Jalen Hurts, an NFL quarterback, competes for the Philadelphia Eagles in the National Football League. He weighs 101 kilograms and stands 1.85 meters tall. He attended Channelview High School, where his dad was a football coach. He ran for 1,391 yards and 25 touchdowns on the ground and passed for 2,384 yards and 26 scores in his senior season.
He attended the University of Alabama for his undergraduate studies after finishing high school, where he played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide. In 2016, while he was a true freshman, he competed for the starting quarterback job. In 2016, he changed schools and began playing football with the Oklahoma Sooners.
Along with 1,298 rushing yards and 20 rushing touchdowns, he finished the season with the Sooners with 3,851 throwing yards, 32 passing touchdowns, and eight interceptions. In the second round of the 2020 NFL Draft, Hurts was taken by the Philadelphia Eagles with the 53rd overall choice. He was selected as the regular season starter in August 2021.
Hurts sustained an ankle injury during the New York Giants’ defeat in Week 12 and was unable to play the following week. In Week 5 of the 2022 campaign, he accumulated 239 throwing yards, 61 rushing yards, and two rushing touchdowns. He established a record of 8-0 for the Eagles, becoming the first quarterback to do so.
When Was Jalen Hurts Drafted?
Jalen Hurts was drafted in the second round of the 2020 NFL Draft by the Philadelphia Eagles.