2026 could be a make-or-break season for Kalen DeBoer at Alabama and with Simpson's departure, he'll have one of his guys at quarterback for it.
Heading into the 2025 season, the general prognostication for Alabama was that the roster was good enough for first-year starting quarterback Ty Simpson to simply be a competent game manager for the Crimson Tide to compete for the SEC Title and for him to keep the seat warm before 2025 five-star Keelon Russell takes over.