After passing up big-time NIL bags while sitting 3 years behind the likes of Jalen Milroe and Bryce Young, Ty Simpson made a “2021 Mac Jones” type of jump this season before declaring for the draft after a lone year as the starter. The college sharks didn’t wait a day to make a move on him. Instead, the Alabama captain stood on business.

Alabama insiders couldn’t be any prouder of their captain.

On January 14, Alabama insider Aaron Suttles joined The Next Round and spoke honestly about Simpson’s glowing decision, pointing to the unspoken rules that still exist in college football loyalty.

“There are certain schools you just don’t go to after you’ve been at one school, and Ty had to go through that,” Suttles said. “I thought it was cool. Many Miami fans didn’t love it. A lot of Miss fans, a lot of Tennessee fans didn’t love the fact that he aired their business out.”

The offers were real as they come. According to Aaron Suttles, Ty Simpson had big offers, including a reported $6.5 million offer from Miami, $4 million from Ole Miss, and similar money from Tennessee. When Ty discussed those offers openly, it rubbed many fans the wrong way.

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“I really felt good about my decision to go pro, but that amount of money to play college football again for what amounts to about eight months makes you stop and think,” Ty said. “I just couldn’t do it because of everything I stood for and what Alabama had meant to me and the legacy that I built there.”

It didn’t sit well with these three fan bases. Miami fans in particular took it personally. They even started clowning around with “Roll Tide” online for obvious reasons. Miami is on a generational run, regardless of how their 2025 season ends, whether it’s a national title or not, and Carson Beck is heading to the draft after five or six years of college ball.

The Miami roster is stacked for the next three seasons except for one position: quarterback.

There aren’t many S-tier gunslingers left in the portal. Brendon Sorsby went to Texas Tech for $5 million. Josh Hoover landed in Indiana. And Sam Leavitt headed to LSU after flirting with Miami for about a week. That had forced Mario Cristobal to chase a quarterback at all costs.

The same goes for Ole Miss and Tennessee. Both of them are about to be QB1-less after Trinidad Chambliss’ eligibility got denied and Joey Aguilar’s eligibility ran out.

Aaron Suttles summed his thoughts honestly: “Money can’t buy everything. It buys most things. It did not buy Ty out of his legacy. Hats off to him for that.”

This isn’t the first time a well-financially backed college football program has gone out of its way to offer a quarterback millions of dollars. Last season, an anonymous program (rumored to be Texas Tech) offered former Texas Longhorns QB Quinn Ewers $8 million for one more year of college football.

He denied it for the same reason Ty Simpson did: the legacy. Plus, Ty Simpson has his name etched in the Denny Chimes. There was no way he could’ve taken an offer from another school.

With Ty Simpson standing firm on his ground, there are plenty of experts loving what they’re seeing from him.

Ty Simpson’s potential draft spot

Although NFL teams cannot directly contact or reach players, there is some speculation surrounding Ty Simpson, according to the expertise of analysts.

The Rams might see him as the long-term successor to the experienced Matthew Stafford. After what happened with Aaron Rodgers against the Texans, the Steelers could be a good spot for him to either jump into a competition for the starting job or spend some time learning from seasoned players.

The interest doesn’t stop there.

Other analysts and insiders are mentioning teams such as the Arizona Cardinals or the New York Jets as possible landing spots. Some draft experts are even projecting that he’ll be selected surprisingly early in the first round, with a few other top prospects like Dante Moore deciding to stay in college for another year.

The consensus among football fans and analysts is that wherever he goes, Ty Simpson will be a good investment.