Channelview Independent School District on alumnus Hurts: 'We wish our hometown hero the best at Super Bowl LVII!'

The starting quarterbacks in Super Bowl LVII between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs possess Texas roots, but one of them has an immense Houston connection. 

The Houston-area school district that produced Eagles signal-caller Jalen Hurts couldn’t hide its excitement after the latter guided Philadelphia to its second National Football Conference (NFC) championship in five years on Sunday. 

“Congrats to [Channelview High School] Alumni @JalenHurts and the @Eagles on their NFC Championship!” the Channelview Independent School District tweeted postgame. “We wish our hometown hero the best at Super Bowl LVII!”

Hurts attended Channelview High School from 2012 to 2016. 

According to the Online Sports Database website, he suited up for the Falcons under his father, Averion, and crafted a senior-year line of 2,384 passing yards and 26 touchdowns to go along with 1,391 yards on the ground and 25 scores. 

A highly-sought dual-threat field general, Hurts went on to attend national powerhouse Alabama, where he enjoyed a stellar true freshman season under Nick Saban.

The 6-foot-1, 223-pound Hurts entered the 2020 National Football League (NFL) Draft after his senior season at the University of Oklahoma (OU) and was taken in the second round by the Eagles. 

As of the end of the 2022 regular season, he threw for nearly 8,000 yards and 44 touchdowns and scampered for a shade below 2,000 yards for 26 touchdowns for his career, per Pro Football Reference. 

In the NFC title match against the San Francisco 49ers, Hurts garnered 121 yards through the air on 15-of-25 passing and rushed for a touchdown.

Hurts and his Chiefs counterpart Patrick Mahomes are the first black quarterbacks to oppose each other in the big game, which is slated for Sunday, Feb. 12 at 5 p.m. in Glendale, Arizona. 

Mahomes is looking to add to his sole Super Bowl win so far while Hurts seeks to join the exclusive fraternity. 

Heading into what’s arguably the biggest game of his life, Hurts is nursing a right shoulder injury, NBC Sports’ Pro Football Talk (PFT) reported.