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Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts is out for the season with a blood clot issue. The former Alabama quarterback reportedly played in London despite blood clot issues and zero sleep. Now, Hurts has been found to have clots in his lungs, ending his season with the Eagles.
Hurts played for Nick Saban at Alabama from 2016 through 2018, being named the SEC offensive player ofthe year, and winning a national championship. Now, his former coach is speaking out about his hopes for his quarterback, per Andrew Hammond of Alabama.com.
“I texted him,” Saban said. “He sent ‘Miss Terry’ the prettiest flowers when we had our documentary [premiere]; whatever you call that we had. He did such a first-class job. We thanked him for all the support, and I told him our thoughts and prayers are with him and for a speedy recovery.”
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The documentary Saban is speaking of is the six-part ESPN original documentary called “Saban,” which was released on October 8. There are over 70 interviews in the documentary, including one from Hurts.
Hurts came to Alabama in 2016 and took over the starting job from Blake Barnett during his true freshman year. He led Alabama to the playoffs that year, but lost to Clemson. The next season, he led Alabama to the playoffs again, being named the MVP of the 2018 Sugar Bowl when they defeated Clemson. In the national championship against Georgia, Hurts was benched in favor of Tua Tagovailoa, who led Alabama to a comeback victory and the title. He returned to Alabama the next year as a backup, but saw significant time.
This led Hurts to transfer to Oklahoma for the 2019 season. He had a great year, finishing second in Heisman voting to Joe Burrow and leading Oklahoma to the playoffs, losing to Burrow and LSU. Hurts would go on to be drafted in the second round of the 2020 NFL Draft by the Philadelphia Eagles, winning a Super Bowl and being named a Super Bowl MVP.
Now, Hurts is out for the year, but he is not the first athlete to deal with blood clots. Hurts will look to rebound from the medical issue and lead the Eagles back to the Super Bowl.
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