On Friday, the New York Jets hosted Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson for a private workout after some of the team’s top decision makers had dinner with the signal caller the night prior.

Speaking to reporters at the league’s annual owners meetings in Arizona, Jets general manager Mougey detailed the team’s visit with Simpson.

“It was a good visit with Ty [Simpson]; [I] really enjoyed the time down there,” Mougey said.

“It was a good visit with Ty, really enjoyed the time down there”

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Simpson is one of the most interesting quarterbacks in this year’s draft.

After spending three seasons as a backup in Tuscaloosa behind Bryce Young and Jalen Milroe, 2025 was his lone season as Alabama’s starter. Throughout that span, his play was inconsistent. After getting off to a hot start, his numbers quickly declined down the stretch as opposing defenses gathered more tape.

In the season’s first 11 games, Simpson averaged 266.7 passing yards and two touchdowns while completing 66.9% of his passes. Across his final four starts, those numbers dropped to 158.3 yards and 1.5 touchdowns per game on 57.1% passing.

That decline could also be attributed to the fact that he was reportedly playing through multiple injuries, a lower back issue, and an elbow injury while dealing with gastritis, which caused him to lose 25 pounds.

Over the past decade, only three QBs have been drafted in the first round after starting 15 or fewer games at the NCAA level: Mitchell Trubisky, Dwayne Haskins, and Anthony Richardson. In a nutshell, none of those players have lived up to their draft hype, while Haskins struggled in his first two professional seasons before his career was tragically cut short.

“We want the biggest sample size we can,” Mougey said regarding Simpson’s lack of starting experience. “But there are a lot of good things to see in the games he did play.”

Whether the Jets ultimately select Simpson remains unknown. At the very least, the organization appears intrigued.