Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Simmons were uwe mwụda na-acha uhie uhie n'oge afọ agụmakwụkwọ 2002-2004, na-emeri n'asọmpi Pan American. N'afọ 2005, Simmons gbara asọmpi na University World Games, ebe ọ gbara nke ise mgbe ọ meriri n'asọmpi ọla nchara. Simmons gara n'ihu na-eme ka ndị otu mba US (n'elu 3 na World Team Trials) maka ọtụtụ n'ime afọ iri na-esote, gụnyere ime ka ndị otu ụwa na 2011. Na
Na 2011 World Wrestling Championships, Simmons weghaara 5th ebe, na-aga 4-2 na ọnwụ na onye meriri ọla ọcha Radoslav Velikov na onye meriri ọla nchara Hassan Rahimi.