Jalen Hurts Age 2026: How Old Is Jalen Hurts?

Jalen Hurts is 28 years old as of November 2026. The Philadelphia Eagles quarterback was born on August 7, 1998, in Houston, Texas, which makes him 28 years, three months old this month — and still one of the youngest franchise quarterbacks in the NFL to already own a Super Bowl ring and a Super Bowl MVP award. He turns 29 on August 7, 2027.

That number matters more than it looks. Hurts signed a five-year, $255 million contract extension in April 2023, won Super Bowl LIX in February 2025 at age 26, and entered the 2026 season as the face of the Eagles — then saw that season cut short in October 2026, when doctors found blood clots in his leg and both lungs and placed him on injured reserve. His age is now part of two different stories at once: the prime years of a championship quarterback, and the recovery timeline of a 28-year-old athlete who is expected to make a full recovery. This article answers the age question in full, then works through the career, the contract, the money, and the health news behind it.

By Celebamerica Editorial Staff | Last updated: November 13, 2026

Jalen Hurts Quick Facts

How Old Is Jalen Hurts?

Jalen Hurts was born on August 7, 1998. That puts his age at 28 as of November 2026. He celebrated his 28th birthday in the middle of the Eagles’ preseason preparations, a little over a month before the 2026 regular season kicked off. His zodiac sign is Leo, and he belongs to the same generation of quarterbacks — the late-1990s draft class — that now runs the NFL.

The math is simple, but the timing is what makes the question interesting. Hurts was 21 when the Eagles drafted him in April 2020, 24 when he started his first Super Bowl in February 2023, and 26 when he won Super Bowl LIX and took home the MVP award in February 2025. By the time most quarterbacks are still fighting to prove they belong as starters, Hurts had already banked a championship, a $255 million contract, and two Pro Bowl selections — all before his 27th birthday.

For fans doing the quick check: if you are reading this in November 2026, Hurts is 28. If you are reading it after August 7, 2027, he is 29. The date of birth has never been in dispute — it appears the same way across the Eagles’ official roster, Pro Football Reference, and every major sports database — so the age figure is one of the most solid facts in this article.

Jalen Hurts’ Age in Context: Where 28 Sits Among NFL Quarterbacks

Twenty-eight is a sweet spot for an NFL quarterback. The arm is fully developed, the reading of defences is sharper than it was at 23 or 24, and the body has not yet started the slow decline that shows up in the mid-30s. Most quarterbacks hit their best football between 27 and 32, and Hurts is sitting right in the middle of that window — with a Super Bowl already in the bank, which is rare air for his age group.

Stack him against the other star quarterbacks of his era and the age gap is clear. Patrick Mahomes, born September 17, 1995, is 31. Josh Allen, born May 21, 1996, is 30. Joe Burrow, born December 10, 1996, is 29 and turns 30 in December 2026. Lamar Jackson, born January 7, 1997, is 29. Hurts, at 28, is the youngest of the group — and the only one of the five who has won a Super Bowl as a starter while still in his twenties besides Mahomes, who won his first at 24.

The older end of the scale shows how much runway a quarterback can still have. Aaron Rodgers, born December 2, 1983, is 42 and still starting games in 2026. Tom Brady played until he was 45 and won his seventh Super Bowl at 43. Nobody is saying Hurts will play to 45 — his game leans far more on his legs than Brady’s ever did, and running quarterbacks tend to age differently — but the comparison shows that 28 is early, not late. A quarterback who stays healthy at 28 can reasonably expect another eight to ten seasons at a high level.

There is one more age number worth knowing: Hurts is in his seventh NFL season in 2026. He entered the league at 21, which means he has already logged six full seasons of wear before his 28th birthday. That is a lot of hits for a quarterback who runs as often as he does — he has built a reputation on the “tush push” quarterback sneak and on designed runs near the goal line — and it is part of why the Eagles have managed his workload carefully over the years.

The table tells the story in one glance: Hurts is the youngest of the current elite, and he is already ahead of most of them on the one line that counts most — championships.

