At long last, Ty Simpson has won the Alabama starting quarterback job. He got the news Monday. After waiting for three seasons, Simpson will get his turn to lead the offense.

Ty Simpson is living his dream. The Alabama football redshirt junior quarterback was named the Crimson Tide's starter Monday, Aug. 11, beating out Austin Mack and Keelon Russell for first-team reps left vacant by Jalen Milroe.

In this current era of college football, former five-star quarterbacks like Simpson just don't stay at a school this long if they aren't the starter. In fact, no five-star QB has done what Simpson has done in the history of the 247Sports recruiting era from 2010 until now.