What Nick Saban said about Alabama football quarterback Ty Simpson: 'He'll do a great job'
VESTAVIA HILLS, Ala. — Ty Simpson was Nick Saban's quarterback at Alabama football, the five-star the former Crimson Tide coach recruited to move from Martin, Tennessee, to Tuscaloosa.
Heading into 2025, with Jalen Milroe off to the NFL after two seasons as Alabama's starting quarterback, Saban, before the Nick's Kids Foundation Golf Tournament at Old Overton Golf Club in Vestavia Hills, once again gave Simpson his stamp of approval
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"Ty was an outstanding high school player no doubt," Saban said. "He's a fine young man. I think his example is a true example of development. He matured and developed for (three) years and now he's going to get the opportunity and I think his experiences are really going to help him be successful. We're rooting for him, that's for sure, and I have every confidence that he'll do a great job."
Simpson is widely expected to start Alabama's 2025 season as its starting quarterback after battling for first-team reps with Austin Mack and Keelon Russell in the spring.
Simpson has the most experience in the Crimson Tide quarterback room, with 50 career pass attempts across three seasons with the Crimson Tide. He has three rushing touchdowns. And Ryan Grubb, Alabama's offensive coordinator, called Simpson the incoming starter "if we're playing a game tomorrow," a message head coach Kalen DeBoer later reiterated.
Simpson was sold on Alabama through Saban as a five-star quarterback in the 2022 recruiting class.
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'As a guy who loved football and a guy who's been around it all my life,' Ty Simpson told the Tuscaloosa News in January, 'I just kind of fell in love with the process and the way that he envisioned it.'
Alabama football will open the 2025 season at Florida State at 2:30 p.m. on ABC.
Colin Gay covers Alabama football for The Tuscaloosa News, part of the USA TODAY Network. Reach him at cgay@gannett.com or follow him @_ColinGay on X, formerly known as Twitter.
This article originally appeared on The Tuscaloosa News: Nick Saban praises Alabama football quarterback Ty Simpson
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