"It came to the last day," Simmons said. "It's not that I rushed my decision, I just had to get it over with. It's been a stressful process. I've seen my mom stressing. It just came down to the wire between LSU and Texas. We’re going to forever have love for Louisiana. I promise you my mom still loves Louisiana right now, to this day, to this second. "
“I feel like Texas and LSU have always been toe-to-toe in my recruitment,” Simmons said. “Those are the two schools that I’ve visited the most and I’ve been there the most. I just felt comfortable the most at both of them, and you see how it turned out.”