Ty Simpson's impressive football brain is wowing scouts at the NFL Combine

Ty Simpson's most impressive trait isn't his ability to throw the ball a mile or even his pinpoint accuracy. It's his football acumen. That's something that was on full-display throughout the 2025 season at Alabama, even when physical ailments piled up later in the season and limited his effectiveness.

But Simpson's ability to process information quickly is his greatest asset. The ability to diagnose coverages, read what the defense is doing, and have zero fear to trust himself and rip the football.

The biggest moment of the week at the NFL Combine for Simpson will come this weekend when he throws in front of scouts. But he's going to help himself tremendously before then in the interview process because he's a literal football genius.

He got to show that off first thing Friday morning during a media interview.

Simpson was asked what the longest play-call from Alabama he could recite, and without missing a beat, Simpson reeled one off from the Wisconsin game in September. He didn't stop with the play call either; he added all the details: the coverage, situation, where it was on the field, etc.

"A touchdown against Wisconsin, I hit Germ (Bernard) on the dig route, Simpson said. "It was about the 45 to 50-yard line. So that would've been 8-swag to triple left narrow, frito tiger, Y-Dover, Z-Commander, staple. It's a dover, it's an in-cut by Germ. Reading it man-zone, had the motion to see what the defense was in. It was 3-weak so they spun down the one-high. Germ ran a good route, Isaiah pinned the hook-flare, and Germ made a great catch, and Lottie (Brooks) did a good job of clearing it out, and we scored."

Eat your heart out Sean McVay.

And here's the exact play Simpson is referencing:

Ty Simpson's recall of Wisconsin touchdown stuns scouts/reporters at NFL Combine

Of course, McVay might take a point away from Simpson for misremembering the exact yard line. It was actually at the 43-yard line - not the 45 or 50.

While Simpson is confidently rattling off plays and situations from nearly six months ago, I'm sitting here struggling to remember what I had for lunch on Tuesday. Professional athletes are different, folks.

Simpson's impressive football acumen will serve him well this week at the combine, and could serve to make his throwing session irrelevant outside of absolute disaster.

Simpson is the son of a coach, and will quickly learn whatever system he is drafted into at the next level.