The starting quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles is the 26-year-old Jalen Hurts (as of September 2024). He was born to parents Pamela and Averion Hurts and has a younger sister and an older brother who was a starting quarterback for Texas Southern University. Hurts first entered the league in 2020 when the Eagles selected him in the second round. He was initially the third-string quarterback, but very quickly made his way to the backup quarterback role behind Carson Wentz. By his second year with the Eagles, Jalen was given the responsibility of leading the team as their starter. However, his breakout year came in the 2022 season, when he led the Eagles to a superb Super Bowl berth. With three rushing touchdowns, he tied the Super Bowl record with the legendary Terrell Davis.
After reaching the Super Bowl and getting a 5-year extension in the 2023 offseason, expectations were already set high. Hurts and Eagles started red hot in the 2023 season with a 10-1 record, but the offense which was showing slight cracks since the start of the year, came back to bite them in the second half of the season, as they went on to lose 5 of their last 6 games. With bringing new OC Kellen Moore into the building, pressure is on Jalen Hurts to find his 2022 form back once again for the 2024 season.
Which high school did Jalen Hurts go to?
As a native of Houston, Texas, Jalen Hurts went to Channelview High School in Channelview, Texas. Interestingly, it was his father who was the football coach in the same school and he remained so for all of Hurts’s high school career. He had a standout senior year where he threw for more than 2,300 passing yards and also ran the ball for over 1,300 yards. In addition to the total yards, Hurts threw 26 touchdowns and ran for 25 more.
Hurts would be ranked as a four-star recruit and was amongst the top dual-threat quarterbacks of the 2016 class. After finishing high school, Hurts decided to attend the University of Alabama as his college.
Which college did Jalen Hurts attend?
Jalen Hurts’ college football career got off to a rolling start. Even though he was the backup quarterback for the Crimson Tide, he earned the starting role in just the second game of his freshman year. Being a dual-threat force, Hurts would go on to set multiple records for the school all year long. He even became the SEC Freshman of the Year as well as the SEC Offensive Player of the Year while earning First-Team All-SEC honors in 2016. Under his leadership on the offense, the team went 12-0 on the year.
His sophomore year was also relatively good leading the team to an 11-1 record with the only loss coming against Auburn. Qualifying for the National Championship playoffs, the number four-seeded Alabama team took down the number one Clemson Tigers in the 2018 Sugar Bowl. Hurts claimed the MVP of that game. In the National Championship game, they went up against the number three-seeded Georgia Bulldogs and came out on top with a score of 26-23 although Hurts was benched after going down 13-0 at the half. In his junior year, Hurts lost the starting role to Tua Tagovailoa who was his junior. However, Hurts would still get a considerable amount of playing time as the backup.
For the 2019 season, Hurts transferred to the University of Oklahoma to play for the Oklahoma Sooners.
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Jalen Hurts College Stats
| Season | Team | Games | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||
| GP | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | ||
| 2016 | Alabama | 15 | 14 | 240 | 382 | 2,780 | 23 | 9 | 191 | 954 | 5 | 13 |
| 2017 | Alabama | 14 | 14 | 154 | 255 | 2,081 | 17 | 1 | 154 | 855 | 5.6 | 8 |
| 2018 | Alabama | 13 | 0 | 51 | 70 | 765 | 8 | 2 | 36 | 167 | 4.6 | 2 |
| 2019 | Oklahoma | 14 | 14 | 237 | 340 | 3,851 | 32 | 8 | 233 | 1,298 | 5.6 | 20 |
| Career | 56 | 42 | 682 | 1,047 | 9,477 | 80 | 20 | 614 | 3,274 | 5.3 | 43 | |
FAQs on Jalen Hurts
A. Jalen Hurts was born on August 7, 1998 in Houston, Texas.
A. Yes, Jalen Hurts is considered to be a dual threat quarterback.
A. Jalen Hurts was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 2020 NFL Draft in round 2.
A. No, Jalen Hurts has not won a Heisman trophy.
A. Jalen Hurts’ contract with the Eagles is worth $255 million over a period of 5 years. His contract will end in 2028.
