INDIANAPOLIS — Jalen Hurts is famously level-headed. His gracious handling of his gut-wrenching benching in the middle of the 2017 national championship game will always serve as an unfailing testament to that.
So when Hurts, who eventually transferred to Oklahoma and posted one of the most productive college seasons ever in 2019, was asked Tuesday at the NFL scouting combine if he’d consider switching positions in the NFL — just the latest African-American quarterback to have that question posed to him — it was fitting that his answer was calm, but resolute.
“Yeah you know, I’ve always been a team-first guy,” Hurts told reporters.