Hurts grew from the difficult times he faced at Alabama while competing with Tagovailoa, and now the two face off as NFL quarterbacks for Super Bowl-contending teams.
Alabama quarterbacks Tua Tagovailoa and Jalen Hurts celebrate after the Crimson Tide beat Clemson in the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 1, 2018.
Hurts and Tagovailoa will meet for the first time as NFL quarterbacks on Sunday when the Miami Dolphins travel to Lincoln Financial Field to face the Eagles, both of them leading legitimatecontenders fueled by explosive offenses. Hurts’ three years at Alabama featured a meteoric rise, a fall from grace, and an eventual resurgence, all with Tagovailoa as a central figure, part foil and part companion.
“He made a significant amount of progress. I’ve said before, he probably improved more the year he didn’t play than the years that he did as a passer.”Even for a school that places multiple star recruits at one position with regularity, the dynamic between Hurts and Tagovailoa stands out for Saban and Locksley, who is now the coach at the University of Maryland, where Tagovailoa’s younger brother, Taulia, is the starting quarterback.
Said Locksley: “Guys that run away from competition, they don’t survive at a place like ‘Bama. They’re two alphas, they’re both highly competitive guys. I don’t think Jalen batted an eye when Tua committed.” It was a system implemented by Giants head coach Brian Daboll, who spent the 2017 season at Alabama as a co-offensive coordinator with Locksley, and originated from the scheme the New England Patriots were running at the time.Hurts had made meaningful progress. So, with Tagovailoa dealing with a nagging ankle injury going into the game, Hurts asked Locksley to keep him in mind if the game called for it.
“He focused on developing,” Locksley said. “We said, ‘If you can’t hit the curveball, then you’re going to keep seeing the curveball till you learn how to hit it.’ For Jalen, the aha moment for his development is when he came in for the SEC championship game and converted three third downs with his arm, standing in the pocket, making the throw, and bringing us back to victory.
Hurts transferred to Oklahoma the following season once he was able to do so without losing a year of eligibility as a graduate transfer. He was the third act to former Sooners quarterbacks Baker Mayfield and Kyler Murray, who each won a Heisman Trophy running Lincoln Riley’s Air Raid system with elite production.at least “awkward”
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