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My Take
Jalen Hurts is my favorite kind of athlete: the one whose defining moment was a setback. Being benched on college football's biggest stage would have broken most twenty-year-olds; he stayed, supported his replacement, then rebuilt himself into a franchise quarterback. That arc tells you more about him than any stat line. I love the quiet, almost monastic way he carries himself — no theatrics, just relentless preparation and a famous work ethic in the weight room. Philadelphia is a brutal market for quarterbacks, and he won it over by being unshakeable. Whatever happens next in his career, his composure is the real story.
Overview
Jalen Alexander Hurts (born August 7, 1998) is an American professional football quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He 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.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Jalen Hurts
- Name (Japanese)
- ジェイレン・ハーツ
- Reading
- じぇいれん・はーつ
- Born
- August 7, 1998 (age 27)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Tiger
- Origin
- Houston, Texas, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 185 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- American football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Channelview High School
- University
- University of Alabama
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.