Austin Simmons has always been on the fast track. The quarterback trained with NFL players when he was 12, completed his high school coursework with a jaw-dropping 5.34 GPA at age 16 and left his Miami home to enroll at Ole Miss two years earlier than expected.
There was just one problem for the academic wunderkind with a snappy left arm that lit up the football field and the pitcher’s mound: Simmons didn’t have a driver’s license.
“I had to teach him how to drive in Mississippi,” his father, David Simmons, told CBS Sports.
Austin Simmons hasn’t yet taken the mantle as Lane Kiffin’s next great quarterback, but he is well known in Oxford, where football is king and the starting quarterback makes you Mississippi royalty (Simmons will start this fall in place of departed first-round pick Jaxson Dart). Nearly four months before he slings the football, Simmons graduates May 10 after earning a bachelor’s degree in multidisciplinary studies.
Yes, at 19, the new face of Ole Miss football will be a college graduate before he’s even introduced as the starting quarterback.
“It’s a weird feeling,” Simmons said. “Everyone’s older than you, and you’re looked upon, like, he’s just a baby on campus. I’m here, I’m young and I’m just gonna make the most of it.”
Simmons graduates May 10 with a degree in multidisciplinary studies — at 19-year-old.
Evan Farrell
Simmons’ advanced academic pace as a youngster started because of baseball. Fearing he may not eclipse 6-feet, his father focused on developing him as a southpaw pitcher. To better prepare him as an athlete, and the possibility of being drafted to play baseball before…
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Author : Brandon Marcello
Publish date : 2025-05-10 12:09:00
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