Pabst suggests Ty Simpson is currently the third-best quarterback in the draft class and might have to go late first or early second round.

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• Position Order CallsTy SimpsonJan 8, 2026

  “Do you think Ty Simpson of Alabama looked at the landscape and said, yeah, I'm the third best quarterback right now, and that's a good position to be in in this draft. I may have to go late first, early second”

  Scored 70.71a naive guess scored 39.7+31.01 skill
  How this was scored

  draft:

  2026

  naive:

  naming one of the 10 at random averages 39.7

  skill:

  31.01

  player:

  Ty Simpson

  season:

  2025

  zero at:

  credit halves every two places

  accuracy:

  70.71

  baseline:

  39.7

  position:

  quarterback

  class size:

  10

  difficulty:

  1

  weeks in the season:

  18

  actual order:

  2

  predicted order:

  3

  weeks left when called:

  0

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• Mock Draft PicksTy SimpsonJan 8, 2026

  “I may have to go late first, early second, but the downside is you come back like you said, and you don't get the reins.”

  Not settled yet. This is graded once the season it describes has finished.

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