{"id":309842,"date":"2023-06-19T19:50:50","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T19:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=309842"},"modified":"2023-06-19T19:57:52","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T19:57:52","slug":"4-star-qb-austin-simmons-finishes-high-school-2-years-early-plans-to-enroll-at-ole-miss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=309842","title":{"rendered":"4-star QB Austin Simmons finishes high school 2 years early, plans to enroll at Ole Miss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Four-star quarterback Austin Simmons&#8217; best statistics are not one on the field: They are in the classroom. The 17-year-old just graduated from high school two years early with a 5.34 GPA, according to On3 Sports&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Hayesfawcett3\/status\/1670100574358913024\">Hayes Fawcett<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The young star flipped his commitment from Florida to Ole Miss, he announced in a joint release with Fawcett, and plans to enroll this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Simmons was homeschooled and finished high school at age 16 with the help of online courses, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/high-school\/football\/2022\/08\/24\/pahokee-high-school-quarterback-austin-simmons-head-coach-says-hes-better-than-anquan-boldin\/7871109001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Palm Beach Post<\/a>. He had completed 15 college credits last August and is on track to receive an Associate&#8217;s degree this summer. With that, he could enter Ole Miss as a junior.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">On the football field, Simmons broke former NFL receive Anquan Bolden&#8217;s Pahokee High School (Fla.) single-season passing record by throwing for 3,242 yards and 24 touchdowns.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hey Oxford, I\u2019m Home! <img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/72x72\/1f988.png\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd88\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/72x72\/2764.png\" alt=\"\u2764\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HottyToddy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HottyToddy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Hayesfawcett3?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Hayesfawcett3<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vCX5gLNP9Z\">pic.twitter.com\/vCX5gLNP9Z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Austin Simmons (@austnsimmons) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/austnsimmons\/status\/1670100710929694722?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 17, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>ESPN ranked Simmons, listed at 6-foot-3 and about 200 pounds, as the No. 77 prospect in the class of 2025, while On3 had him ranked No. 156.<\/p>\n<p>His father, David Simmons, told <a href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/article\/ole-miss-football-austin-simmons-florida-flip-lane-kiffin-billy--211713280\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">247Sports<\/a> that head coach Lane Kiffin was a major factor in the flip to Ole Miss.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted a quarterback guy that was going to really develop him. I liked what he was talking about,&#8221; David said. &#8220;I think my kid can come in there and understand what they\u2019re doing and compete right away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Simmons is also a Div. I baseball prospect. He told the Palm Beach Post last August that he&#8217;s a better pitcher than quarterback, as he is a southpaw that could hit 93 miles per hour at the beginning of his sophomore year. He received attention from a handful of programs including Georgia Tech, Lousville, Florida State and Vanderbilt. 247Sports wrote on Saturday that Simmons &#8220;will also play baseball in Oxford.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Austin Simmons passed for more than 3,000 yards. He can throw a 93 mph fastball. He had a 5.34 GPA. He just committed to Ole Miss and (&#8230;)<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":286601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309842"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=309842"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":309844,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309842\/revisions\/309844"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/286601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=309842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=309842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=309842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}