#15

Ty Simpson

Former quarterback at Alabama. 2025: 3,567 passing yards, 28 TD, 5 INT.

QB · Alabama · Jr. · #15

6′2″ · 208 lb · Martin, TN

CFB Index 79 · #14 of 146 QBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceDrafted by Los Angeles — Rd 1, Pick 13, #13 overall

How he plays

Picks you apart underneath and protects the ball.

Interception rate: 93rd percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

3,567

passing yards · 2025

28 TD · 5 INT · 7.5 per attempt

The play that turned itSwung Alabama from 16% to 64% to win.Alabama at South Carolina · 29-22

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former quarterback at Alabama. 2025: 3,567 passing yards, 28 TD, 5 INT.

Signed as a 5-star recruit to Alabama in 2022.
Drafted round 1 by the Los Angeles in 2026.

The full story, with sources

How it ended

Four seasons at Alabama, 3,948 passing yards — drafted at #13 overall by Los Angeles.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

The week the volume broke through — put up 31 yds at Auburn.Auburn · W 27-202025

20223 games

Signed with Alabama5-star out of Westview

202515 games

The role got bigger.

All-SECsecond

2026

Drafted by Los Angelesround 1, pick 13

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★★

#26 national

CFB

College

Alabama

2022–2025

NFL

NFL Draft

R1 · #13

Los Angeles · 2026

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 1 category

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ALL-SEC · 2ND TEAM

All-SEC 2nd team (2025)

Coaching lineage · 2022–2025

2 coaches

2022–2023

Nick Saban

Alabama

2024–2025

Kalen DeBoer

Alabama

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Nick Saban → Kalen DeBoer. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Los Angeles2026 NFL rookie season

#13Rd 1 · Pick 13

Los Angeles2026 NFL rookie season

View college career stats ↓

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Alabama11-2HC: Nick Saban · Balanced

2023Alabama12-2HC: Nick Saban · Run-heavy

2024Alabama9-4HC: Kalen DeBoer · Run-leaning

2025Alabama11-4HC: Kalen DeBoer · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

79All-Conference level #14 of 146?

High confidenceBreakout13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: interception rate (93rd percentile). Strength: epa / dropback (86th percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (0th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Interception rate#13 / 183 · 93rd pct

0.9%

EPA / dropback#27 / 183 · 86th pct

0.31

Success rate#28 / 183 · 84th pct

45.0%

Explosive rate#35 / 183 · 81st pct

11.0%

Sack rate#99 / 183 · 46th pct

5.3%

Box-score rates (8)

Pass yards#11 / 183 · 94th pct

3567

Pass TDs#12 / 183 · 93rd pct

Interceptions#53 / 183 · 67th pct

Completion %#62 / 183 · 66th pct

64.5%

Yards / att#63 / 183 · 63rd pct

7.5

Rush yards#107 / 183 · 42nd pct

Rush TDs#101 / 183 · 39th pct

Fumbles lost#174 / 174 · 0th pct

Season trend

EPA / dropback— first qualifying season

Success rate— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Sack rate— first qualifying season

Interception rate— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Passing profile

Pass Profile · True throw depth (charted plays)

Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from

296/463 (63.9%) · 28 TD · 5 INT

463 of 473 attempts matched to play-by-play

163 of 463 attempts charted for true throw depth

Adjusted ANY/A

7.4449 of 206 QBs

Sack rate

5.2%117 of 206 QBs

Sacked on 5.2% of dropbacks (117 of 206) — and still 49 of 206 in Adjusted ANY/A.

Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.

Behind LOS · Negative air yds

20% of attempts (33)

76%comp

Air -3.0 · YAC 9.0 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

42% of attempts (68)

66%comp

Air 3.9 · YAC 5.0 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

24% of attempts (39)

49%comp3 INT

Air 14.3 · YAC 3.5 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

14% of attempts (23)

22%comp1 INT

Air 28.4 · YAC 5.2 avg

Overall 63.9% completion on 463 attempts · 22% completion on 23 deep attempts (20+ air yds).

Situational

Is he a different quarterback when it matters

Each situation vs his own 2025 baseline

No situation moves him more than 31 percentile points from his baseline.

BaselineThis situation

Down 1

-31 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 13/174 (7.5%) · league sack rate 4.2% · ~our read

Down 2

+11 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 2/154 (1.3%) · league sack rate 4.5% · ~our read

Down 3+

+27 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 9/135 (6.7%) · league sack rate 7.8% · ~our read

Deltas are vs. this player’s own season baseline, never a league average. League sack rate by down is shown as context because sack attribution isn’t incompletion-denominated.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 15 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home8g	270	1.8	9.6	0.6
Road7g	201	2.0	5.9	0.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-78g	247	2.2	8.7	0.1
Weeks 8+7g	227	1.4	6.9	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kalen DeBoer

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

79 · #14 of 146 QBs

Former five-star. Now #14 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Alabama	305	473	64.5%	3,567	7.5	28	5	145.2	71	--	--
2024	Alabama	14	25	56.0%	167	6.7	0	0	112.1	--	--	--
2023	Alabama	11	20	55.0%	179	8.9	0	0	130.2	--	--	--
2022	Alabama	4	5	80.0%	35	7.0	0	0	138.8	--	--	--
Career		334	523	63.9%	3,948	7.5	28	5	143.0	71	--	--

Season	Team
2025	Alabama	90	93	1.0	2	--
2024	Alabama	8	44	5.5	1	--
2023	Alabama	14	86	6.1	2	--
2022	Alabama	--	--	--	--	--
Career		112	223	2.0	5	--

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.

