In the past week, Dave Doeren has seen a pair of Wolfpack players not-so-voluntarily leave his North Carolina State football program.
Over the weekend, it was reported that tight end Bryce Dixon (no, not THAT Bryce Dixon) is no longer on the team. Wednesday, Joe Giglio of the Raleigh News & Observer not only confirmed Dixon’s departure, but that of wide receiver Freddie Simmons as well.
As alluded to earlier, the twin departures weren’t exactly voluntary in nature.Exits for Simmons and Dixon both fall under the umbrella of “violation of team rules”
— Joe Giglio (@jwgiglio) April 6, 2016
Giglio added in another tweet that he “doesn’t see a pending legal charge for either in [the North Carolina] court system.”
Both Dixon and Simmons were three-star signees for the Wolfpack, the former in this most recent recruiting cycle and the latter in 2015. Simmons took a redshirt as a true freshman last season, and had been considered one of NCSU’s redshirt players who had the potential to contribute his second season.