STARKVILLE -- Mississippi State University announced Thursday that Jeffery Simmons has enrolled at the university and will be allowed to play football, under conditions, including being suspended for the first game of his career.
Simmons, a former Noxubee County High School football player, was arrested by the Macon Police Department in March and charged with simple assault and disturbing the peace after a video surfaced that appears to show him standing over a woman punching at her head while
Ben Wait reports on Mississippi State University sports for The Dispatch.
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