With B. Doud — 39 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 46 LONG · G. Bernard — 4 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 20.5 · 20 rush yds (5 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 3 · Wisconsin · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +6.08Ty Simpson pass complete to Ryan Williams for 75 yds for a TD (Conor Talty KICK)
Week 3 · Wisconsin · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +4.12Ty Simpson pass complete to Ryan Williams for 41 yds for a TD (Conor Talty KICK)
Week 13 · Eastern Illinois · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA -3.91(00:00) Shotgun #15 T.Simpson pass intercepted by #36 D.Conway at EIU00, End Of Play
Week 2 · UL Monroe · 2&16 · Q2 · EPA +3.82Ty Simpson pass complete to Isaiah Horton for 29 yds for a TD (Conor Talty KICK)
Week 3 · Wisconsin · 3&15 · Q2 · EPA +3.82Ty Simpson pass complete to Isaiah Horton for 12 yds to the WIS 42 for a 1ST down Wisconsin Penalty, Roughing Holder (Mason Reiger) to the WIS 43 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · LSU · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.78(00:51) Shotgun #15 T.Simpson pass complete deep right to #17 L.Brooks caught at LSU19, for 53 yards to the LSU13 (#11 P.Woodland), 1ST DOWN
Week 1 · Florida State · 2&16 · Q3 · EPA +3.77Ty Simpson pass complete to Germie Bernard for 37 yds to the FSU 44 for a 1ST down
Week 15 · Georgia · 3&15 · Q4 · EPA +3.65(04:09) Shotgun #15 T.Simpson pass complete short middle to #5 G.Bernard caught at UGA44, for 30 yards to the UGA17 lateral to #4 D.Hill for 27 yards gain to the UGA17 (#6 D.Everette), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
Week 15 · Georgia · 3&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.63(12:40) Shotgun #15 T.Simpson pass complete short middle to #5 G.Bernard caught at UGA25, for 23 yards to the UGA00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 12:33, 1ST DOWN #31 C.Talty kick attempt good (H: #38 B.Doud, LS: #44 A.Rozier)
Week 1 · Oklahoma · 2&9 · Q4 · EPA +3.61(14:01) No Huddle-Shotgun #15 T.Simpson pass complete deep right to #1 I.Horton caught at OU39, for 37 yards to the OU37 (#23 E.Bowen), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 15 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	L 17-31@ Florida State	23/43	254	2	0	5.9	48.6	Clean 2-TD game
Wk 2	W 73-0vs UL Monroe	17/17	226	3	0	13.3	99.3	3 TD passes
Wk 3	W 38-14vs Wisconsin	24/29	382	4	0	13.2	89.7	Season-high 382 yds
Wk 5	W 24-21@ Georgia	24/38	276	2	0	7.3	90.1	Clean 2-TD game
Wk 6	W 30-14vs Vanderbilt	23/31	340	2	1	11.0	80.1
Wk 7	W 27-24@ Missouri	23/31	200	3	0	6.5	77.6	3 TD passes
Wk 8	W 37-20vs Tennessee	19/29	253	2	0	8.7	89.0	Clean 2-TD game
Wk 9	W 29-22@ South Carolina	24/43	253	2	0	5.9	77.9	Clean 2-TD game
Wk 11	W 20-9vs LSU	21/35	277	1	0	7.9	79.6
Wk 12	L 21-23vs Oklahoma	28/42	326	1	1	7.8	64.4
Wk 13	W 56-0vs Eastern Illinois	11/16	147	0	2	9.2	47.1
Wk 14	W 27-20@ Auburn	19/35	122	3	0	3.5	76.3	3 TD passes
Wk 15	L 7-28vs Georgia	19/39	212	1	1	5.4	19.9
Bowl	W 34-24@ Oklahoma	18/29	232	2	0	8.0	80.8
Bowl	L 3-38@ Indiana	12/16	67	0	0	4.2	60.6
Total		305/473	3567	28	5	7.9	72.1

How he plays

Play style

High-percentage passer who protects the ball. Loses the matchup on improvisation.

CFB Index positional classification

Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long

Where the completions actually land

fact

44.9%Completion %

23.1%Conversion/dropback

45.5%Land short of sticks

0INTs

44.9% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 23.1% conversion-per-dropback — 45.5% of completions land short of the sticks.

Where completions land is fact — whether incompletions were aimed deep is intent, not recorded here, so this card counts completions only. ~ our read: checkdown by design

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

7/103rd/4th & short

2/31Inside-5 share

7 of 10 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (70.0%). 2 of the team's 31 inside-the-5 carries (6.5%).