 Powerful defensive tackle with seven years of NFL experience… Former first-round selection of the Kansas City Chiefs who has spent the past two seasons with the Buccaneers after being acquired in an offseason trade with Kansas City in 2007... Led the 2007 Buccaneers with four TFL despite only appearing in nine games... Provides depth and experience on the interior of the Tampa Bay defensive line... In 2003, totaled career highs with 83 tackles and 3.0 sacks in his first full season as a starter with the Chiefs... Has appeared in 92 career games with 47 starts… Career totals include: 233 tackles, 8.5 sacks, one interception, two fumble recoveries, two forced fumbles and five passes defensed... Also played in three playoff games with one start, recording five tackles ... Originally entered the NFL as the Chiefs first-round selection (sixth overall) in the 2002 NFL Draft. |
 2009: Started all nine games on the season… Had two tackles and one QBP in season opener against Dallas (9/13)… Finished game at Buffalo (9/20) with six tackles… Posted four tackles vs. N.Y. Giants (9/27)… Had five tackles and two QBPs at Washington (10/4)… Tallied one tackle and one QBP at Philadelphia (10/11)… Posted seven tackles, one fumble recovery and two QBPs vs. Carolina (10/18)… Finished with four tackles, including one TFL, and one pass defensed vs. New England (10/25)… Recorded first sack of the season against QB Aaron Rodgers vs. Green Bay (11/8)… Finished game against the Packers with one sack, three tackles and three QBPs… Had two tackles at Miami (11/15). |
 2008: Played in 15 contests (all but vs. Green Bay) with two starts (at Carolina and at Atlanta), totaling 27 tackles, including three TFLs and 1.5 sacks and two passes defensed… Had one tackle and 0.5 sack at Chicago (9/21)… Inactive vs. Green Bay (9/28) because of injury… Notched one tackle at Denver (10/5)… Registered four tackles, including one TFL and one sack of QB Brad Johnson at Dallas (10/26)… Had two tackles at Kansas City (11/2)… Had two stops, including one TFL, vs. Minnesota (11/16)… Posted one tackle at Detroit (11/23)… Had a season-high four tackles, including one TFL, and one pass defensed vs. New Orleans (11/30)… Made first start as a Buccaneer in place of the injured DT Jovan Haye at Carolina (12/8)… Finished game against the Panthers with five tackles and one pass defensed… Tallied six tackles in start at Atlanta (12/14)… Posted one stop vs. San Diego (12/21). 2007: Appeared in nine contests (vs. Jacksonville, vs. Arizona, at Atlanta, vs. Washington, at New Orleans, at Houston, vs. Atlanta, at San Francisco and vs. Carolina) and inactive for seven others for Tampa Bay… Also appeared in playoff contest… Totaled 23 tackles including a team-leading four TFL… Also recorded one sack and one forced fumble… Saw action at defensive tackle vs. Jacksonville (10/28)… Posted three tackles, including one TFL, vs. Arizona (11/4)… Had one forced fumble at Atlanta (11/18)… Finished with three tackles vs. Washington (11/25)… Totaled one tackle at New Orleans (12/2)… Had two tackles, including one TFL, at Houston (12/9)… Posted three tackles, including one TFL, vs. Atlanta (12/16)… Recorded first sack as a Buccaneer at San Francisco (12/23), dropping QB Shaun Hill… Finished game against the 49ers with four tackles and one sack… Notched a season-high seven tackles, including one TFL, while seeing extensive action in regular season finale vs. Carolina (12/30)… Had two tackles in NFC Wild Card game vs. N.Y. Giants (1/6). 2006: Appeared in all 16 games and one playoff contest as a reserve defensive tackle for Kansas City... Totaled 11 tackles on the season... Registered two tackles vs. Cincinnati (9/10)... Posted three tackles at Cleveland (12/3)... Totaled three tackles vs. Baltimore (12/10)... Recorded one tackle at Oakland (12/23)… Had one tackle in an AFC Wild Card Game at Indianapolis (1/6/07). 2005: Played in six games with five starts at defensive tackle and inactive for 10 others for Kansas City... Tallied 11 tackles on the year... Had one tackle before leaving the game in the first quarter with a right foot sprain vs. the N.Y. Jets (9/11)... Was inactive for the next 10 games with foot injury... Returned to the lineup vs. Denver (12/4), recording four tackles... Collected two tackles at Dallas (12/11)... Had one tackle at N.Y. Giants (12/17)... Produced one tackle vs. San Diego (12/24)... Contributed two tackles vs. Cincinnati (1/1/06). 