Jeffery Simmons committed to in-state rival Mississippi State on signing day, capping off a semi-disappointing finish to the Rebels’ defensive line signee list in what was an otherwise historic 2016 signing class. It was no secret after adding interior stud Benito Jones, that Hugh Freeze and his defensive staff coveted a player on the edge of the same caliber.
They set their sights on the 5-star from Noxubee County and missed. It’s one of the tough breaks recruiting sometimes brings, well sometimes for Freeze and co. However, now, in May, the void that Simmons created by spurning the Rebels is finally filled.