{"id":383050,"date":"2026-01-02T07:13:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T07:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/383050\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T07:13:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T07:13:11","slug":"top-2026-nfl-draft-prospect-suffers-broken-rib-in-cfp-quarterfinal-loss-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/383050\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 2026 NFL Draft prospect suffers broken rib in CFP quarterfinal loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/ncaa-football\/alabama\/news\/top-2026-nfl-draft-prospect-suffers-broken-rib-cfp-quarterfinal-loss\/91bdfa94c3bd5d920180fec3?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=appeared_on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Top 2026 NFL Draft prospect suffers broken rib in CFP quarterfinal loss;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Top 2026 NFL Draft prospect suffers broken rib in CFP quarterfinal loss<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=appeared_on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Sporting News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Preferred Source by clicking here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson revealed he suffered a cracked rib during the Crimson Tide\u2019s 38-3 loss to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/ncaa-football\/indiana\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Indiana Hoosiers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Indiana Hoosiers<\/a> in the College Football Playoff quarterfinal Thursday at the Rose Bowl.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Simpson said the injury occurred late in the first half when he took a helmet to the ribs while scrambling for a first down. He fumbled on the play with Indiana recovering, further swinging momentum in a game that was already tilting heavily toward the Hoosiers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt like I had a good thing going on that drive when I got hit,\u201d Simpson said. \u201cThe competitor in me wanted the first down. I should\u2019ve been smart and just gotten down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Simpson completed 12-of-16 passes for 67 yards before halftime and underwent X-rays during the break. He started the second half but exited after a three-and-out, saying he realized he couldn\u2019t play through the injury.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI made an executive decision and thought about what gave us the best chance to win,\u201d Simpson said.<\/p>\n<p>Tide backup QB Austin Mack played the remainder of the game, guiding Alabama to its only points on a field goal drive. Mack finished 11-of-16 for 103 yards.<\/p>\n<p>Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer praised Simpson\u2019s toughness. \u201cThere\u2019s no way he let this team down,\u201d DeBoer said.<\/p>\n<p>Before the loss, Simpson was projected as a top-five pick in the 2026 draft, including No. 5 overall to the Arizona Cardinals by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/draft\/news\/wilsons-2026-nfl-mock-draft-latest\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:CBS Sports analyst Ryan Wilson;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">CBS Sports analyst Ryan Wilson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>More college football news:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Top 2026 NFL Draft prospect suffers broken rib in CFP quarterfinal loss originally appeared on The Sporting News.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":383051,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[1745,50478,49,48,5404,158880,6442,514,82,5930],"class_list":["post-383050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-arizona-cardinals","tag-austin-mack","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-college-football-playoff","tag-crimson-tide","tag-indiana-hoosiers","tag-nfl","tag-sports","tag-ty-simpson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=383050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/383051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}