Early Life in Houston and Channelview

Jalen Alexander Hurts was born on August 7, 1998, in Houston, Texas, and grew up in nearby Channelview, a working-class community east of the city. Football was the family business. His father, Averion Hurts, was the head football coach at Channelview High School — which meant Jalen grew up on the sidelines, in the film room, and around a playbook before most kids his age had picked a favourite team. His mother, Pamela Hurts, worked in education, and the household put schoolwork on the same level as sport.

At Channelview High School, Hurts played quarterback for his father. He was a four-star recruit and one of the most sought-after dual-threat quarterbacks in the country by his senior year, drawing offers from the biggest college programmes in America. He chose Alabama, the most demanding stage in college football, and enrolled in January 2016 at age 17 — young enough that he was still 17 when he arrived on campus in Tuscaloosa.

His siblings took their own paths in sport and life. His older brother, Averion Hurts Jr., played quarterback at Texas Southern. His younger sister, Kynnedy Hurts, has stayed largely out of the public eye. The family has stayed close through every step of his career, and his father remains one of his most trusted voices — the coach who first taught him to read a defence is still the person he calls after big games.

Alabama Years: From Starter to the Bench

Hurts started as a true freshman at Alabama in 2016 — a rarity under head coach Nick Saban, who almost never hands the job to an 18-year-old. He won the starting job in preseason camp, led the Crimson Tide to the national championship game in his first season, and was named SEC Offensive Player of the Year. He was 18 years old, starting for the most scrutinised programme in the sport, and he handled it with a calm that became his trademark.

The 2017 season ended with the moment that defines his college story. Alabama reached the national championship game against Georgia on January 8, 2018, and Hurts struggled in the first half. Saban replaced him at halftime with true freshman Tua Tagovailoa, who threw the game-winning touchdown in overtime. Hurts, who had gone 26-2 as a starter, watched his replacement win the title from the sideline. He was 19.

What happened next is the reason so many people admire him. Hurts did not transfer in anger, did not complain in public, and did not quit on the team. He stayed for the 2018 season as Tagovailoa’s backup, kept working, and when Tagovailoa was hurt in the SEC Championship Game against Georgia that December, Hurts came off the bench and led Alabama to a comeback win. It was one of the most graceful responses to a benching college football has ever seen, and it shaped the reputation he still carries: steady, unbothered by noise, and ready when called.

For the full story of those college years and the rise that followed, our sister site’s Jalen Hurts biography covers his Alabama and Oklahoma seasons in detail, from the freshman starting job to the transfer decision that remade his career.

Oklahoma and the Heisman Run

After graduating from Alabama, Hurts transferred to Oklahoma in January 2019 as a graduate transfer. He was 20 years old and had one season of eligibility left to prove he could be a passing quarterback at the highest level, not just a runner who happened to throw. Under head coach Lincoln Riley, whose system had already produced back-to-back Heisman winners in Baker Mayfield and Kyler Murray, Hurts put together the best season of his college career.

The numbers were striking: 3,851 passing yards and 32 passing touchdowns, plus 1,298 rushing yards and 20 rushing touchdowns. He finished second in the Heisman Trophy voting behind Joe Burrow of LSU, who had one of the greatest seasons any college quarterback has ever had. Hurts was named the Big 12 Offensive Newcomer of the Year and led the Sooners to the College Football Playoff, where they lost to Burrow’s LSU in the semi-final.

The Oklahoma season did two things for him. First, it answered the question about his arm — he completed over 69 percent of his passes and showed he could run a sophisticated passing offence. Second, it rebuilt his draft stock. A year earlier, after the benching, some scouts wondered whether he would ever start in the NFL. After Oklahoma, the question was where he would be picked, not whether he would be picked.

The NFL Draft and the Eagles’ Bet

The Philadelphia Eagles selected Jalen Hurts in the second round of the 2020 NFL Draft, with the 53rd overall pick. He was 21 years old at the time — he turned 22 that August, just before his rookie season began. The pick surprised a lot of people, because the Eagles had just given Carson Wentz a huge contract extension the year before. Drafting a quarterback in the second round, with a franchise quarterback already on the roster, looked like a luxury the team did not need.

