Jalen Hurts

5 Things To Know About The Alabama Crimson Tide Quarterback

... Football talent sure runs in the family! His older brother Averion Jr. is the starting quarterback for Texas Southern University. Like Jalen, he was also coached at the QB position in high school by his dad. 3. Jalen proved to be one of the best rookie quarterbacks in NCAA history in his freshman year at Alabama. He became the Crimson Tide’s starter in the second game of the 2016 season, leading his team to a perfect 12-0 record. His stats were completely out of this world, with 2,454 yards and 21 touchdowns in the air and rushed for 840 yards and 12 touchdowns. Jalen’s standout season earned him the 2016 SEC Offensive Player of the Year title. A photo posted by Jalen Hurts 2️⃣ (@thefuture_____2) on. May 21, 2016 at 12:05 pm PDT. 4. Jalen takes academics seriously. In addition to  being a standout athlete , he is still committed to his studies. He finished 39 th in his class academically at Channelview High School, and was proudly there for his mom Pamela when she received her master’s degree in 2016. 5. ...

Nobody Understands Jalen Hurts Like Jamelle Holieway Does

... difficult. "I could run it in my sleep," he said. "I don't know if every young person could've handled that pressure. But because I knew the offense, it wasn't no pressure for me at all.". Though Oklahoma lost to Miami, Holieway had his moments. The following week, in Holieway's first start, the Sooners destroyed Iowa State 59-14. From there, the Oklahoma offense exploded with Holieway orchestrating the option. A month later, the Sooners cruised past second-ranked Nebraska 27-7 to clinch the Big Eight title and a trip to the Orange Bowl. Holieway finished his freshman year with 15 total touchdowns and was named first team All-Big Eight. "Winning," said Holieway, when asked how he earned the respect of his teammates. "Winning cures all. The players knew my capability because I had been going up against the No. 1 defense in the nation in practice. If I could move the ball against them, whoever we were going to play would be a piece of cake.". Holieway's favorite moment of the 1985 season came in the Orange Bowl, when he tossed a perfect, 71-yard touchdown strike to Keith Jackson that gave Oklahoma a ...

Jalen Hurts Is The Greatest True Freshman Qb Of All Time, And It's Not Close

... the Sooners in rushing. In 2008, Terrell Pryor had a 146.5 efficiency rating and guided Ohio State to a 10-win season. He had 19 total touchdowns: 12 passing, six rushing and one as a receiver. All great accomplishments by great players. But nearly all of their numbers pale next to Hurts’, who is going through a late-season slump but still towers above his historical competition. Perhaps his biggest statistical rivals are Josh Rosen (UCLA, 2015) and Robert Griffin III (Baylor, 2008), but their teams were out of the championship discussion by early October. That forces them out of the same conversation as Hurts, whose most popular comparison has not been Rosen or Griffin but rather Holieway, QB of an Oklahoma national champion. Not since Holieway has the late-season stage been so big for a first-year quarterback. And it’s likely we won’t see such another such run for three more ...

Jalen Hurts Breaks Alabama’s Single-season Touchdown Responsibility Record

... 7 rushing) in 2014. Entering the game, Hurts had 34 total touchdowns. For the season, Hurts threw for 2,780 yards and 23 touchdowns to nine interceptions. He also rushed for 954 yards and 13 scores on 191 attempts. Hurts broke the record on a go-ahead 30-yard touchdown run with 2:01 left in the fourth quarter. He tied it on 68-yard touchdown pass to senior tight end O. J. Howard in the third quarter. Touchdown responsibility includes any touchdown scored firsthand or by way of passing. Hurts needed 15 games to break the record. Sims set the mark in 14 games. For the game, Hurts went 13 of 31 for 131 yards and one touchdown through the air and had 10 rushes for 63 yards and one score. Hurts also came within 103 yards of tying Alabama’s single-season total offense record also set by Sims in 2014. For the ...

Clemson Safety Jadar Johnson On Alabama Qb Jalen Hurts

... have skill players around him that make him a little bit better. He’s definitely a running quarterback like J. T. Barrett last week. I really think he’s a good quarterback for a true freshman. But I don’t think he’s seen a d-line like we have. He’ll be running around a lot from those guys.”. Hurts runs a lot regardless (891 yards rushing for the year). But his 22 touchdowns to nine interceptions along with just a 7.5 yards per pass average are potential weakness the Tigers can exploit. Washington held Hurts to just 57 yards passing in the semifinal, and he'll be working with a new offensive coordinator this week. Yet other Tigers have been a little more effusive in their praise of Alabama's quarterback this week. "A weakness?" said Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables. "Yeah, I don't see one. They're in the national championship. So he's played out of his mind, in my mind.". " Jalen Hurts makes it difficult," added Clemson senior linebacker Ben Boulware. "He's a very mature young guy. So we, obviously, ...

Jalen Hurts, An Unflappable True Freshman Qb

... true freshmen. Granted, Hurts' talent is unquestioned. He joined 'Bama last January as one of the top dual-threat quarterback prospects in the country. After Lane Kiffin worked Hurts out in high school, the Tide's then-offensive coordinator told Saban that Hurts could be a future first-round draft pick. But it's Hurts' uncanny poise that has impressed his teammates and rival coaches, allowing an 18-year-old to lead Alabama to a 14-0 season and the cusp of its fifth national championship in eight seasons. "That's just the demeanor I have," Hurts said. "I know I was the same in high school.". His father made sure of it. Hurts said his dad, Averion, would be blunt as his high school coach. The coaching could be hard, and it might continue after film sessions, on the drive home in their red pickup. Hurts accepted it. Soon, he began to crave it. By the time he ...

We Wanted To Put It In Jalen Hurts' Hands

... expected, Alabama struggled to move the ball once the Tigers began containing the Tide's running game. After Bo Scarbrough's second touchdown run gave Alabama a 14-0 lead early in the second quarter, eight of the Tide's final 11 drives ended with punts during the 35-31 loss. Through 20 minutes, Alabama had already run for 139 yards and two touchdowns while averaging 9.9 yards per carry. The Tide only ran for 52 yards on 19 carries the rest of the way until a Hurts 30-yard go-ahead touchdown run with 2:07 remaining. The absence of the running game made Alabama more dependent on Hurts, who finished just 13 of 31 for 131 yards. "He obviously made some good plays," Boulware said of Hurts, "but we knew that they're a lot more comfortable running the ball, and I think, overall, we did a pretty good job slowing that down.". Clemson only ran two or three plays on defense the entire game, according to Boulware. "It was probably the most simple game plan we've had all year," Boulware said. ". We knew they wanted to stretch it out and have that outside run game.". Alabama finished with just 376 yards of total offense and 16 first downs. A good chunk of the yardage came on ...