The University of Alabama football program was known for defensive players and running backs for a long time until Nick Saban landed Tua Tagovailoa in the 2017 recruiting class.
Tagovailoa, a native Hawaiian, became the first marquee quarterback for the Crimson Tide.
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He helped the Tide to a College Football Playoff National Championship in 2017 and became the No. 5 overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft to the Miami Dolphins. Mac Jones and Bryce Young would follow as a first-round selections, while Jalen Hurts got picked in the second round of the 2020 draft by the Philadelphia Eagles. Jalen Milroe is expected to go in the first round of next year’s draft, which would give the Tide its fourth signal-caller to be a first-round pick. Alabama saw its whole quarterback room get an opportunity at reps last week versus Mercer. Ty Simpson, Dylan Lonergan, and Austin Mack are all scholarship signal-callers that have the ability to operate Kalen DeBoer’s offense. The Tide has a great quarterback room, but what did we learn about each one after the game? A breakdown of the quarterbacks is below as next spring and fall will be interesting.
Alabama’s offensive coaching staff allowed all the QBs to get reps last week.
Kalen DeBoer was proud of how Ty Simpson, Dylan Lonergan, and Austin Mack ran the offense.
He highlighted Simpson’s athleticism to extend plays, and the job Lonergan and Mack did to move the chains. pic.twitter.com/ub7U6TxEX0
— Stephen M. Smith (@CoachingMSmith) November 17, 2024
Ty Simpson
Ty Simpson, a redshirt sophomore, is the most experienced of the backup quarterbacks for Alabama.
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Stephen M. Smith is the senior writer for Touchdown Alabama Magazine. You can “like” him on Facebook or “follow” him on Twitter, via @CoachingMSmith.
