1. Jalen Alexander Hurts was born on August 7,1998 and is an American professional football quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League.
46 Facts About Jalen Hurts
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Jalen Hurts began his college football career with the Alabama Crimson Tide, leading the team to consecutive College Football Playoff National Championship appearances in 2016 and 2017.
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Jalen Hurts had a breakout season in 2022, leading the Eagles to their conference's top seed and an appearance in Super Bowl LVII, earning him Pro Bowl and second-team All-Pro honors.
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Jalen Hurts is one of only four starting quarterbacks to ever win a Super Bowl and an NCAA National Championship, along with Ken Stabler, Joe Namath, and Joe Montana.
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Jalen Hurts was born in Houston, Texas, on August 7,1998.
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Jalen Hurts was recruited by Alabama's defensive line coach Bo Davis and offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin.
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Blake Barnett started the first game against the USC Trojans, but by the second game, Jalen Hurts had taken over the starting role, becoming the first true freshman to start at quarterback for Alabama in 32 years.
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Jalen Hurts produced a historic freshman season under head coach Nick Saban.
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Jalen Hurts threw for 2,780 yards and 23 touchdowns with nine interceptions.
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Jalen Hurts rushed for a total of 954 yards and 13 touchdowns, breaking the school single-season record for rushing yards by a quarterback, surpassing Steadman Shealy's previous record of 791 yards.
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Jalen Hurts finished the 2016 season with 36 overall touchdowns breaking the previous record for touchdowns in a single season for the Crimson Tide set by Blake Sims in 2014.
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Jalen Hurts became the first quarterback coached by Nick Saban to rush for more than 11 touchdowns in a single season.
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Jalen Hurts was the first player in Alabama history to pass for 300 yards and rush for 100 yards in the same game and the first quarterback to rush for 120 yards or more in multiple games.
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On November 30,2016, Jalen Hurts was declared one of the ten finalists for the Manning Award, which is given to the nation's top college quarterback.
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Jalen Hurts was featured on the cover page of Sports Illustrated College Football Playoff magazine on December 6,2016.
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Jalen Hurts passed and rushed for a touchdown in the loss.
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Jalen Hurts finished the 2017 season with 2,081 passing yards, 17 passing touchdowns, and one interception to go along with 855 rushing yards and eight rushing touchdowns.
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Jalen Hurts made ten appearances in the regular season, passing for seven touchdowns.
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On January 16,2019, Jalen Hurts announced via social media that he would be transferring to the University of Oklahoma for his final year of eligibility.
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Jalen Hurts helped lead Oklahoma to a Big 12 Championship and a spot in the College Football Playoff.
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Jalen Hurts recorded a successful season with the Sooners, recording 3,851 passing yards, 32 passing touchdowns, and eight interceptions to go along with 1,298 rushing yards and 20 rushing touchdowns.
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Jalen Hurts finished second in the Heisman Trophy voting to Joe Burrow.
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On December 6,2020, Jalen Hurts relieved Carson Wentz, who was benched due to ineffective play, against the Green Bay Packers.
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On December 8,2020, Jalen Hurts was named the starter for their Week 14 game against the New Orleans Saints.
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Jalen Hurts added 106 rushing yards, totaling 273 all purpose yards.
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Jalen Hurts's benching drew allegations of Eagles head coach Doug Pederson attempting to deliberately lose the game; Pederson was fired shortly afterwards.
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On December 23,2021, Jalen Hurts was named a 2021 Pro Bowl National Football Conference alternate.
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Jalen Hurts led all quarterbacks in rushing yards and rushing touchdowns in the 2021 season.
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Jalen Hurts became the first player with 150+ rushing yards, 150+ passing yards and multiple passing touchdowns in a single game.
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In Week 13, Jalen Hurts threw 380 pass yards and four total touchdowns against the Tennessee Titans, becoming the first Eagles player with at least 350 pass yards, three passing touchdowns, and a rushing touchdown in the same game.
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On January 25,2023, Jalen Hurts was named as one of the five finalists for the NFL Most Valuable Player Award, where he would eventually finish second in voting.
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Jalen Hurts was ranked third by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2023.
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Jalen Hurts became the first quarterback in NFL history to have three consecutive seasons with at least 10 rushing touchdowns each.
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In Week 16, in a game against the Giants, Jalen Hurts scored his 15th rushing touchdown of the season, breaking the record for rushing touchdowns in a single season by a quarterback, which was previously set by Cam Newton in 2011.
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In Week 18, Jalen Hurts suffered a dislocated middle finger against the Giants and was taken out of the game early.
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Jalen Hurts earned Pro Bowl honors for the 2023 season.
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Jalen Hurts ultimately finished the season with career highs in passing and rushing touchdowns, but set career highs in interceptions and fumbles lost.
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Jalen Hurts was ranked 15th by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2024.
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Jalen Hurts remained in concussion protocol and missed the final two games of the regular season, but he was cleared in time for the Eagles' Wild Card Game against the Packers.
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Jalen Hurts was named Super Bowl MVP for his performance, becoming the third Black quarterback to earn the honor and the fourth black starting quarterback to win a Super Bowl.
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Jalen Hurts has two siblings: a younger sister, Kynnedy, and an older brother, Averion, named after their father.
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On September 13,2024, Jalen Hurts announced his engagement to his college sweetheart, Bryonna "Bry" Rivera Burrows.
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Jalen Hurts is an advocate for women in sports and employs an all-female management team, including his social media, marketing, communications, and sports agent team members.
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In 2021, Jalen Hurts honored female empowerment and women in sports when participating in the NFL's "My Cause, My Cleats" initiative.
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In 2023, the management team reached out to the producers of Abbott Elementary to express Jalen Hurts interest in making an appearance as 'he was a big fan' and Jalen Hurts and his teammates, Jason Kelce and Brandon Graham had their cameos during the one-hour season three premiere of the show.
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In 2022, Jalen Hurts provided vocals on the Christmas album A Philly Special Christmas.