Could Alabama’s Ty Simpson be a Top 10 pick in the 2026 NFL Draft?

INDIANAPOLIS, IN - FEBRUARY 27: Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson answers questions from the media during the NFL Scouting Combine on February 27, 2026 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, IN. (Photo by Zach Bolinger/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) | Icon Sportswire via Getty Images If you follow the NFL Drafts of the last several years, you know that one thing is clear: Nothing is for certain. There are blabbermouths like Mel Kiper and Todd McShay whose only job is to predict where guys will be picked in the draft each year, and they STILL get it wrong.

A second thing you may notice is that many times, the big names who made all the SportsCenter college highlights last fall are not always the dudes picked in the beginning of the draft. The most valued positions are quarterbacks, guys who are trying to kill the quarterbacks, and guys who are trying to stop the guys who are trying to kill the quarterbacks. But in the end, football is and always will be about the quarterback.

Thus every year we seem to see teams draft certain signal callers earlier in the draft than the smarty-pants all predicted. Which brings us to former Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson . The big knock in the media is that “he only started 15 college games”.

But in those games, he threw for 3,567 yards with 28 touchdowns and only five interceptions. The unwritten rule “30-Start Rule” may have history on its side, but an exception may have to be made in this case. Many former quarterbacks who are now analysts have been raving about Ty.