Alabama’s Ty Simpson, considered the second-best quarterback prospect on this 12 months’s class, is firmly on the Jets’ radar. Simpson will hold a personal workout for the Jets on Friday, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports.
Latest York added a possible latest starter when it reunited with Geno Smith earlier this month, however the 35-year-old is taken into account a stopgap option for the rebuilding club. The necessity for a long-term answer stays obvious for the Jets, who’ve seen recent first-round QB selections Sam Darnold (third, 2018) and Zach Wilson (second, 2021) flame out of their uniform.
Owners of the second overall pick this 12 months, the Jets once looked like frontrunners to draft either Indiana’s Fernando Mendoza or Oregon’s Dante Moore this April. Any likelihood of that went up in smoke when Moore decided to remain at school in mid-January, leaving Mendoza because the clear selection for the Raiders at No. 1 overall.
Simpson took over because the second passer on this class when Moore returned to Oregon, but it surely could be a surprise to see the Jets grab him with their first pick and pass on one among the impact defenders available. The Jets also hold the sixteenth pick, nevertheless, and will consider Simpson with that selection.
Simpson was not regarded as a shoo-in first-rounder until recently. But because of a powerful showing on the Mix, he could go in the highest half of Round 1. A team that uses a first-rounder on Simpson could be taking a significant gamble, though, considering the recent history of similarly inexperienced college QBs. Anthony Richardson, Mitchell Trubisky and Dwayne Haskins all went in the primary round previously decade despite making 15 or fewer starts in college. None of them lived as much as the billing, though it could be too soon to completely write off the 23-year-old Richardson.
Simpson, also 23, was an understudy to Bryce Young after which Jalen Milroe in his first three seasons at Alabama. Finally taking the reins last 12 months, the 6-foot-2, 208-pound Simpson accomplished 64.5% of passes, threw for 3,567 yards, and tossed 28 touchdowns against five interceptions in 15 games. Simpson earned a second-team All-SEC nod and helped guide his team to a College Football Playoff berth. Alabama’s season ended when Mendoza’s Hoosiers crushed the Crimson Tide, 38-3, within the CFP quarterfinal on the Rose Bowl. The 2 QBs could face off again soon within the NFL, perhaps in a Raiders-Jets matchup.