Jerry Sims

Jerry Sims is a contestant from .
Though he began the game in a comfortable position and was popular amongst his tribe, Jerry fell ill and was unanimously voted out on Day 9 due to concerns about his health.
==Profile==
Retrieved from CBS.com
Jerry Sims (49)
Hometown: Rock Hill, SC
Occupation: Sgt. – U.S. Army
Jerry Sims promises, "you've never seen anybody like me before." Growing up in a poor family, he was one of 10 children who had to learn, very early on, the skills to help him survive in the real world. Jerry has been passing on those survival skills learned from his childhood to soldiers in the Army National Guard for the last 20 years.
A 1st Sergeant and specialist in Nuclear Operations, Sims just recently returned from a tour of duty in Afghanistan. No stranger to being in a leadership position, Sims was in charge of 100 men and not only knew how to manage them, but also earned their respect. "With this big smile and this convincing attitude, I get them to do exactly what I want them to do!"
He's always been a strong proponent of the team concept, a skill that came in handy growing up in such a large household, especially around dinner time "where you had to be on time!" Jerry is also a family man, who's been married for 25 years and has both an adult son and daughter. He has no qualms about saying he's doing this for the money. "The million is in my grasp! I've got to have it. I'm a competitor. I like to win. I like to win, win, win!"
Raised on a chicken farm in South Carolina, Jerry also knows how to live off the land and involve everyone in the daily chores. This self-proclaimed jokester says he will give his fellow castaways some much need entertainment, but nobody should misinterpret his cheery personality for weakness because Jerry proudly proclaims, "I am physically fit, I am mentally strong and I'm ready for the million."
Jerry currently resides in Rock Hill, SC. His birth date is May 18.http://web.archive.org/web/20230321171905/https://www.cbs.com/shows/survivor/cast/23297/
==Survivor==
Jerry was placed on the Timbira tribe. Like the others, he deemed Sierra Reed the weakest on the tribe. Despite Timbira's early success, Jerry started having stomach pains. This showed in the Day 9 Immunity Challenge where he struggled, allowing Jalapao to win. Although Coach Wade wanted Erinn Lobdell gone for being aligned with Candace Smith, the tribe couldn't look over Jerry's illness and unanimously voted him off.
<tabber>Challenge History=
Episode	TribeAffiliation 	Challenge 	Challenge Type 	Sit-Out?	Result
1 	rowspan=4 	A River, Run Through It	Reward/Immunity	No 	
2 	Basket Brawl 	Reward/Immunity 	No 	 	
3 	Blind Leading the Blind	Reward 	No 	 	
3 	A Crate Idea 	Immunity 	No 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
|-|Voting History=
Episode	Jerry'sVotes	Voted AgainstJerry
1 	 	
2 	 	
3 	 	
 	 	
</tabber>
==Post-Survivor==
==Trivia==
* Jerry was recruited for when production contacted him after reading about him in a local newspaper.https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/exclusive-jerry-sims-talks-about-his-time-on-survivor-tocantins-8525.php
* Jerry is the oldest member of the Timbira tribe, as well as the oldest man to compete on .
* Jerry is the lowest-placing man on Tocantins.
==References==
Category:Contestants
Category:Male Contestants
Category:African-American Contestants
Category:Tocantins Contestants
Category:Timbira Tribe
Category:14th Place
Category:Survivor (U.S.)
Category:Survivor (U.S.) Contestants
Category:Survivor: Tocantins
Category:1959 births
Category:Living people