Growing up in Houston, Texas, Jalen Hurts fell in love with the game of football because it was all he knew. His father, Averion Hurts Sr. serves as the lead trainer at Channelview High School, and has been a football coach for a long while. “I always talk about how impactful it was on my life being a coach’s kid,” Jalen relayed in a conversation with GQ Sports. One event, in particular, played a part in his urge to become part of the action. “The Friday Night Lights in Houston, Texas; being there [and] watching my dad coach, even watching my brother, my older brother play.”
Years later, Jalen gifted his brother, Averion Hurts Jr. an Alabama jersey with a handwritten note that read, in part: “Every step I’ve made, you’ve been there.” Averion Jr. expressed his appreciation of Jalen’s message in an interview with Fox 26 Houston ahead of Super Bowl LVII.
In a serendipitous turn of events, Jalen’s Philadelphia Eagles quarterbacks coach Brian Johnson —who has helped him find a spot in NFL royalty —was once a student of Averion Sr. “I coached [Johnson]. I was on the staff when he was a junior and senior at Baytown Lee High School,” Averion Sr. gave away when he spoke to Fox 26 Houston.
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