Texas defender Colin Simmons exits Florida game with leg injury

By Andrew Hammond | ahammond@al.comIn the fourth quarter of Saturday’s game between Florida and No. 7 Texas, the Longhorns saw one of their best players and top NFL draft picks exit the game. Defensive End Colin Simmons suffered a lower leg injury and was carted off to the locker room. The injury happened as Simmons was being blocked by two Florida defenders and collapsed as he was being taken down to the ground. Prior to his exit, Simmons had a team-leading eight tackles and one sack. Florida currently leads Texas midway through the fourth quarter. A journalist of 19 years, Andrew Hammond's career has taken him from Wichita, KS to Birmingham, AL. In that time, he's excelled in producing quality content in radio, television and newspapers in newsrooms...