Auburn WR Malcolm Simmons picks Texas Tech over Kentucky

Kentucky just landed a big transfer portal commitment, Ohio State offensive lineman Tegra Tshabola. Shortly after, we found out one of the Cats’ other top targets is headed elsewhere. Wide receiver Malcolm Simmons is transferring from Auburn to Texas Tech, Hayes Fawcett reports.

Kentucky was among the other schools Simmons was considering, along with Arkansas and Texas A&M. He visited Kentucky last week. The 10th-ranked wide receiver in the transfer portal has two years of eligibility remaining.

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An Alabama native, Simmons was a four-star prospect and a Top-200 player when he signed to be a part of Hugh Freeze’s first star-studded signing class at Auburn. Like many other Tigers, he was actually at his best after Freeze was fired. He finished the season with back-to-back games of 140+ yards, including 143 on three receptions in the Iron Bowl. One of those receptions was a 64-yard touchdown.

Kentucky already has two wide receiver commitments, Xavier Daisey (UAB) and Ja’Kayden Ferguson (Arkansas). We’re still waiting to hear what DeAndre Moore Jr. (Texas) will do. He’s down to Kentucky and Colorado. Isaiah Fuhrmann (Elon) is still on the table, too. The 6’4″, 192 lbs. wideout visited last Thursday.

Kentucky Transfer Portal Class

Player	Position	High School	Former School	Year
Olaus Alinen	G/T (6-6, 322)	Windson (Conn.) The Loomis Chaffee School	Alabama	Redshirt Junior
Jesse Anderson	S (6-0, 180)	Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) Cardinal Gibbons	Pittsburgh	Redshirt Junior
Max Anderson	iOL (6-5, 311)	Frisco (Texas) High	Tennessee	Redshirt Sophomore
Elijah “Bo” Barnes	LB (6-1, 244)	Dallas (Texas) Skyline	Texas	Redshirt Freshman
Jovantae Barnes	RB (6-0, 211)	Las Vegas (Nev.) Desert Pines	Oklahoma	Redshirt Senior
CJ Baxter Jr.	RB (6-1, 227)	Orlando (Fla.) Edgewater	Texas	Redshirt Junior
Ahmad Breaux	iDL (6-3, 278)	Ruston (La.) High	LSU	Junior
Jordan Castell	S (6-2, 213)	Winter Garden (Fla.) West Orange	Florida	Senior
Xavier Daisy	WR (6-3, 210)	Norcross (Ga.) Greater Atlanta Christian School	UAB	Junior
Ja’Kayden Ferguson	WR (6-2, 187)	Missouri City (Texas) Thurgood Marshall	Arkansas	Sophomore
Aaron Gates	Nickel (6-0, 198)	Jacksonville (Fla.) Trinity Christian	Florida	Redshirt Junior
Jamarrion Harkless	iDL (6-3, 315)	Lexington (Ky.) Frederick Douglass	Purdue	Redshirt Junior
Lance Heard	T (6-6, 330)	Monroe (La.) Neville	LSU \| Tennessee	Senior
Mark Manfred III	CB (6-1, 175)	Marietta (Ga.) Sprayberry	Missouri	Redshirt Freshman
Kenny Minchey	QB (6-2, 208)	Hendersonville (Tenn.) Pope John Paul II	Notre Dame	Redshirt Junior
Antonio O’Berry	EDGE (6-6, 240)	Huber Heights (Ohio) Wayne	Tiffin (D-II) \| Gardner-Webb	6th-Year Senior
Coleton Price	iOL (6-3, 318)	Bowie (Texas) High	Baylor	Redshirt Senior
Spencer Radnoti	LS (6-3, 230)	Canton (Ga.) Cherokee	Georgia State	Redshirt Sophomore
Cyrus Reyes	S (6-1, 200)	Taylor (Texas) High	Mississippi State	Junior
Mark Robinson	T (6-5, 320)	Longwood (Fla.) Lyman	UTEP	Junior
Hasaan Sykes	CB (6-0, 185)	Tucker (Ga.) High	Western Carolina	Junior
Tegra Tshabola	OG (6-6, 325)	Lakota West (Oh.)	Ohio State	Redshirt Senior
Tavion Wallace	LB (6-1, 239)	Baxley (Ga.) Appling County	Arkansas	Sophomore
Dominic Wiseman	iDL (6-2, 300)	Davenport (Iowa) High	South Alabama	Redshirt Senior
JacQai Young	QB (6-2, 205)	Hurricane (W. Va.) High	Marshall	Redshirt Sophomore
Adam Zouagui	K (5-11, 188)	Herndon (Va.) High	Davidson \| South Florida	Senior