Redshirt freshman cornerback Lamont Simmons is reportedly seeking a transfer out of USC, the school he signed with on Signing Day in 2014.

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The report comes from USCFootball.com’s Ryan Abraham, who wrote on Wednesday night that Simmons is eyeing a summer transfer.

According to two Scout Media sources, including National Recruiting Analyst Brian Dohn, redshirt freshman cornerback Lamont Simmons has initiated the process of transferring to another program before the 2015 season. […]According to sources, Georgia Tech is the main school of interest for Simmons with Rutgers and North Carolina rumored as other potential destinations. (via USCFootball.com)

Simmons didn’t play a down as a true freshman a year ago but was looking to play a role in adding depth to a defensive backfield that has greatly needed depth in recent years.

At 6-foot-2, 185 pounds, Simmons is a big corner that fit into the Trojans’ defensive scheme, though he was one of the later additions to the 2014 recruiting class given that he had been seen as a project.

It doesn’t look like USC is going to be able to see that project out, and it’ll be interesting to see where Simmons goes, should he wind up going through with the transfer.

Neither Georgia Tech, Rutgers or UNC were among Simmons’s finalists when picked the Trojans. Though, all are closer to his home in Jacksonville.

As for USC, a departure of Simmons would leave the team with six scholarship cornerbacks including incoming freshmen Iman Marshall and Isiah Langley, both of whom have been mentioned as potential safeties. Sophomore defensive back Chris Hawkins made that move this spring.

Simmons will be the fifth USC football player to transfer this offseason, joining Devian Shelton, Charles Burks, Rahshead Johnson and Chris Willson.