Ty Simpson
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Ty Simpson
Picks you apart underneath and protects the ball. Ty Simpson has played for two head coaches in four seasons at Alabama. The receipt: 382 pass yds, 25 rush yds against Wisconsin — Week 3, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Four seasons at Alabama, 3,948 passing yards — drafted at #13 overall by Los Angeles.
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Nick Saban → Kalen DeBoer. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
Los Angeles2026 NFL rookie season
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kalen DeBoer
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2025
W 24–21
at Georgia
276 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 90.1 · 12 rush yds (4 car) · 1 TD
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.
How he plays
Play style
High-percentage passer who protects the ball. Loses the matchup on improvisation.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Pocket Surgeon
High-percentage passer who protects the ball. Loses the matchup on improvisation.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Luke Altmyer’s 2025 season.
Matches Luke on
Differs from Luke on
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Feleipe Franks’s path through Arkansas.
Feleipe Franks
Matches Feleipe on
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Brady Cook's senior season at Missouri (2023).
Matches Brady on
Differs from Brady on
Player DNA
Players who play like Ty Simpson
Heisman trajectory
Heisman Trajectory · 2025
Peak #7
Peaked at #7 — top-10 conversation.
Development
Development Trajectory · passing yards
2022–2025+10091%
Up 10091% from first season to most-recent.