Les Miles' infatuation with LSU's freakish five-star baller Ben Simmons continues
Les Miles is in love with Ben Simmons.
LSU’s head coach has repeatedly said during fall camp that LSU’s athletic five-star freshman on the basketball team has a roster spot on the gridiron at wide receiver if he’s interested.
Simmons, 6-foot-8, 190-pound small forward from Melbourne, Australia, is considered one of the top prospects in next year’s NBA draft and was the gem of the Tigers’ impressive 2015 signing class.
“What a magnificent player and I just want you to know, so you know, if he’s interested in taking some snaps for us, he can come over,” Miles said last week, according to the New Orleans Times-Picayune. “I’m very honest. And I can give him a goal-line position where I would throw it to him. All he’s got to prove to me is one thing is that he can catch.
“If he can catch, he will set the NCAA record for touchdowns.”
Miles reiterated what he thought of Simmons Tuesday on Twitter:
Wow. This is that wide receiver I was talking about last week. He’s going to be fun to watch. https://t.co/IdI9C2asUO
— Les Miles (@LSUCoachMiles) August 18, 2015
Over the weekend in Australia, Simmons was nearly unstoppable during scrimmage play highlighted by several thunderous dunks.
Ben Simmons threw down an insane dunk during tonight’s win in Brisbane https://t.co/YYQwIiq87N #LSUDownUnder pic.twitter.com/i0bejd8S10
— LSU Basketball (@LSUBasketball) August 18, 2015
LSU’s set at wide receiver with Travin Dural and Malachi Dupre, but watching Miles playfully beg for help on offense through social media is fun to watch.