He played college football for the Illinois Fighting Illini and was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the twelfth round of the 1992 NFL draft.
[1] Simpson was also a member of the New York Jets, London Monarchs, Peoria Pirates and Bloomington Edge.
[3] At the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Simpson played for the Fighting Illini from 1988 to 1991, starting all 48 games of his career.
[5] In February 1996, he was allocated to the World League of American Football to play for the London Monarchs.
[12] He signed with the Bloomington Edge of the Champions Professional Indoor Football League in 2013 but retired before the start of the season.