Auburn Tigers quarterback Payton Thorne talks up explosive wide receiver Malcolm Simmons who is already taking things to the 'next level'
Take a deep breath everyone. The 18-year-old from Phenix City celebrated a birthday on Wednesday and Alabama comes as advertised thus far. The season really can't roll around quick enough.
"First thing starts with the amazing speed," said Thorne of Simmons. "The kid can fly and that’s obviously showing you his track speed. His jumping ability. I think his Instagram is something like ‘freak-something ("But you look out there and we’ve got a lot of guys like that," Thorne continued.
"We were going over some stuff today that's just really refreshing to be going over, just next-level stuff," Thorne enthused during Tigers media availability last week. "We can sit down and break down defenses. That's going to be awesome... that's huge for me obviously. Now that I'm a veteran guy and I've been around for quite a while now in the college game.
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