Ty Simpson mulled $6.5 million transfer portal offer to not enter 2026 NFL Draft
The Tide QB could've been the highest-paid player.
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Former Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback Ty Simpson will be one of the first signal-callers off the board in the 2026 NFL Draft. But there was another offer on the table to keep him in school after from Tuscaloosa. Simpson recently went into detail about rejecting a $6.
5 million offer by Mario Cristobal and Miami for the 2026 season on David Pollack's podcast. What makes the deal significant is that it would've been about $1. 5 million more than his pending NFL offer.
So, essentially, he turned down a payday for his NFL future. “I think the last offer was definitely one that I just had to sit down and consider, because it would have been life-changing money,” Simpson said. “It would have made me the highest-paid player in college, and it was something to where I was like, I can’t just ignore this.