It turned out to be one of the best draft picks in franchise history. Wentz struggled badly in 2020, was benched late in the season, and Hurts started the final four games as a rookie. The following year, Wentz was traded to Indianapolis, and Hurts — still only 22 going on 23 — became the full-time starter. The Eagles had bet that a 21-year-old with his work habits and his college record would grow into the job, and within two seasons he had them in a Super Bowl.

His rookie contract was modest by NFL standards: a four-year deal worth about $6 million, the standard pay for a second-round pick. That number matters when you look at his net worth today, because almost all of his wealth has been built since 2023, when the big extension kicked in. For his first three seasons, he was one of the cheapest starting quarterbacks in the league — and one of the best value picks in the entire NFL.

Rise to Franchise Quarterback

Hurts became the Eagles’ full-time starter in 2021 at age 23, and the growth from that season to the next was dramatic. In 2022, at 24, he played at an MVP level: he threw for over 3,700 yards, ran for 760 more, accounted for 35 total touchdowns, and led Philadelphia to a 14-3 record and the No. 1 seed in the NFC. He finished second in MVP voting and earned his first Pro Bowl selection.

That run carried the Eagles to Super Bowl LVII in February 2023, where they lost 38-35 to the Kansas City Chiefs in one of the best Super Bowls of recent years. Hurts was superb in defeat — 304 passing yards and three rushing touchdowns — and the performance removed any remaining doubt about whether he belonged on the biggest stage. He was 24 years old, and he had just outplayed Patrick Mahomes for long stretches of a Super Bowl.

The 2023 season brought his second Pro Bowl selection, and the 2024 season brought the title. Along the way he became the face of the franchise in a way that goes beyond the field: the “tush push” quarterback sneak became his signature play, his pre-game outfits and his calm post-game interviews became part of the Eagles’ identity, and his leadership — quiet, consistent, and unshowy — became the thing teammates talked about most. His running back Saquon Barkley joined the team in 2024 and the two formed one of the most dangerous backfields in the league.

Super Bowl LIX and the MVP Moment

On February 9, 2025, at age 26, Jalen Hurts won Super Bowl LIX. The Eagles beat the Kansas City Chiefs 40-22 in New Orleans, ending the Chiefs’ bid for a third straight title, and Hurts was named Super Bowl MVP. He completed 17 of 22 passes for 221 yards and two touchdowns, ran for 72 yards and another touchdown, and controlled the game from start to finish against a Chiefs defence that had been built to stop exactly this kind of quarterback.

The win settled the last argument about him. He had lost a Super Bowl at 24, won one at 26, and done it as the MVP — throwing for 221 yards and rushing for 72 in the same game, a dual-threat performance that showed exactly why the Eagles had built their offence around him.

One detail from that night is worth remembering when people talk about his age. At 26, Hurts was younger than Mahomes was when Mahomes won his first Super Bowl (24), but older than most quarterbacks are when they reach their first title game. He arrived at the top neither early nor late — he arrived on schedule, after four years of steady improvement, and that timing is why the Eagles felt comfortable building the whole team around him.

The 2026 Blood Clot Scare: What Happened, Week by Week

The 2026 season took a frightening turn in October, and because this is a health story as much as a football story, the facts below come only from named reporting — the Eagles’ own statements, the joint statement from the team and Hurts’ agent, and coverage from ESPN, NBC Sports Philadelphia, and The Ringer. Nothing here goes beyond what those sources have published.

It started with a cleat to the calf. In the Eagles’ game against the Los Angeles Rams on October 4, 2026, Hurts took a cleat to his left calf. He was treated on the calf on October 8 and October 9, ahead of the team’s trip to London for a Week 5 game against the Jacksonville Jaguars. After the team arrived in London, an ultrasound performed “out of an abundance of caution,” in the team’s words, found a superficial blood clot in the calf. Hurts was evaluated at a hospital the day before the game, and the team’s medical staff determined it was safe for him to play. He played 59 snaps in the Eagles’ 19-17 loss to Jacksonville on October 11.

