Jalen Alexander Hurts was born on August 7,1998 and is an American football quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League.
31 Facts About Jalen Hurts
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Jalen Hurts played his first three seasons of college football at the University of Alabama, where he was a member of the team that won the 2018 College Football Playoff National Championship, and used his final year of eligibility at the University of Oklahoma.
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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 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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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' 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 NFC 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.
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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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Jalen Hurts's brother, Averion, was the starting quarterback for Texas Southern University and is a college football coach at the University of Alabama.
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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 2022, Jalen Hurts provided vocals on the Christmas album A Philly Special Christmas.