Jasmine Simmons

Jasmine Grace Simmons (born 6 March 1999) is a former Australian rules football player who last played for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She was initially drafted as a rookie to the Adelaide Crows prior to the 2022 season and was traded following two seasons at the club.

Early life and basketball Originally from Broken Hill, Simmons played for the North Broken Hill Football Club in her youth. With limited football opportunities for women in a country town, Simmons turned her athletic interests to basketball. She captained the Australia women's national under-17 basketball team, nicknamed the Sapphires, and in 2016 led the team for average rebounds, assists, and spoils as their leading point guard. At junior age, she won gold with the Australia women's national basketball team in the 2019 World University Games.

Simmons spent three years at Oregon State University playing basketball prior her return home to New South Wales. Once returning to Australia, she played basketball for the Mildura Heat and the Ballarat Miners in the NBL1 South as well as football, with more opportunities for women to play. She played country football for North Broken Hill and the Gol Gol Hawks Football Club.

AFL Women's career Adelaide Crows Simmons was officially drafted to the Adelaide Crows as a rookie signing in 2021, She debuted for the Crows in round one of season 6 in the AFL Women's. She wore the number 11 in her first game, which came against at Flinders University Stadium.

Port Adelaide Following two seasons and eight games at the Crows, Simmons was traded to cross-town rivals for the club's second season in the AFL Women's competition.