When Jalen Hurts spoke out Saturday, providing his view of Alabama’s quarterback situation after months of all of us—and his dad, and his coach—offering hot takes while Hurts stayed silent, one old Hurts quote immediately sprang to mind. He wasn’t trying to at the time, but Hurts predicted all of this in December 2016.
Three days before Alabama played Washington in the Peach Bowl during the quarterback’s freshman season, Hurts was asked who had helped him stay so humble as he rocketed to fame. He started to explain how his father remained brutally honest, and that kept him grounded.