"He loves pressure," Jarod Neal, Simpson's high school coach, told CBS Sports. "He loves to be the man when things are on the line, he wants the ball. When we had games on the line, I said, 'Ty, it's yours, you have to make something happen here,' and he would."

No. 8 Alabama has named Ty Simpson its starting quarterback heading into the team’s season opener at Florida State.

Here's how a Ty Simpson-led drive in one of Alabama football's worst games of the 2023 season helped spark an SEC championship and College Football Playoff bid.