Alabama QB Ty Simpson says faith in Jesus Christ fuels confidence heading into 2026 NFL Draft

Confidence exudes from Alabama backmost Ty Simpson erstwhile he’s connected the field, and that carried implicit to the pre-NFL Draft process.

Simpson has steadfastly supported himself erstwhile asked if helium tin beryllium a starting backmost successful this league, and helium feels helium has the first-round endowment to bash so.

Before helium learns wherever helium goes successful the NFL Draft, whether it’s Thursday nighttime successful the archetypal circular oregon beyond, Simpson spoke with Fox News Digital astir wherever his patented assurance comes from.

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Ty Simpson of the Alabama Crimson Tide throws a walk during the 2026 NFL Scouting Combine astatine Lucas Oil Stadium successful Indianapolis, Indiana, connected Feb. 28, 2026. (Stacy Revere/Getty Images)

"I deliberation it goes with my faith," helium said, portion discussing his concern with Toyota up of the draft. "My religion is precise important to me. I afloat judge that my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ died connected the transverse for my sins, and knowing that shot is conscionable a insignificant stepping chromatic successful wherefore I’m connected this earth. I consciousness similar I’m connected this world for a bigger reason, to get radical unneurotic to dispersed the word. The information that I tin bash that connected a immense stage, the Lord has blessed maine successful truthful galore ways, that conscionable gives maine confidence.

"I get to play a kid’s crippled for fun, but I besides cognize that everybody’s watching each determination that I make. Understanding that I tin interaction truthful galore people’s lives by spreading the bully news."

Simpson, who spent each 4 of his assemblage seasons astatine Alabama, embodies the "Faith, Family, Football" motto, arsenic helium besides talked astir his hometown of Martin, Tennessee.

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No substance wherever his NFL travel whitethorn instrumentality him, helium volition ever beryllium repping the spot that made him who helium is.

"I deliberation that being capable to interaction my assemblage is thing I truly look guardant to due to the fact that I cognize however overmuch my assemblage means to me," helium said erstwhile asked astir charitable enactment disconnected the tract successful the metropolis helium ends up in. "Martin, Tennessee is simply a peculiar place. It’s wherever I grew up. The 713-area code, we instrumentality pridefulness successful it. We ever accidental successful our household, ‘Martin made.’ So, it’s thing wherever I look guardant to, wherever I extremity up, to beryllium capable to springiness backmost to my community."

Simpson showcased his tendency to springiness backmost Wednesday nighttime successful Pittsburgh, joining chap NFL Draft imaginable wide receiver Jordyn Tyson, Steelers receiver Michael Pittman Jr., and members of the U.S. Women’s National Flag Football squad astatine Toyota’s NFL Draft Flag Football Training Camp for Pittsburgh-area precocious schoolhouse girls. He was wearing the coach’s hat, helping coordinate drills and stock immoderate of his backmost contented earlier preparing for the draught connected Thursday night.

Ty Simpson of the Alabama Crimson Tide runs with the shot against the Indiana Hoosiers successful the College Football Playoff quarterfinal astatine Rose Bowl Stadium successful Pasadena, Calif., connected Jan. 1, 2026. (Luke Hales/Getty Images)

"My sister was a hoops subordinate and softball subordinate increasing up, truthful it’s truly breathtaking and awesome to spot Toyota enactment a spotlight connected girls successful sports," Simpson added.

Toyota besides covered NFL FLAG autumn registration kit fees for existent players successful the Pittsburgh Flag Football League coed younker and precocious schoolhouse girls leagues arsenic portion of this activation earlier the unrecorded draught successful the city.

Simpson waited until his 4th play to yet instrumentality the reins of the Alabama offense, and helium made the champion of the situation. He threw for 3,567 yards with 28 touchdowns and lone 5 interceptions crossed 15 games for the Crimson Tide. But the 6-foot-2, 211-pound quarterback, who has gotten comparisons to Mac Jones, a chap Alabama alum, is each implicit the spot successful presumption of mock drafts.

In short, not adjacent Simpson has an thought wherever helium mightiness extremity up erstwhile the draught begins. But nary substance wherever helium goes, Simpson knows helium tin marque an impact.

Ty Simpson of the Alabama Crimson Tide warms up earlier the College Football Playoff quarterfinal crippled against the Indiana Hoosiers astatine Rose Bowl Stadium successful Pasadena, Calif., connected Jan. 1, 2026. (CFP/Getty Images)

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And it starts with his faith.

"The archetypal circular is great, [but] immoderate clip you get drafted is great. There’s truthful galore antithetic players that are large astatine my presumption that are from each antithetic circular of the NFL. So, I’m successful the mindset of wherever I go, whenever that volition be, I’m gonna enactment my champion ft forward. Trust the process and beryllium the champion subordinate I tin be."

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