A kid named Chance stepped to the mic Wednesday night at Baumhower’s Victory Grille during the Hey Coach radio show . Then he asked Ty Simpson the question.

Who’s your biggest role model?

Simpson picked two: UT-Martin coach Jason Simpson (his dad) and Tim Tebow.

“I would like to say my dad,” Simpson said. “Growing up, him being a coach is what I want to be one day. The way that I saw him be in his program every day, see him talk to his guys just about one, being a Christian, just giving the word to other guys has been really cool to me. Another thing is how passionate he was about football. We both love the game that brought us together.”

Then, the Alabama quarterback mentioned Tebow, the Florida football legend. Simpson had a Fathead wall decal of the SEC quarterback growing up.

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