What multiple former Alabama quarterbacks are telling Ty Simpson ahead of his first start

3/7/25 MFB Spring Practice 3 Alabama Running Back Jam Miller (26) Alabama Quarterback Ty Simpson (15) Photo by Kent Gidley

Ty Simpson has been in contact with multiple former Alabama quarterbacks ahead of his first start in the Crimson Tide’s season opener against Florida State.

Simpson has waited for an opportunity to earn this role.

With his first start on the horizon, multiple former Tide signal callers have offered him advice.

“I talked to AJ (McCarron) quite a bit, John Parker Wilson, Bryce (Young), Jalen (Milroe), teammates of mine, and they all said, some of the same things are just like, trust your preparation, trust your confidence and just go play. That’s something that I really took from Jalen just because he always used to say that whether I went in when we were up big or went in the Oklahoma game, he was just like, man, just go play. That’s something that I just kind of take even in practice. I didn’t get a chance to play my first three years and so now that the opportunity, I’m just going to go take control of it and just go have fun.”

McCarron has been on the Simpson bandwagon for quite some time. He recently detailed what he feels should be Simpson’s mindset ahead of his first start on “The Dynasty” podcast.

“My mindset for him would be the same mindset I had going into my first year of starting,” McCarron said. “You have an experienced defense, right? The team is expecting a lot out of the defense. Let them control a lot of the game. Your biggest thing right now, especially in your first start, is come out, take care of the football, just don’t do anything crazy and play out of yourself from a sense of making mistakes and hurting the team.”

A lot of eyes will be on Simpson in his first start against Florida State on Saturday.

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