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With the 53rd overall selection, the Philadelphia Eagles selected Oklahoma quarterback Jalen Hurts, making him the fifth quarterback selected.
Hurts started in all 14 games in his lone season in Norman, completing 69.7% of his passes and throwing for 3851 yards, 32 touchdowns, and 8 interceptions. In his four year career, Hurts has a 65.1% completion percentage, 9477 yards, 80 touchdowns, and 20 interceptions.
Scouting Report
Hurts exemplifies everything you want in a modern quarterback. He’s an incredible leader, he has a good arm, and he can make teams pay on the ground.
He is an accurate passer and he can throw the deep ball if you need. Hurts is able to break the pocket and turn broken plays into big gains.
Hurts reminds me of another Oklahoma product – Kyler Murray. Both have that same arm talent and running ability. They’re both on the smaller side for NFL quarterbacks, but can both make you pay in the air and on the ground.
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What the Analysts Say
QB Jalen Hurts is a transfer from Alabama who has steadily progressed as a passer – he still has limitations but the improvement he’s shown over his last 3 seasons is notable, the arrow is pointing in the right direction. Hurts is a perfect Day 2 QB in today’s NFL, where he can shine via on extended plays, mobility, play-making ability and comfort off script. Hurts’ general accuracy may temper his overall ceiling but he’s a developmental starter caliber player. -Kyle Crabbs, The Draft Network
Hurts, a 2019 Heisman Trophy finalist, provides a formidable mobile presence at the quarterback position. After departing Alabama for one last season with the Sooners, Hurts has progressed as a passer. He’s not quite the athlete that Lamar Jackson that is, and he’s nowhere near Peyton Manning in terms of accuracy, yet he possesses the building blocks of both worlds. -Donnie Druin, Sports Illustrated
Team Fit
The Philadelphia Eagles have made the interesting choice by selecting Jalen Hurts with Carson Wentz as their starter. We have seen that Wentz has had injury concerns over the years, so Hurts could have a future in the Eagles offense somehow.
For now, Hurts can use this time to develop behind a solid quarterback in Carson Wentz and an Andy Reid disciple in Doug Peterson, but Wentz’s injury concerns could open up a chance for Jalen Hurts to become a starter somehow down the line.
He could find himself in a situation like Nick Foles where he could play well enough as a backup to be traded off to a quarterback-needy team somewhere down the line.
I think your all wrong. Jalen is an excellent quarterback! Look at what REALLY dragged his numbers down. He Took Alabama to the National Championship his FRESHMAN year, ok so he messed up some, but HE got them there. One bad game and he spends the next 2 years wondering what the hell is going on? Tua gets first string and Jalen is left in the trenches like a leper. He is a team player so he stays, but now he’s lost confidence in himself and neither his Coach (Saban) nor his own teammates seemed to care. All this uncertainty would rattle anyone and make them question their worth. So he leaves and goes to Oklahoma. His first year get’s the Sooners to the final 4 playoffs (they had not been since 2000?) So they didn’t beat LSU, but no one else did either! He’s gonna be a superstar if he get’s half a chance. Give him some good receivers and a decent O line and he’s as accurate as any other quarterback in the NFL! (not Philly receivers by any means) but a team that has half of something going on and Jalen Hurts will take them all the way home. His running ability is just the icing on the cake! MARK MY WORDS, “Jalen Hurts will be a Hall of Fame Quarterback with shattered records all over the place!” I think the Patriots should have snatched him up. I HOPE HOPE that Seattle gets a hold of him to replace Wilson (I say Wilson only has 2 or 3 years left in him.) Jalen would be a perfect fit for The Hawks!
The Sooners made the CFP multiple times during the CFP era.