Jalen Hurts

BIRDSEED

► Launched the Jalen Hurts Foundation during the spring of 2024 with a mission to strengthen communities by servicing and advancing the youth ... The "Keep it Cool" campaign has impacted thousands of students by donating money to install air conditioners in city schools ... Helps fund unique opportunities for local programs such as the KB Foundation, a youth mentorship nonprofit ... Recognized as the 2024 Philadelphia Citizen of the Year for his community outreach

► Authored a children's book, entitled Better Than a Touchdown, which will be released in March 2026 ... Making a dream of his into a reality, Hurts hopes the project strikes a chord of resilience, encourages self-belief, and resonates with kids, teachers, mentors and parents

► Is an avid advocate of women in sports, surrounding himself with an all-female team of representatives ... Believes in empowering women and validating that they have equality in what they strive to do

► Selected as the global flag football ambassador for the 2028 Summer Olympics, which will debut men's and women's flag football events ... Also supports the Eagles Girls Flag Football League Championships

► Embraces the Eagles' legacy of Black QBs and maintains relationships with legends such as Randall Cunningham, Donovan McNabb and Michael Vick ... Each of them motivated him growing up, as he used to watch their highlights for inspiration during personal workouts

► For the NFL's My Cause My Cleats initiative in 2024, visited with three patients at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia to design a special pair of cleats for him to wear on gameday ... The children attended the Week 14 matchup as his guests and were surprised with their own shoes sporting the same design they collaborated on together

► Grew up in a proud football family ... Coached by his father, Averion, at Channelview (TX) High School ... His brother, Averion Jr., was a QB at Texas Southern and is a coach at Westfield (TX) High School ... Credits his success to the example his father set for him as a coach's kid

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

► Voted Super Bowl LIX MVP after totaling 293 yards (221 passing, 72 rushing) and 3 TDs (2 passing, 1 rushing) with a 119.7 passer rating in the 40-22 win against Kansas City in 2024 ... Broke his Super Bowl QB record with 72 rushing yards (first QB to register a 100+ passer rating and 50+ rushing yards in two Super Bowls) ... Became just the seventh QB to appear in multiple Super Bowls and win a championship during their first five career seasons, joining Troy Aikman, Tom Brady, Patrick Mahomes, Ben Roethlisberger, Kurt Warner and Russell Wilson

► Selected to his second career Pro Bowl following the 2023 campaign, when he tied for the most rushing TDs (15) by a QB in NFL history and established team records in total yards (4,463) and total TDs (38)

► Led the Eagles to Super Bowl LVII in 2022, becoming the eighth Black QB to start in a Super Bowl ... Competing with Patrick Mahomes (also squared off in Super Bowl LIX), Super Bowl LVII was the first to feature two Black starting QBs ... Produced 374 yards (304 passing, 70 rushing) and 4 TDs, including a career-high-tying 3 rushing TDs (most by a QB and tied for the most by any player in Super Bowl history)

► Named second-team All-Pro by the Associated Press, earned his first career Pro Bowl honor and finished second in AP NFL MVP voting in 2022 ... Guided Philadelphia to Super Bowl LVII after going 14-1 in the regular season at 24 years old, becoming the second-youngest QB to ever win 14 games, behind Dan Marino with Miami in 1984 (23)

► In 2021, became the youngest Eagles QB (23 years old) to start in a playoff game (previously Donovan McNabb at 24 in 2000)

NOTES TO KNOW

► Owns the 2nd-highest QB winning percentage (.787, 37-10) in the NFL since 2022, behind Patrick Mahomes (.796, 39-10) ... His .697 (46-20) career winning percentage is the 7th-best since the 1970 merger

► Ranks 2nd in the NFL with 105 total TDs since 2022, trailing only Josh Allen (126) ... Is one of three QBs to post 25+ total TDs in each of the last four seasons (since 2021), joining Allen and Patrick Mahomes

► Has registered 12,457 total yards since 2022, ranking 6th in the NFL ... Joins Josh Allen, Joe Burrow and Patrick Mahomes as the only QBs to produce 10,000+ total yards and 100+ total TDs in that span

► Leads the entire league with 52 rushing TDs since 2021, including 10+ rushing TDs in four consecutive seasons (NFL QB record) ... His 55 career rushing TDs are the 3rd-most by a QB in history, behind Cam Newton (75, 2011-21) and Josh Allen (65) ... Additionally has recorded the most career games with 2+ rushing TDs (15) by a QB

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