QB Jalen Milroe finally received over Nick Saban and he spent all the 2023 marketing campaign as Alabama’s beginning quarterback. He was additionally the starter for the Crimson Tide within the Rose Bowl.
One would assume that might make Milroe, a redshirt junior, a shoo-in to be Alabama’s QB1 because the Crimson Tide follow this spring within the first reps of the Kalen DeBoer period, however that does not appear to be the case routinely.
Talking to the media on Monday, DeBoer talked about that whereas Milroe finally began spring follow getting reps with the primary workforce, there might be a contest at quarterback this offseason.
“You need competitors, proper? The competitors is all the time going to be there and yeah, somebody needed to take the primary reps at present with those,” DeBoer mentioned on Monday (h/t On3). “We lined up, and we discuss with them as (ones). And Jalen (Milroe) did. He’s placing the whole lot into it together with the opposite guys that took these first reps. However I absolutely anticipate these guys which are actually hungry to be pushing these guys which are forward of them to be their greatest. That’s what you need in a soccer program.”
Milroe’s best competitors this spring and fall will possible be redshirt sophomore Ty Simpson, a former five-star recruit.
Simpson was the backup final season, however he did see motion in six video games, finishing 11-of-20 passes for 179 yards. He additionally presents some hazard to defenses as a runner, dashing 14 occasions final season for 86 yards, two dashing touchdowns and a two-point conversion.
Although Milroe should compete to earn DeBoer’s belief, that does not imply he is not worthy.
He threw for two,834 yards and 23 touchdowns (six interceptions) final season whereas additionally dashing 161 occasions for 531 yards and 12 dashing touchdowns. Milroe was additionally a everlasting workforce captain final season underneath Saban.
