Ty Simpson Opens Up On His NFL Draft Decision Amid Transfer Speculation

by Staff Reporter

February 2, 20260 Comments

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Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson spoke with AL.com last week and discussed his decision to enter the NFL Draft amid recent rumors that transferring to another school for next season was offered to him by many programs. Per ESPN:

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"There is no doubt in my mind that the last jersey I wanted to wear in college was the Alabama Crimson Tide jersey," Simpson told AL.com on Wednesday. "I came there. I stayed there."

Simpson's father, UT Martin football coach Jason Simpson, had told ESPN when his son declared that there were offers to transfer to other Power 4 schools. Sources had told ESPN that Miami, Oregon and Tennessee were interested in signing Simpson if he entered the transfer portal.

But Ty Simpson indicated he never seriously considered playing for any school besides Alabama.

"The last thing I wanted to do was tarnish my legacy and go somewhere else where I didn't go out of high school and I didn't want to play," he said. "... Hopefully in the draft whenever my name gets written on a card, they write the University of Alabama on there. It's going to give me great pride."

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