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Mississippi State target says Jeffery Simmons deserves harsher punishment

Related Topics: Punishment, Domestic violence

Even a prospective recruit thinks five-star Mississippi State signee Jeffery Simmons got off too easy.

Three-star cornerback and Bulldogs target D.J. Brown told SEC Country on Sunday that Simmons should have received a longer suspension than the one-game he received last Thursday for striking a woman on the ground several times in March.

“Domestic abuse isn’t something to play with,” Brown said. “I think he should have been suspended a little bit longer than just a game. If he learned his lesson then he learned his lesson.

“I would say (he should have been suspended) at least two games because hitting a women, that’s not cool right there.