Former Alabama player Jalen Hurts named Super Bowl MVP
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Former Alabama player Jalen Hurts named Super Bowl MVP
Updated: 10:44 PM CST Feb 9, 2025
Video above: A look at the Superdome after Eagles winFormer Alabama player Jalen Hurts is now a Super Bowl winner and MVP.Philadelphia has won the Super Bowl, beating Kansas City 40-22 behind 221 passing yards, two passing TDs and one rushing score from quarterback Jalen Hurts.Hurts is the fourth Alabama QB to win a Super Bowl, joining Bart Starr, Joe Namath and Ken Stabler. He’s also the first to be named MVP since Namath in Super Bowl III.Hurts lauded Philadelphia’s defense in his on-field interview with Fox.“Defense wins championships,” Hurts said.He also deflected credit to all his teammates: “I couldn’t do any of these things without the guys around me.”Hurts has plenty of big-game experience. He helped Alabama reach the national championship as a freshman before losing to Clemson. He took them back to the title game his sophomore season but was benched at halftime and watched Tua Tagovailoa lead the Crimson Tide to a comeback win over Clemson.Video below: Nick Saban at Senior Bowl on potential of Tua, Jalen Hurts in the NFL After backing up Tagovailoa his junior year, Hurts ended up replacing him in the fourth quarter of a loss to Clemson in the national championship.He transferred to Oklahoma for his senior season, led the Sooners to a 12-2 record and finished second behind Joe Burrow for the Heisman Trophy.Video below: Former Alabama quarterback Jalen Hurts announces he’s transferring to OklahomaDespite his success in college, Hurts slipped into the second round of the NFL draft and the Eagles selected him at No. 53. Burrow (1st), Tagovailoa (5th), Justin Herbert (6th) and Jordan Love (26th) went ahead of him.Video below: Jalen Hurts gets his Master’s Degree in 2023Since his freshman year at Alabama in 2016, Hurts has had nine play-callers in nine seasons. It’ll be 10 next year if offensive coordinator Kellen Moore is hired by the New Orleans Saints to be their head coach.That won’t change Hurts’ approach.“The standard is to win. That’s my standard,” Hurts said.This article contains information from The Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS —Video above: A look at the Superdome after Eagles win
Former Alabama player Jalen Hurts is now a Super Bowl winner and MVP.
Philadelphia has won the Super Bowl, beating Kansas City 40-22 behind 221 passing yards, two passing TDs and one rushing score from quarterback Jalen Hurts.
Hurts is the fourth Alabama QB to win a Super Bowl, joining Bart Starr, Joe Namath and Ken Stabler. He’s also the first to be named MVP since Namath in Super Bowl III.
Hurts lauded Philadelphia’s defense in his on-field interview with Fox.
“Defense wins championships,” Hurts said.
He also deflected credit to all his teammates: “I couldn’t do any of these things without the guys around me.”
Hurts has plenty of big-game experience. He helped Alabama reach the national championship as a freshman before losing to Clemson. He took them back to the title game his sophomore season but was benched at halftime and watched Tua Tagovailoa lead the Crimson Tide to a comeback win over Clemson.
Video below: Nick Saban at Senior Bowl on potential of Tua, Jalen Hurts in the NFL
After backing up Tagovailoa his junior year, Hurts ended up replacing him in the fourth quarter of a loss to Clemson in the national championship.
He transferred to Oklahoma for his senior season, led the Sooners to a 12-2 record and finished second behind Joe Burrow for the Heisman Trophy.
Video below: Former Alabama quarterback Jalen Hurts announces he’s transferring to Oklahoma
Despite his success in college, Hurts slipped into the second round of the NFL draft and the Eagles selected him at No. 53. Burrow (1st), Tagovailoa (5th), Justin Herbert (6th) and Jordan Love (26th) went ahead of him.
Video below: Jalen Hurts gets his Master’s Degree in 2023
Since his freshman year at Alabama in 2016, Hurts has had nine play-callers in nine seasons. It’ll be 10 next year if offensive coordinator Kellen Moore is hired by the New Orleans Saints to be their head coach.
That won’t change Hurts’ approach.
“The standard is to win. That’s my standard,” Hurts said.
This article contains information from The Associated Press.
