{"id":1184213,"date":"2026-04-27T08:17:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T14:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/?p=1184213"},"modified":"2026-04-27T08:17:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T14:17:42","slug":"listen-ut-martin-head-coach-and-ty-simpsons-father-jason-simpson-talks-draft-on-wnsp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/listen-ut-martin-head-coach-and-ty-simpsons-father-jason-simpson-talks-draft-on-wnsp\/","title":{"rendered":"LISTEN: UT Martin Head Coach and Ty Simpson&#8217;s Father Jason Simpson Talks Draft on WNSP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday&#8217;s Opening Kickoff, Mark and Lee were joined by a special guest in longtime UT Martin head coach Jason Simpson &#8212; who is also the father of former Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson.<\/p>\n<p>Simpson discussed his son being selected at No. 13 overall by the Los Angeles Rams and what he heard both before and throughout the draft process, the decision that went into his son being selected, and the moment for him as a father seeing his son become a first round pick.<\/p>\n<p>Check it out right here and get all of our on-air content on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts:<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Ty Simpson&amp;apos;s Father Jason Simpson\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/1m51CAM4MHQnzq0FvbUs72?si=7f325480667a4b06&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>On Monday&#8217;s Opening Kickoff, Mark and Lee were joined by a special guest in longtime UT Martin head coach Jason Simpson &#8212; who is also <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/listen-ut-martin-head-coach-and-ty-simpsons-father-jason-simpson-talks-draft-on-wnsp\/\" title=\"LISTEN: UT Martin Head Coach and Ty Simpson&#8217;s Father Jason Simpson Talks Draft on WNSP\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":4874,"featured_media":1184214,"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-1184213","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\/04\/dgm2408310615_utm_v_ksu.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184213","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=1184213"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1184215,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184213\/revisions\/1184215"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1184214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1184213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1184213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1184213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}