Overview

• Lee County records show Simmons was booked at 6:20 p.m. on July 16 on domestic violence by strangulation or suffocation charges and held on a $20,000 bond.
• Alabama law defines domestic violence by strangulation as a Class B felony punishable by two to 20 years in prison and fines up to $30,000.
• This is Auburn’s second off-field legal incident this offseason following linebacker DJ Barber’s July 7 drug trafficking arrest and subsequent dismissal.
• Simmons’s arrest record, mugshot and a TMZ video of the alleged assault have circulated online, intensifying scrutiny of the program’s disciplinary practices.
• A former four-star recruit, Simmons caught 40 passes for 451 yards and three touchdowns as a freshman and was projected to start in fall camp.