Brian Simnjanovski (May 29, 1981 – May 10, 2009) was an American former professional football punter who played for the New York Jets, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the National Football League (NFL) before playing in NFL Europe for the Berlin Thunder.

During his club play he was selected as an Olympic Development Player and represented the western United States from 1996–1998.

He also handled kickoff duties and battled for place-kicking assignments after a strong spring of putting the ball through the uprights.

He was on the Ray Guy Award watch list and was a strong contender for the honor in his senior year.

[2] 2001: Averaged 43.6 yards per punt for the third best single-season average in the history of San Diego State - Had 14 punts that covered at least 50 yards and had another 22 downed inside the opposition's 20-yard-line -Best game of the season may have come at Arizona State.

He had four punts travel over 50 yards and four that were downed inside the 20 against the Sun Devils -Booted a 64-yarder in the field position battle at Colorado State and had nine kicks for a 46.8-yard average in Fort Collins.

After going undrafted in the 2003 NFL draft, he worked out for the Arizona Cardinals in training camp, but never officially signed with them.

[3] Afterwards, in the 2005 NFL Europe season, he was signed by the Berlin Thunder, where he played all 10 games and got the Special Teams Player of the Week, alongside fellow kicker, Todd France.

Simnjanovski was allocated to the Berlin Thunder by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League.

He was an undergraduate social science major, and had completed his teaching credential at California State University San Marcos.