What was wrong with Ty Simpson? Inside look at Alabama QB's injuries in 2025
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Alabama football quarterback Ty Simpson’s 2025 season ended with him on the sideline.
A late first-half hit by Indiana defensive back D’Angelo Ponds in the College Football Playoff quarterfinal at the Rose Bowl on a 9-yard scramble jarred the ball loose from Simpson’s hands and gave the Hoosiers possession. It also gave Simpson a fractured rib, an injury he tried to play through in the first three plays in the third quarter before he was replaced by redshirt sophomore quarterback Austin Mack.
“It pisses me off,” Simpson said after Alabama‘s 38-3 loss to Indiana. “Especially knowing that I couldn’t finish the game. Felt like I had a good thing going on that drive, and I got hit. Kind of changed the momentum for sure.”
But Simpson’s broken rib was one in a handful of injuries the Crimson Tide quarterback faced in the back half of Alabama’s 2025 season.
“Playing an SEC schedule, I’m always going to get hurt, always going to get dinged up,” Simpson said after the Rose Bowl.
Simpson navigated lower back issue since a third-quarter hit by South Carolina defensive end Dylan Stewart in Alabama’s 29-22 win against the Gamecocks Saturday, Oct. 25, a source close to Simpson told The Tuscaloosa News. Simpson has been seen on multiple game broadcasts sitting on the bench with trainers, getting treatment on his lower back.
Simpson’s lower back problems continued in Alabama’s regular-season home loss to Oklahoma when the Sooners recorded four sacks and three quarterback hits.
Ahead of Alabama’s Iron Bowl win against Auburn, Simpson was diagnosed with gastritis after taking inflammatory medication to help with his lower back, which caused him to lose seven to eight pounds.
In the Crimson Tide’s SEC Championship Game loss to Georgia, Simpson had elbow bursitis, causing him to wear a sleeve on his right arm in CFP games against Oklahoma and Indiana.
Simpson’s fractured rib against Indiana ended a season where the Crimson Tide quarterback led the SEC in completions (305) and pass attempts (473). He had 3,567 passing yards, 30 total touchdowns and five interceptions.
“I know he feels like he let down the team, and there’s no way that that’s the case. He went out there, tried to battle,” Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer said. “That’s who he is, so I’m never going to let that be a thing where he let us down in any way. So making sure he knows that.”
Simpson has one season left of collegiate eligibility and has not decided whether he will play another season at Alabama or enter the NFL draft.
Colin Gay covers Alabama football for The Tuscaloosa News, part of the USA TODAY Network. Reach him at cgay@gannett.com or follow him @_ColinGay on X, formerly known as Twitter.
This article originally appeared on The Tuscaloosa News: Inside look at Alabama football Ty Simpson injuries, health in 2025
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