2004: Played in 15 games with 13 starts for Kansas City... Amassed 30 tackles and two sacks... Recorded two tackles at Denver (9/12)... Tallied four tackles vs. Carolina (9/19)... Produced four tackles vs. Houston (9/26)... Had one sack of QB Kyle Boller before leaving the game with a left hamstring strain at Baltimore (10/4)… Inactive at Jacksonville (10/17) because of injury... Registered three tackles vs. Atlanta (10/24)... Compiled two tackles at New Orleans (11/14)... Totaled three tackles vs. San Diego (11/28)... Registered one sack of QB Billy Volek at Tennessee (12/13)... Collected two tackles at San Diego (1/2/05). 2003: Started 16 games for Kansas City... Registered 83 tackles and three sacks on the season... Also had one fumble recovery, one forced fumble, one interception and one pass defensed... Tallied 10 tackles and a career-high two sacks of QB Tommy Maddox vs. Pittsburgh (9/14)... Registered nine tackles and one sack of QB Kyle Boller at Baltimore (9/28)... Forced one fumble vs. Denver (10/5)... Registered first career interception off QB Drew Bledsoe vs. Buffalo (10/26)... Recovered a RB James Jackson fumble vs. Cleveland (11/9)... Recorded eight tackles at Cincinnati (11/16)... Amassed a career-high 12 tackles vs. Oakland (11/23)... Started AFC Divisional Playoff contest vs. Indianapolis (1/11/04), registering two tackles. 2002: Played in six games with two starts for Kansas City before being placed on injured reserve on October 16 with a dislocated elbow... Accounted for 14 tackles and one pass defensed... Recorded four tackles in his first NFL game at Cleveland (9/8)... Totaled two tackles vs. Jacksonville (9/15)... Had two tackles at New England (9/22)... Registered two tackles and one pass defensed vs. Miami (9/29)... Recorded four tackles in first career NFL start at N.Y. Jets (10/6)... Suffered a dislocated left elbow on the club’s first defensive series and did not return at San Diego (10/13)... Was placed on injured reserve on October 16. |
 Three-year starter who appeared in 43 games with 33 starts at North Carolina... Finished his college career with 167 tackles, 14.0 sacks, 11 passes defensed, 40 quarterback pressures and one fumble recovery... Former college teammate of the second overall pick in the 2002 NFL Draft, DE Julius Peppers, who was tabbed by the Carolina Panthers... First-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference choice and a second-team All-America selection as a senior when he recorded 51 tackles and four passes defensed... Led the squad with 20 QB pressures, ranked second on the team with five sacks and was third with eight tackles for loss... Started all 11 games during his junior campaign, registering 52 tackles, six sacks, nine stops for loss, three passes defensed and his only career fumble recovery... Started all 11 games as a sophomore for the Tar Heels, recording 33 tackles, and one sack... Appeared in all 11 games as a reserve defensive tackle and was one of only four true freshmen to play for the Tar Heels... Majored in communications. |
 Started the Ryan Sims Foundation in 2006 which is dedicated to supporting the fight against cancer and to raise awareness about prevention, treatment and survival… Made a large donation to his high school to complete a baseball field in 2008… The field was named Ronnie J. Sims after his father… Signed autographs and helped provide food and gifts for children and families at the Children’s Cancer Center’s Winter Holiday Party in December 2007 and 2008… Escorted cancer survivors during the SAKS Fifth Avenue “Key to the Cure” Fashion Show to benefit the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute in October 2007… Made a surprise appearance at the Children’s Cancer Center’s Tailgate Party, signing footballs and visiting with the pediatric patients and their families in September 2007... In June 2007, hosted the Ryan Sims Youth Football Camp for underprivileged children in Spartanburg, South Carolina… First-team all-state, all-region and all-area selection at Paul M. Dorman High School (Spartanburg, S.C.)… Named the top defensive lineman in the state by the Greenville News… Team captain and defensive Most Valuable Player for the South Carolina squad in the Shrine Bowl… Had 61 tackles, eight sacks, two passes defensed and one forced fumble as a senior… Threw the shot put and the discus for the track team… Finished second in the region in the shot… Attended the Boys & Girls Club as a child and served as a volunteer at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kansas City… Born Ryan O’Neal Sims on May 4, 1980. |
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