As the Alabama Crimson Tide gets set to kick off its season Saturday afternoon against the Florida State Seminoles, they are doing so with a new quarterback at the helm of the offense for the first time in two years.
In today’s day and age when it’s as rare as it’s ever been, Ty Simpson sat on the bench and patiently waited three years for his turn to play, growing and developing his way towards this moment and now getting ready to make his first ever start.
During this week’s edition of Hey Coach, fans got a better glimpse at Simpson. The quarterback spoke about his Christian faith and cited legendary Florida Gators’ Heisman winner and national champion Tim Tebow as his football role model.
Not only was Tebow someone Simpson looked up to on the field, but off the field as well.
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