{"id":138493,"date":"2025-08-12T02:16:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T02:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/138493\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T02:16:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T02:16:11","slug":"alabama-names-ty-simpson-starting-quarterback-ahead-of-2025-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/138493\/","title":{"rendered":"Alabama names Ty Simpson starting quarterback ahead of 2025 season"},"content":{"rendered":"

Through the Alabama<\/a><\/strong> quarterback competition, one name has remained a constant. Coaches have continually spoken highly of Ty Simpson<\/a><\/strong> and now, it is going to be Simpson as QB1, per On3\u2019s Pete Nakos. Head coach Kalen DeBoer<\/a><\/strong> has officially made the decision.<\/p>\n

Simpson beat out Austin Mack<\/a><\/strong> and Keelon Russell<\/a><\/strong> for the position. Mack is entering his second season with the program after following DeBoer to Tuscaloosa from Washington. Russell will still be someone Alabama fans are excited about moving forward, being a true freshman with a former Five-Star Plus+<\/strong><\/a> designation.<\/p>\n

Maybe down the road, Mack and Russell get back into a competition. But for now, Simpson is primed to take over as Alabama enters a critical 2025 season. Reviews have been high on him for a few months now, dating all the way back to spring practice.<\/p>\n

\u201cTy is an accurate passer,\u201d DeBoer said<\/a> in July at SEC Media Days. \u201cHe throws a catchable ball and I think that\u2019s so key. Whether it\u2019s down the field, whether it\u2019s crossing routes, quick outs, comebacks? I mean, he throws a catchable ball, one that\u2019s easy to receive as a receiver. You can throw it hard, you can throw it soft and it doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s always easy to catch. And so, he does that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Simpson played high school football at Martin (TN) Westview<\/a><\/strong>, where he was a five-star prospect. He was the No. 25 overall recruit in the 2022 cycle<\/strong><\/a>, according to the Rivals Industry Ranking<\/strong><\/a>, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies.<\/p>\n

Three years were spent watching from the sidelines. Simpson got to watch Bryce Young<\/a><\/strong> work as a true freshman before being the main backup to Jalen Milroe<\/a><\/strong> in 2024. In an era where plenty of guys are transferring out in search of playing time, Simpson decided to stay with Alabama.<\/p>\n

No matter who was named the starter, a ton of skill position talent is set to be in Ryan Grubb<\/a><\/strong>\u2018s offense. Alabama projects to be one of the better wide receiver rooms in all of college football. Jam Miller<\/a><\/strong> is an experienced running back too, being the headliner in a room with some depth.<\/p>\n

Simpson appears to be set up for success this season. How he goes out and executes is a completely different story. We will find out beginning Aug. 30 when Alabama goes on the road to face off against the Florida State Seminoles<\/a><\/strong> in the season opener.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Through the Alabama quarterback competition, one name has remained a constant. Coaches have continually spoken highly of Ty…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":138494,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[62,33168,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-138493","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-sports","9":"tag-ty-simpson-22-westview","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115013391693838746","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}