{"id":1184197,"date":"2026-04-24T10:21:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T16:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/?p=1184197"},"modified":"2026-04-24T10:21:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T16:21:30","slug":"ty-simpson-lands-in-perfect-spot-with-no-13-overall-selection-to-rams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/ty-simpson-lands-in-perfect-spot-with-no-13-overall-selection-to-rams\/","title":{"rendered":"Ty Simpson Lands in Perfect Spot with No. 13 Overall Selection to Rams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former\u00a0Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback Ty Simpson\u00a0heard his name called in the first round of the NFL Draft on Thursday night, being selected at No. 13 overall by the Los Angeles Rams.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlabamaFTBL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AlabamaFTBL<\/a> QB Ty Simpson is headed to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RamsNFL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RamsNFL<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>2026 NFL Draft starts on NFLN\/ESPN\/ABC<br \/>\nStream on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFLPlus?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NFLPlus<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6fXeRjn08g\">pic.twitter.com\/6fXeRjn08g<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NFL (@NFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL\/status\/2047487765713977700?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">1\ufe0f\u20e38\ufe0f\u20e3 IN A ROW. \ud83d\ude24\ud83d\ude24<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NFLDraft?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NFLDraft<\/a> \u2013 April 23-25 on NFL Network\/ESPN\/ABC <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MaPEebUW2b\">pic.twitter.com\/MaPEebUW2b<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alabama Football (@AlabamaFTBL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlabamaFTBL\/status\/2047490995818787084?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Leading up to the draft, it was a\u00a0question mark as to whether or not Simpson\u00a0was going to be taken on night one, but ultimately, the body of work he put up during his lone season as a starter was enough to convince the Rams to take a chance on him with a high pick.<\/p>\n<p>As far as a fit, it would have been hard to draw up a better landing spot for Simpson. As a relatively inexperienced player who has only 15 college starts to his name, throwing him into the fire for a bad team was always going to be a very difficult ask.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Simpson will get a chance to learn from the reigning NFL MVP and a future Hall of Famer in Matthew Stafford for a year or two and be able to get ready to take the reins after that.<\/p>\n<p>Led by head coach Sean McVay \u2014 widely seen as one of the most brilliant offensive minds in the game \u2014 Simpson is going to get some of the best teaching possible both from the staff and a veteran quarterback playing in front of him, with no pressure on him to be ready to start anytime this season.<\/p>\n<p>Simpson\u00a0made his case to NFL teams in the weeks leading up to the\u00a0draft why he should be someone they want to be their franchise quarterback, and clearly the Rams listened.<\/p>\n<p>While fans may have to wait a year or two to actually see Simpson take over, this could pay off in a huge way down the line for Simpson and those who want to see him succeed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Former\u00a0Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback Ty Simpson\u00a0heard his name called in the first round of the NFL Draft on Thursday night, being selected at No. 13 <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/ty-simpson-lands-in-perfect-spot-with-no-13-overall-selection-to-rams\/\" title=\"Ty Simpson Lands in Perfect Spot with No. 13 Overall Selection to Rams\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":4874,"featured_media":1183803,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,91,147],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1184197","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-crimson-tide-bama-tide","8":"category-alabama","9":"category-featured-news"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/dkb251206070_bama_vs_uga.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4874"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1184197"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1184199,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184197\/revisions\/1184199"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1183803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1184197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1184197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1184197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}