Education
Born in Alexandria, Louisiana, Simmons attended local Peabody Magnet High School where he averaged 18 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists per game as a junior, leading Peabody to a 34-5 record and a Number.
Born in Alexandria, Louisiana, Simmons attended local Peabody Magnet High School where he averaged 18 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists per game as a junior, leading Peabody to a 34-5 record and a Number.
He played college basketball for University of Southern California.
2 ranking in the state of Louisiana. As a senior, he averaged 18.0 points, 8.0 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 3.0 steals per game, leading Peabody to a 37-4 record and the 2006-2007 4-A Louisiana state championship while winning their last 17. He was selected to the All-District 4-A team and earned All-State honors and was ranked as the Number.
47 small forward in the 2007 recruiting class by Rivals.com.
After graduating high school, Simmons attended University of Southern California.
After going undrafted in the 2011 National Basketball Association draft, Simmons signed with Yokohama B-Corsairs of the Japanese bj league on September 27, 2011. After a year in Japan, Simmons was selected on the sixth round of the 2012 National Basketball Association Development League Draft by the Texas Legends on November 2, 2012, and three days later, was traded to the Canton Charge.
He was later waived by the Charge November 15 prior to the start of the regular season. On December 16, 2013, after a year off, Simmons re-signed with the B-Corsairs where he averaged 12.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 1.2 steals in 34 games during the 2013-2014 season.
On November 1, 2014, Simmons returned to the Doctorate-League, this time via the Fort Wayne Mad Ants" training camp, making it to the opening night roster on November 14.
In 47 games for Fort Wayne in 2014-2015, he averaged 4.1 points and 2.7 rebounds per game. On September 28, 2015, Simmons signed with the Chicago Bulls However, he was later waived by the Bulls on October 22 after appearing in two preseason games. A week later, he was reacquired by the Fort Wayne Mad Ants.