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Larry Simmons had to patiently wait for his moment to shine.

After transferring from Southern Miss to a Utah team rebuilding its receiver room, Simmons’ integration into Jason Beck’s offense took time. Through the first six games of Utah’s season, Simmons had just three receptions for 55 yards and a touchdown.

The Southern Miss transfer did the only thing he could do, which was to keep his head down and keep working hard in practice, trusting that increased targets and receptions would arrive in due time.

“Larry has been a guy that has just continued to work hard. I’m sure he would’ve liked to have played more snaps in the first half of the

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