I think Ty Simpson, the Alabama quarterback, is interesting.
He played some games a couple of seasons ago, but this is really his first as a fulltime starter, even though he is a redshirted junior and is going to be a 23-year-old rookie. That is because he has been sitting on the bench behind first Bryce Young, and since Jalen Milroe, so it is not until now that the team is truly his. In an era with NIL-money and transfer portal, I think it says a lot about a players (especially a QB’s) character to stay loyal and wait for his chance.
After Alabama lost the season opener, Simpson has been great the last three games, and it was especially after the last one (a big road win against Georgia) that he got on my radar. Crazy that an Alabama QB can being overlooked, by the way. By all accounts, he is also a great leader of the team.
My first rule when studying quarterbacks is that they must be in full command. It must be noticeable even for a viewer. That they have total control of their army, and that they signal that “it”-factor that no one have ever been able to describe. Ty Simpson has that. I am not sure Murray does, and I want that for my team. Further, he is simply a good player with both great arm strength, technic and athleticism. Sometimes it is even noticeable that he has a very good understanding of the game, in a way that you don’t normally see with college-quarterbacks. He is more advanced than usually at that stage.
Obviously, Alabama will play a lot of great schools, so there will be many opportunities to study Simpson more.