As the returning starter, it is Jalen Milroe’s job to lose, and Alabama has multiple talented options backing him up.

The biggest question marks heading into fall camp last season surrounded who would become Alabama’s starter at quarterback. This season under first-year head coach Kalen DeBoer, there is no question who will start, but instead how Jalen Milroe can grow under one of the best offensive minds in college football.

“He’s got a skill set that is special,” DeBoer said of Milroe at SEC Media Days. “With his arm, he can make you pay and he can make the throws, and I think he’s continued to grow in that area, building confidence in himself, just tirelessly working with the receiving corps, actually all the skill players, just to be on the same page.”

DeBoer helped developed Michael Penix Jr. into a Heisman-caliber quarterback at Washington and looks to build on Milroe’s sixth-place finish last season.

Milroe won the starting job at Alabama in 2023 after serving as Bryce Young’s backup in 2022. He was benched for the South Florida game, but took back over the starting role in the SEC opener against Ole Miss. Milroe would go on to throw for 2,834 yards and 23 touchdowns with another 531 yards and 12 touchdowns on the ground.

As a returning starter and captain, the quarterback job is Milroe’s to lose, but the Crimson Tide has multiple capable, yet inexperienced options behind him with redshirt sophomore Ty Simpson, redshirt freshman Dylan Lonergan and redshirt freshman Washington transfer Austin Mack.