McElroy gives assessment of Alabama football’s quarterbacks after watching scrimmage

Greg McElroy was one of several former Alabama players who had an opportunity to watch the Crimson Tide’s first scrimmage of fall camp on Saturday.

McElroy walked away impressed with all three quarterbacks but felt Ty Simpson really stood out.

“I got to be honest, I didn’t expect them to look as good as they did,” McElroy said. “I was real optimistic with what I saw. The decisiveness of Ty, getting the ball out, knowing exactly where to go with the football, letting your feet talk to you. I thought he had one bad decision in the entire day. One bad decision, which on practice, nine, that’s phenomenal. There were two instances in which him and the receiver weren’t on the same page. One, he thought he was gonna go back shoulder, one he thought the receiver was going downfield, which, by the way, that’s gonna happen week 10 of the season. That just happens. And then one in the end zone where he thought receiver was gonna cross face. I think he made the right decision there, receiver made the wrong decision there. But either way, like two where he wasn’t on the same page with the receiver. Easy to clean up and guess what? Always a work in progress there. And then I thought he made the play of the game, play of the day. The best play by a quarterback was made by Ty. I was very impressed. I think he should feel great about where he’s at.”

The former Alabama football quarterback also feels Austin Mack and Keelon Russell flashed during the scrimmage.

“And I think the other two guys should feel good about where they’re at too, because I thought they did a lot of really nice things,” said McElroy. “Keelon is a freshman, a lot of nice things, a lot of things clean up, a lot of nice things. Austin impressed me a lot with how he threw the ball down the field.”

Alabama football could be close to announcing its next starting quarterback. Kalen DeBoer recently told reporters the Crimson Tide could know their next starter by the end of their second scrimmage on Saturday.