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Suspended Rutgers player involved in probe leaves program

Syhiem Simmons, a sophomore linebacker who was among six Rutgers players suspended from participation in training camp this month, announced his intentions to transfer Friday.

A Jersey City native who played at Hudson Catholic before spending his senior year at an Alabama high school, Simmons tweeted a picture of a scholarship release on Twitter.

-- syhiem simmons (@4ever_Living4) August 10, 2018

Simmons was one of six Rutgers scholarship players left off the team's 110-player training camp roster this summer. Redshirt junior linebacker/safety Malik Dixon, senior defensive back Kobe Marfo, sophomore defensive end C.