It definitely didn’t take long for Simmons to carve out a role his first season in East Lansing. He posted a team-high 219 rushing yards on 56 carries to go with five catches for 34 yards in five games with one start. Although it was a pandemic-shortened season, Simmons became the first true freshman to lead the Spartans in rushing since LJ Scott in 2015. And no, he didn’t expect to play as much as he did.
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The team must address losses at nearly every position on both sides of the ball, but running back is not one of them. Redshirt sophomore Elijah Collins is back as the starter and the team returns every scholarship running back from the end of last season. The group even got a boost from redshirt junior Connor Heyward, who pulled his name out of the transfer portal to rejoin the program under new head coach Mel Tucker.
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Simmons, a three-star running back out of McEachern High School in Powder Springs, Georgia originally gave his verbal commitment to the Michigan State Spartans last October.
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Simmons had been committed to Michigan State since October and was set to send his letter of intent on Feb. 5 – the first day of the latest signing period. But that plan was put on hold because coach Mark Dantonio abruptly announced his retirement less than 24 hours earlier.
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Michigan State football has signed running back Jordon Simmons to a National Letter of Intent, the program announced on Monday. Michigan State signed 19 players to its 2020 recruiting class on Dec. 18, 2019, and added two more signees on Feb. 5, 2020.
Jordon Simmons, a three-star running back out of Powder Springs, Georgia, had delayed signing his letter of intent with Michigan State after Mark Dantonio retired on Feb. 4. On Sunday night, he put pen to paper, unveiling the announcement on Twitter.
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Jordon Simmons’ scholarship offer list is impressive: national champion LSU, Georgia, Florida, Florida State, Oregon and a bevy of other Power 5 schools currently higher on the college football food chain than Michigan State football. But in the Spartans, the three-star running back from McEachern (Georgia) High School sees a school that could use his particular set of skills, in areas that have been sorely lacking in MSU’s offense the past two seasons.
Source: Lansing State Journal
Michigan State’s 2019 football season has left much to be desired, but the 2020 recruiting season continues to roll on and Michigan State and Mark Dantonio have landed the commitment of 3-star running back Jordon Simmons out of Powder Springs, Georgia’s McEachern High School.
Source: Spartans Wire