A follow-up ultrasound on October 14 in Philadelphia showed the clot had moved. The team ruled Hurts out for the Week 6 game against the Carolina Panthers and announced the diagnosis publicly on October 15. On Saturday, October 17, the Eagles placed him on injured reserve. Two days later, on Monday, October 19, the team and Hurts’ agent, Nicole Lynn, released a joint statement with the fuller diagnosis: deep vein thrombosis as well as bilateral pulmonary emboli — clots in a deeper vein of the leg and in both lungs. The statement said Hurts was “clinically stable and has no significant functional limitations,” that his treatment would involve blood thinners, and that “Jalen’s prognosis is very good, and we expect a full recovery. We anticipate that he will have the opportunity to resume contact football activities when he is off blood thinners.”

The timeline drew heavy scrutiny. The NFL Players Association called for a full investigation on October 20, the NFL publicly defended the Eagles’ medical handling the same day, and Commissioner Roger Goodell said on October 21 that the league welcomed a review. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester of Delaware wrote to Goodell demanding answers. What has not been publicly established is exactly when the deeper clot developed or when the clots reached his lungs — that part of the story is still unknown, and no responsible account should fill in the gap.

The latest news is encouraging. On Wednesday, November 4, 2026, Hurts made his first appearance at the Eagles’ practice facility since being placed on injured reserve. According to ESPN’s Tim McManus, he sat in on the team meeting and several individual meetings, did not address the team, and his presence was described by sources as a “morale boost” for teammates who had not seen him in weeks. Head coach Nick Sirianni said he had been in “constant communication” with Hurts and that he was “resting and recovering.” His appearance should not be read as a sign that he is close to being cleared to play — he cannot take part in contact football while on blood thinners, and the treatment is generally expected to last at least three months — but it was the first public sign of the recovery the joint statement had promised.

What the Diagnosis Means for His Age-28 Season

Hurts is expected to miss the rest of the 2026 season. That is the plain reading of the medical facts: blood thinners and contact football do not mix, and the standard course of treatment runs about three months from the diagnosis, which would carry past the end of the regular season and the playoffs. The Eagles, who were 2-6 entering Week 9, turned first to backup Tanner McKee — who went 0-3 in his three starts — and then named Joe Milton the starter for the November 8 game against the New York Giants.

For a 28-year-old quarterback, a lost season is a setback, not a career event. The joint statement from the team and his agent was explicit that doctors expect a full recovery with no long-term effects, and the clot was described by doctors as “provoked” — meaning it had an identifiable cause, the cleat to the calf — rather than an underlying condition. His contract runs through the 2028 season, so there is no contract pressure riding on a rushed return, and the Eagles have every reason to let the treatment run its course.

The age angle cuts both ways here. At 28, Hurts has time: even if he misses the entire 2026 season, he would return for 2027 at 29, with two years left on his deal and a long track record behind him. At the same time, the season was supposed to be part of his prime — the years when a quarterback’s experience and physical peak overlap — and losing one of those years to an injury nobody saw coming is a genuine cost. The honest summary is the one the reporting supports: a serious health scare, a lost season, and a prognosis the doctors describe as very good.

The Money at 28: Contract, Salary and Net Worth

Hurts’ money story is unusually clean, because almost all of it comes from one contract. In April 2023, at age 24, he signed a five-year, $255 million extension with the Eagles that made him the highest-paid player in NFL history by average annual value at the time — $51 million a year. The deal included $179.3 million in guaranteed money, $110 million of it fully guaranteed at signing, a signing bonus of about $23.3 million, and a no-trade clause. Before that, he had played on a four-year rookie deal worth about $6 million, which is why his wealth is so new: the big money only started arriving in 2023.

