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Surprise QB predicted to be Alabama football’s starter next season after Jalen Milroe's NFL departure | Sporting News
Jalen Milroe took his sweet time to orchestrate the perfect buildup before declaring for the 2025 NFL draft. The timing was perfect, as the big question started floating around almost instantly: who will be Alabama’s next starting QB?
Kalen DeBoer already has three QBs in his locker room, third-year Ty Simpson, freshman Austin Mack, and the highest-rated QB signee since Bryce Young, freshman Keelon Russell.
The latter of them is best believed to fill in Milroe’s shoes.
Colin Gay of Tuscaloosa News is firmly behind Russell, thinking he would present the strongest case because of his fleeting echo of former Bama star QB Bryce Young.
“Based on Young’s path, Russell could compete for starting quarterback reps almost immediately,” Gay writes boldly, listing out the reason for him to believe so.
“Keelon Russell is the highest-rated Alabama quarterback signee since Young. And he has the numbers to prove it. Alabama views Russell as the best quarterback in the 2025 class, one it picked up after he had originally committed to SMU.”
The 2024-2025 Gatorade National Football Player of the Year Russell made a compelling case for himself with his statistics record at Duncanville High School, completing 70% of his passes for 3,874 yards passing with 53 passing touchdowns and four interceptions.
Although Russell makes a persuasive case for the QB1 position, Simpson, the senior-most QB in the Crimson Tide QB room, has a great shot at becoming Milroe’s successor for the starting position in Bama.
“Ty Simpson backed up Bryce Young. He backed up Milroe. Two quarterbacks, two head coaches and three offensive coordinators later, it may be Simpson’s time to show what he can do,” Gay writes about Simpson.
From the little time he got on the field, he made DeBoer a keen appreciator of his skills too.
“Everyone gets tied up on Jalen’s running ability, but Ty is tough to handle when it comes to running the football, too,” DeBoer said after the Mercer game Nov. 16, via Tuscaloosa News.
Interestingly, while Gay makes a case for Russell, several other analysts like Nick Kelly of AL.Com are strongly vouching for Simpson.
Nonetheless, DeBoer’s choice between the two will define the years to come in Tuscaloosa.
By Jim Stefkovich, Meteorologist, Alabama Emergency Management Agency
CLANTON – Sunday, 8:30 am, June 21, 2026
Today, scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms are forecast mainly across the southern half of the state. Rainfall will generally be around 1 inch, but some spots could receive 2-4 inches, resulting in localized flooding. Damaging wind gusts are not expected.
Little to no rainfall will occur tonight through Monday morning. During the afternoon (and for the remainder of the week), we will be in a northwest flow aloft, with periodic clusters of storms (Mesoscale Convective Systems) moving from northwest to southeast across the state each day.
The timing for Monday’s activity is shown below. A few damaging wind gusts up to 60 mph, and heavy rainfall that may produce localized flooding are the threats.
There will be breaks in the precipitation each day, allowing any flooding to subside. However, due to saturated soils this week, it won’t take as much rainfall to produce additional flooding. Finally, the timing for each cluster of storms after Monday is highly uncertain, both in timing and specific locations.
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The SEC opponents for Alabama women’s basketball during the 2026-27 campaign has been officially revealed.
The Tide will face some of the top teams in all of women’s college basketball throughout SEC play this upcoming season. Alabama will face Auburn, Florida, Georgia, LSU, Missouri, Vanderbilt, Ole Miss and Texas A&M at home, with Ole Miss being the Tide’s only SEC opponent that they will face twice this year, both home and away. Alabama will be on the road for matchups against Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas as well.
The dates, start times, and television network for each will be revealed at a later date.
Alabama held a 7-9 record throughout SEC play last season. The Tide were widely regarded as one of the top teams in the nation despite struggling at times during conference play, and Alabama was able to make a run during the SEC Tournament with a shocking upset to the Tennessee Lady Vols in Nashville.
Alabama went 24-11 last season as a whole, but the Tide will undoubtedly need to play better during SEC play this year nonetheless.
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