'08 CA LB Maurice Simmons (USC Verbal)

[Irish Envy]

Maurice Simmons (6-1/190lbs)
Dominquez High School (Compton, CA)

Schools of Interest:
Notre Dame
USC
Florida St.
Oklahoma
Florida
UCLA
Arizona State
Nebraska
Oregon
Ole Miss

Local Press: None Listed

Combine
Forty: 4.78
Bench Reps: 16
Bench Max:
Squat Max:
Shuttle: 4.69
Vertical: 30"

Star Ratings
Rivals:
Scout:

Statistics
2004 - None Listed
2005 - 109 tackles and 9 sacks.
2006 - None Listed
2007 - None Listed

Accolades
2004 - None Listed
2005 - None Listed
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[Irish Envy]

 

[Irish Envy]

Scout Combine - Los Angeles

Height: 6-1
Weight: 190
40-Yard Dash: 4.66
Short Shuttle: 4.35
Vertical Jump: 33.0"
3-Cone: 7.56
Broad Jump: 9-0

 

[Irish Envy]

Simmons is rated the #16 overall 2008 prospect in the 2006 Sports Illustrated High School football preview issue.

 

[jsully84]

Anybody happen to catch Maurice on Power Hour tonight?

 

[tommy]

im listening to it right now .he is saying all the right things ,mentioned how he liked the fact that cw made al the right calls at the end of the ucla game. he wants to see who recruits him the hardest, loves the atmosphere at nd hes a real nice kid man he said go irish at the end of the interview thats really cool . but he is still a junior have to wait and see but he seems like the kind of kid that would come to nd really respecfull yes sir no sir .

 

[GoshenGipper]

Just got his official offer from ND.

 

[NDgrandson]

Might he be in the mold of Lorenzo Edwards? Seeing that he is just a JR and Edwards finished his HS PT at S... maybe a bit of a stretch. Is Simmons looking like the #1 OLB prospect of 2007 for us? He has serious speed (4.66) and should graduate about 210 lbs. Any chance he is an EE? We need him on campus ASAP.

 

[GoshenGipper]

No, Filer looks to be ND's #1 LB. It seems like Simmons is in the next group with Nagel, and Posluszny.

 

[GoshenGipper]

Here's some info from Maurice's Power Hour interview.

Maurice is the 10th out of 12 kids, and three of his older brothers have played Div.1 football. Melvin at USC, Marvin at Kansas St., and Marlin at Cal, and his little brother was leading the league in tackles as a sophomore this past year at weakside OLB untill he suffered a season ending broken arm. Maurice also said he really likes ND's atmosphere, and Coach Weis's crunch time decisions. At this point he also has official offers from Ole Miss, and Nebraska.

According to Maurice the three most important things about a school are it's...

1. Academic Program (Maurice reports a 3.0 GPA)

2. Football Program

3. Location

He said "Go Irish!" at the end of the interview as well.

 

[IRISHMAN]

Maurice Simmons will end up at USC, he said that he's always wanted to be a trojan.

 

[Irishknight1023]

gettin good grades like that in compton? pretty impressive, but i say he's usc

 

[Axl Rose]

You know its weird, Simmons is very highly rated and considered one of the top hundred recruits next year. While Steve Paskorz has almost identical combine numbers and did not get nearly the hype as an amazing athlete as he deserved. Paskorz actually has a higher Sparq rating on Rivals then Simmons.

Maurice Simmons
Scout Combine - Los Angeles
Height: 6-1
Weight: 190
40-Yard Dash: 4.66
Short Shuttle: 4.35
Vertical Jump: 33.0"
3-Cone: 7.56
Broad Jump: 9-0

Steve Paskorz
Location: Akron
Height: 6-0
Weight: 210
40-Yard Dash: 4.67
Vertical Jump: 34.0"
3-Cone: 7.64
Broad Jump: 9-10

 

[ShivaIrish]

You know its weird, Simmons is very highly rated and considered one of the top hundred recruits next year. While Steve Paskorz has almost identical combine numbers and did not get nearly the hype as an amazing athlete as he deserved. Paskorz actually has a higher Sparq rating on Rivals then Simmons.

1) Simmon's numbers are as a junior
2) Numbers don't usually tell the whole story
3) Paskorz may be underappreciated--partly, perhaps, because he was one of those early recruits. I think he has good potential.

 

[Axl Rose]

1) Simmon's numbers are as a junior
2) Numbers don't usually tell the whole story
3) Paskorz may be underappreciated--partly, perhaps, because he was one of those early recruits. I think he has good potential.

Paskorz numbers were as a junior also, and it was after a knee injury. Measurements aren't everything but Paskorz backed it up with solid play on the field.

 

[IrishDon103]

190 pound linebacker?? I hope he's planning on gaining wait.

 

[rontdtarchala]

I think I will abstain from conversation on recruits for a while this last round wore me out. I don't know how you guys handle it all....

 

[ShivaIrish]

Paskorz numbers were as a junior also, and it was after a knee injury.

Thanks for pointing out that he was a junior as well, and good point about the knee injury.

 

[moc182]

Commited to SC.

 

[littlerick77]

no big surprise here! Oh well, good luck to him, at least he didn't waste ND's time by waiting until the last minute to commit and giving us false hope. ND is out there on a good group of LB's, so we should get our share down the road.

 

[irishunclebill]

Commited to SC.

As soon as he was offered, which is why ND never bothered to give Simmons an Official Offer. You do have to give Simmons credit though for letting everyone know that as soon as USC offered, he was going to be a Trojan.