His net worth is where the sources disagree, and the honest answer is a range. Celebrity Net Worth’s current page puts his net worth at $70 million, and notes that he had earned $111.4 million in NFL salary and bonuses by the end of the 2025 season, with another $51.5 million scheduled for 2026 — which would take his cumulative career earnings to roughly $162.9 million if he collects the full scheduled amount. Parade, in September 2026, quoted Celebrity Net Worth at $50 million. InfoCelebs, in August 2026, estimated $40 million. Other outlets land between $30 million and $50 million. The range across reputable sources is therefore $40 million to $70 million, and this article anchors on Celebrity Net Worth’s latest $70 million figure while noting that the same outlet listed $50 million two months earlier — the number has moved up during 2026 as his earnings have piled up, and different outlets count taxes, agent fees, and spending differently. A $255 million contract is not $255 million in the bank, and the gap between the two is exactly what a net worth estimate tries to measure.

Forbes, in September 2026, ranked Hurts among the NFL’s highest-paid players and estimated his total annual income at $56.5 million, including about $5 million from endorsements and off-field work. Our sister site breaks down the Jalen Hurts net worth figure in detail, with the full contract breakdown and the year-by-year earnings table. The comparison with other quarterbacks puts his deal in context: Dak Prescott signed a four-year, $240 million deal with Dallas, and Joe Burrow’s extension in Cincinnati was worth $275 million — Hurts’ $255 million sits right in the middle of the market for franchise quarterbacks of his generation.

The injury does not change the contract math in the short term. His 2026 salary is scheduled money, and the deal runs through the 2028 season. What it does change is the timing of his next negotiation: a quarterback who returns healthy at 29, with a Super Bowl ring and two years left on his deal, will be in line for another major contract in 2028 or 2029 — right around his 30th birthday, when quarterbacks typically sign their second big extension.

Endorsements and Business Moves

Hurts’ off-field income is smaller than his contract but it has grown fast since the Super Bowl win. In 2023 he became the first NFL player ever signed to Nike’s Jordan Brand — a deal that put him in the same endorsement family as Michael Jordan himself, and one that the brand has featured heavily. Forbes estimated his endorsement and off-field income at about $5 million for 2026, which puts him among the better-paid quarterbacks off the field without being near the top of that list.

His other deals include Gillette, Pepsi, Campbell’s Chunky Soup, Bose, and Lemonade, along with a reported relationship with BMW. He has been selective about the brands he works with, and his public image — disciplined, low-drama, and focused on faith and family — is part of why companies keep signing him. He does not court controversy, he does not overshare on social media, and sponsors tend to reward exactly that profile.

Off the field, he has built two things that will outlast his playing career. The Jalen Hurts Foundation, launched in the spring of 2024, focuses on education, youth development, and community support in Philadelphia and Houston. And in March 2026 he published his first children’s book, “Better Than a Touchdown,” with Penguin Random House’s Flamingo Books imprint — a 40-page picture book, illustrated by Nneka Myers and priced at $19.99, about a boy whose school football team gets cut and who has to find a way to save it. The book was announced on the Today show in June 2025 and published on March 10, 2026, with an initial print run of 150,000 copies.

Houses, Cars and Lifestyle

Hurts keeps his private life private, and his property footprint reflects that. He owns a home in Atascocita, Texas, in the Houston area where he grew up — reports put the property at roughly $6 million, with some outlets valuing the wider compound at $8.7 million to $12 million depending on what is counted. He also spends his working life in the Philadelphia area during the season, as every Eagles player does, though he has not publicised a second home purchase the way some stars do. The reporting here is thin by design: Hurts does not show off his houses on social media, and the outlets that cover celebrity real estate disagree on the numbers, so treat any single figure as an estimate rather than a fact.

His car collection has drawn more attention, mostly because the endorsements make it visible. The reported BMW relationship has put him behind the wheel of the brand’s performance models at events, and he has been photographed with high-end vehicles at team functions. Beyond that, he is not a flashy spender by NFL standards — no publicised watch collection, no private jet stories, no nightclub headlines. His lifestyle reads as deliberate: the money goes to family, to the foundation, and to the kind of long-term investments that a quarterback with a $255 million contract is expected to make, while the public image stays focused on football.

