To be the starting quarterback, you don’t just have to win over the coaching staff; you have to win over the locker room, and it appears that, finally, in his fourth season on campus, Ty Simpson has done it. Kalen DeBoer and Ryan Grubb named Simpson the Week 1 starter after a three-way fall camp quarterback battle, but the confidence that his teammates have should be even more encouraging to Crimson Tide fans.
Alabama reportedly did not have its best practice on Tuesday, at least not a practice that the redshirt junior quarterback was satisfied with. Speaking with the media, junior left tackle Kadyn Proctor, entering his third year as a starter for the Tide, sounded like he loved Simpson’s response and his leadership.