Every time he’s been asked about it since the spring, Kalen DeBoer and his staff have been non-committal about his starting quarterback for the 2025 season, leaving the door open for a three-way battle between Ty Simpson, Austin Mack, and Keelon Russell in fall camp. However, he’s also maintained that at every checkpoint, if Alabama had a game tomorrow, Simpson would be the one taking the field.
DeBoer reiterated that message at SEC Media Days, saying, “we did make it known at the end of spring if we played a game at that point, wouldn't have changed at this point because there's nothing that's happened as far as practicing, Ty Simpson would be the guy that would take the first snaps and be our starter.