After learning that he was enrolled earlier in the week, the punishment for Simmons has officially been made public.
Simmons doesn't appear to have been a person who caused problems prior to this event, and it appears that Coach Mullen, as well as the entire athletic administration, believe that, and are giving him a second chance, both as a student at Mississippi State as well as an athlete.
Simmons was rated as a five-star prospect, and the top player in the state of Mississippi this past February out of Noxubee County HS, and chose the Bulldogs over Alabama, Ole Miss, and others.