Jalen Hurd

Jalen Hurd
Tennessee Volunteers No. 1
Position Running back
Class Sophomore
Career history
College
High school Hendersonville (TN) Beech
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-01-23) January 23, 1996
Place of birth Hendersonville, Tennessee
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight 240 lb (109 kg)
Career highlights and awards
Outback Bowl MVP (2016)

Jalen Tyler Hurd (born January 23, 1996) is an American football running back for the Tennessee Volunteers.

Early years

Hurd attended Beech Senior High School in Hendersonville, Tennessee. As a junior in 2012, he rushed for a Tennessee record 3,357 yards with 43 touchdowns.[1] As a senior, he played in only one game after suffering a shoulder injury.[2]

As a standout track & field athlete, Hurd competed in hurdles (41.15 seconds in the 300m hurdles) and sprints (23.34 in the 200-meter dash and 51.79 in the 400-meter dash).

Hurd was rated by Rivals.com as a five-star recruit and was ranked among the top running backs in his class.[3] He committed to the University of Tennessee to play college football.[4]

In 2015, Beech retired his number 18.[5]

College career

In 2014, Hurd appeared in 13 games and made nine starts as a true freshman at Tennessee. He finished the season with 899 rushing yards on 190 carries with five touchdowns.[6][7][8]

In the 2015 Missouri game, Hurd ran for a career-high 151 yards, which put him over 1,000 yards on the season.[9] Hurd finished the regular season with 1,158 yards, the 12th most recorded by a UT back and the most since Arian Foster had 1,193 in 2007. Hurd also hit 2,057 career yards, which ranks him 15th all-time at Tennessee.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Climer, David (August 19, 2014). "Vols' Jalen Hurd faces big question". The Tennessean (Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc.). Retrieved January 15, 2016.
  2. ↑ Patton, Maurice (September 10, 2013). "Vols commitment Jalen Hurd has shoulder surgery". WBIR-TV (Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc.). Retrieved January 15, 2016.
  3. ↑ Rivals.com
  4. ↑ Travis, Clay (March 14, 2013). "Butch Jones Hits Grand Slam: 5 Star Jalen Hurd Commits to Vols". FoxSports.com. Fox Sports Interactive Media, LLC. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
  5. ↑ Brooks, Chris (August 31, 2015). "Jalen Hurd calls jersey retirement 'awesome experience'". The Tennessean (Hendersonville, Tennessee: Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc.). Retrieved January 15, 2016.
  6. ↑ Butt, Jason (July 15, 2015). "Tennessee looking to build success behind Jalen Hurd, running game". Macon Telegraph (Hoover, Alabama: The McClatchy Company). Retrieved January 15, 2016.
  7. ↑ Brown, Patrick (August 8, 2015). "Bigger and better: Jalen Hurd 'locked in' for Vols". Chattanooga Times Free Press (Knoxville, Tennessee: WEHCO Media). Retrieved January 15, 2016.
  8. ↑ Dopirak, Dustin (August 8, 2015). "Jalen Hurd bulks up to deal with rigors of running back". Knoxville News Sentinel (Journal Media Group). Retrieved January 15, 2016.
  9. ↑ Fallstrom, R. B. (November 21, 2015). "Tennessee beats Missouri 19-8, spoils Pinkel home finale". Associated Press (Columbia, Missouri: AP Sports). Associated Press. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
  10. ↑ UT-VU Postgame Notes

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