His siblings are athletes, too.
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Jalen’s older brother, Averion Hurts, Jr., was also a quarterback at Channelview High School. Their father told Houston’s Fox 26 in 2016 that the brothers played baseball, which helped develop their arms.
After his brother became a quarterback, “Jalen just kind of followed in that mold,” Averion Hurts, Sr. said.
In 2016, both brothers were starting quarterbacks at the college level, Averion Jr. at Texas Southern University and Jalen at the University of Alabama.
According to his Instagram, Averion Jr. is now following in his father’s footsteps and coaching at Lee High School in Baytown, Texas.
In 2021, Hurts told GQ Sports that his sister, who played high school volleyball then, might get a college scholarship. Still, he said he set aside $70,000 for her tuition just in case.
“I know she has dreams and aspirations to do special things in her life, whatever it is,” he said of his sister in a 2021 ESPN interview. “And I want her to know that she can do anything she puts her mind to, and know that her brother has her back.”
