CLEMSON — A former Clemson linebacker is staying put in the NFL.
Isaiah Simmons, who played last year for the Carolina Panthers, is staying in Charlotte for the 2026 season. The NFL Network’s Ian Rapport reported Simmons resigned with the Panthers on Tuesday.
At Clemson, Simmons won the Butkus Award as the nation’s top linebacker, as he transitioned from safety to a hybrid linebacker/safety/nickel back in his final two years at Clemson. In 2019, he became the sixth unanimous All-American in school history, joining Terry Kinard (1982), Gaines Adams (2006), C.J. Spiller (2009), Da’Quan Bowers (2010) and Christian Wilkins (2018).