That restraint is part of his brand, and it is worth saying plainly because it affects the net worth numbers. A quarterback who earns $111.4 million in salary by the end of his age-27 season and keeps a low profile is likely to keep more of it than one who spends it in public. The $40 million to $70 million range in the money section reflects that uncertainty — the contract is public, the spending is not, and every estimate is a guess about the gap between the two.

Personal Life: Marriage to Bry Burrows

Hurts married Bryonna “Bry” Rivera Burrows in the spring of 2025. The two met in college — Burrows attended Alabama, where Hurts played his first three seasons — and their relationship stayed largely out of the spotlight for years before the wedding. Burrows works in technology as an artificial intelligence executive, and she has built her own career alongside his, with her own estimated net worth reported in the low single-digit millions.

The couple keeps their married life private. There are no children as of November 2026, and neither of them shares much of their home life on social media. Hurts has spoken about his faith in interviews over the years, and it comes up often when teammates describe him — he is known for a calm, even manner in the locker room and for a habit of quoting scripture in quiet moments rather than making speeches. For readers browsing more star profiles, our Celebrity section carries the same treatment for the other big names in sport and entertainment.

How His Age Shapes the Next Contract Window

Hurts’ current deal runs through the 2028 season, which means his age-28, age-29, and age-30 seasons are already paid for at the top of the market. The next negotiation will come around 2028 or 2029, when he is 30 or 31 — and by then, the quarterback market will have moved again. The top of the market rises every year: when Hurts signed for $51 million a year in 2023, it was a record; by 2026, Prescott was at $60 million a year and Burrow at $55 million. If Hurts returns healthy and plays well in 2027 and 2028, his next deal could plausibly be the biggest of his career.

The injury complicates that picture without breaking it. A lost 2026 season means one fewer year of tape, one fewer year of leverage, and a medical file that any team will read carefully. But the diagnosis is a one-off event with a known cause and a good prognosis, not a degenerative problem, and quarterbacks have come back from far worse at his age. The 2027 season — his age-29 season — is the one that will decide how the next contract looks. If he returns and plays like the quarterback who won Super Bowl LIX, the missed year will be a footnote. If the recovery drags, the conversation changes. For now, the reporting supports the optimistic reading, and the Eagles’ actions — no panic signing, no public doubt, steady public support from the head coach — match it.

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Sources & Reporting

Age, birth date, height, weight, draft details, and career facts were checked against the Philadelphia Eagles’ official roster, Pro Football Reference, and current sports databases (Sportradar, Pro Football Network, FantasyData), all of which list August 7, 1998, and age 28 as of November 2026. The blood clot timeline follows the Eagles’ official statements, the October 19, 2026 joint statement from the team and agent Nicole Lynn, and reporting from ESPN (Tim McManus, November 4–5, 2026), NBC Sports Philadelphia, and The Ringer (October 19, 2026). Net worth figures come from Celebrity Net Worth (latest figure $70 million), Parade (September 9, 2026, quoting Celebrity Net Worth at $50 million), InfoCelebs (August 27, 2026, $40 million), and Forbes (September 2026, $56.5 million estimated annual income). Contract details ($255 million, $179.3 million guaranteed, $23.3 million signing bonus) are the widely reported terms of the April 2023 extension. The children’s book details come from Penguin Random House (June 24, 2025 announcement) and the publisher’s listing for “Better Than a Touchdown” (March 10, 2026).

How we estimated: net worth is an estimate, not a bank balance. We anchored on Celebrity Net Worth’s latest published figure ($70 million) and set the range at $40 million to $70 million because Parade, InfoCelebs, and other outlets publish lower figures for the same period. Contract values are public and reliable; taxes, agent fees, spending, and investments are private, so every net worth figure on this page — and on every site that publishes one — is an informed estimate that may differ from the private reality.

Sources: Philadelphia Eagles · ESPN · NBC Sports Philadelphia · The Ringer · Celebrity Net Worth · Parade · Forbes · Penguin Random House · Pro Football Reference