tackles on special teams ... Also added an 11-yard punt return ... Thrust into larger defensive role on Nov. 11 vs. Kansas City, and recorded career-high 11 tackles ... No statistics on defense during postseason, but recorded four tackles on special teams.
Previous seasons: 2016—Played in 13 games (two starts) as a rookie for Tennessee ... Totaled 18 tackles, three PDs and an INT ... Also had four tackles on special teams ... Made NFL debut on Oc.t 2 at Houston, and recorded one special teams tackle ... On Oct. 27, recovered a muffed punt by Marqise Lee that led to a Titans FG drive ... Recovered another muffed punt on Nov. 13 vs. Green Bay ... Made first career INT on Dec. 18 at Kansas City, picking off Alex Smith ... Made first career start on Dec. 24 at Jacksonville and posted four tackles before leaving the game with an injury. 2017—Played in 13 games (five starts) for Tennessee ... Placed on Reserve/injured (hamstring) on Dec. 22 ... Totaled career-high 30 tackles, along with an INT, three PDs and a FF ... Also had six tackles on special teams ... Made two tackles and forced a fumble (offense recovered) on Sept. 17 at Jacksonville ... On Sept. 24 vs. Seattle, tallied two tackles and two PDs, including one on third-and-10 that forced a Seahawks punt ... Logged two tackles on Dec. 3 vs. Houston, and his INT of Tom Savage in the end zone helped seal a win late in the fourth quarter ... Did not play in postseason for Titans. 2018—Played in all 16 games (two starts) for Tennessee ... Totaled 18 tackles on defense and four on special teams ... Snuffed out a fake punt on Sept. 23 at Jacksonville, stopping the runner short of a first down ... Tied career-high with six tackles on Dec. 22 vs. Washington.
College: Spent five seasons (2011-15) at Southern Utah, with a redshirt year in '11 ... Played in 47 games (46 starts), and started every game his final three seasons ... Career totals include 220 tackles, eight INTs, 27 PDs, one FF and five FRs.
Personal: Hometown is Las Vegas, Nev. ... Attended Andre Agassi Preparatory Academy in Las Vegas, where he earned second-team all-state honors as a senior as both a WR and DB ... Was the first-ever student at his high school to earn an athletic scholarship to college (school was founded in 2001) ... His freshman year was the school's first with a football program, and they played eight-man football; they moved to 11-man football his sophomore season, and won a league title his senior season ... Earned the nickname "Swis" in college after the nameplate on his jersey was mistakenly upside down in his first career game ... Graduated from Southern Utah in April 2016 with a degree in exercise science.
