In the eyes of NFL draft scouts, all Ty Simpson needed was eight Alabama football starts to show what he could be at the next level.

In CBS Sports' latest 2026 NFL mock draft , the Crimson Tide quarterback is the No. 1 overall pick and the first of four quarterbacks selected in the first round of the draft along with Oregon's Dante Moore, Indiana's Fernando Mendoza and South Carolina's LaNorris Sellers.

Simpson is one of three Alabama players slotted as first-round picks along with offensive tackle Kadyn Proctor and wide receiver Germie Bernard.

Why Ty Simpson is listed as No. 1 NFL draft pick

Projecting Simpson to be selected by the New Orleans Saints, CBS Sports writer Cooper Petagna writes that the Alabama quarterback is "firmly (establishing) himself in the conversatio

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