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Jumbo Package: Can Jalen Hurts make the Vince Young leap as a junior?

Happy Monday, everyone. We’ll start off with a reminder that tomorrow is Alabama’s SEC Network takeover day, so set your DVRs accordingly. Complete schedule can be found here.

Jalen Hurts posted an individual highlight video that is clearly intended to show how he’s shutting out all the noise.

If Jalen is to become a NFL QB prospect, he will look to follow the trajectory of another famous Houstonian, Texas Longhorns legend Vince Young. The numbers between the two men as college sophomores were remarkably similar:

Young: 148/250 (59.2%), 1849 passing yards, 167 rushes for 1079 yards, 25 total TD

Hurts: 154/255 (60.