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Jersey Number 1
Jalen Hurd
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 240
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Hendersonville, Tenn.
- High School:
- Beech Senior
Bio
CAREER HIGHS
- Rushes - 34 at Missouri, 11/21/15
- Rushing Yards - 151 at Missouri, 11/21/15
- Rushing Touchdowns- 3 vs. Bowling Green, 9/5/15
- Receptions - 7 at South Carolina, 11/1/14
- Receiving Yards - 58 at South Carolina, 11/1/14
- Receiving Touchdowns - 1, 6x, last at Georgia, 10/1/16
- 100-Yard Rushing Games - 11 times, last vs. Appalachian State, 9/1/16
- Multiple TD Games - 5x, last at Kentucky, 10/31/15
CAREER HONORS
- 2016 Athlon Sports Preseason First Team All-SEC
- 2016 Doak Walker Award Preseason Watch List
- 2016 Maxwell Award Preseason Watch List
- 2016 Lindy's Sports Preseason Second Team All-SEC
- 2016 Outback Bowl MVP
- 2015 Athlon Sports Preseason SEC All Conference Third Team Offense
- 2015 Phil Steele Preseason Third Team All-SEC
- 2015 Lindy's Sports No. 20 Top Running Backs
- 2015 Lindy's Sports Preseason Third Team All-SEC
- 2015 Athlon Sports No. 19 Top Heisman Contenders
- 2015 Athlon Sports Preseason Second Team All-SEC
- 2014 Campus Insiders Honorable Mention Freshman All-American
- SEC Freshman of the Week (9/8)
2016 - JUNIOR
- 2016 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
- Games/Starts: 7/7
- Had eight carries for 16 yards and one touchdown at South Carolina (10/29)
- Carried 13 times for 28 yards against Alabama (10/15) and caught three passes for -1 yard
- Did not travel with team for Texas A&M game (10/8) due to injury
- Had 92 yards of total offense in comeback win at Georgia (10/1), rushing for 42 yards on 10 carries and catching three passes for 50 yards, including a 23-yard touchdown catch that drew UT to within 17-14 in the third quarter.
- Against Florida (9/24), had 95 yards on 26 carries and had two receptions for 25 yards, including a 23-yard touchdown catch midway through third quarter that sparked UT's second-half comeback
- Rushed for 61 yards and one touchdown on 15 carries vs. Ohio (9/17), including a long of 28, which was his longest since a 48-yard run vs. Vanderbilt (11/28/15)
- Carried 22 yards for 99 yards and caught one pass for one yard in win vs. Virginia Tech (9/10)
- Rushed for 110 yards on 28 carries and recovered a fumble in end zone in OT for game-winning TD vs. Appalachian State (9/1)
2015 - SOPHOMORE
Photo Gallery- 2015 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
- Games/Starts: 13/13
- Fourth in SEC in rushing yards per game (99.1) and fourth in total rushing yards with 1,288 in 12 starts
- First sophomore to rush for 1,000 yards in a season in Tennessee history
- First sophomore to gain 2,000 rushing yards in career
- Posted 18th 1,000 yard season in Tennessee history, first since Rajion Neal in 2013
- With 1,288, posted seventh-best single season in Tennessee history
- His 2,187 career yards rank 12th and he is just 891 shy of Travis Henry's record (3,078)
- 10 career 100-yard rushing games, including six in 2015 season (Bowling Green, Oklahoma, at Florida, at Missouri, vs. Vanderbilt and vs. Northwestern in Outback Bowl)
- Streak of three 100-yard games in a row (Iowa, Bowling Green, Oklahoma), was longest since Arian Foster had five 100-yard games in a row in 2005
- Tied for fourth in the SEC in touchdowns with 14
- Sixth in SEC in rushing touchdowns with 12
- Multiple touchdowns in four games (Bowling Green, W. Carolina, at Florida, at Kentucky)
- Touchdowns in five of last seven games
- On season, 22 catches for 190 yards and two receiving touchdowns
- Honored as Outback Bowl MVP after rushing for 130 yards on 24 carries with a touchdown vs. Northwestern (1/1)
- Gained 120 rushing yards, including career-long 48-yard rush in regular-season finale win over Vanderbilt (11/28), also scoring touchdown on 14-yard carry
- Ran for career-high 151 yards on career-high 34 carries at Missouri (11/21), surpassing 1,000 yards for season
- Dove in for a 1-yard touchdown vs. North Texas (11/14), as he gained 72 rushing yards in win
- Ran for 90 yards (79 in first half) vs. South Carolina (11/7)
- Scored rushing (4 yards) and receiving (37 yards) touchdowns at Kentucky (10/31) as part of 98 total yards (61 rushing)
- Pounded out 92 tough yards at #8 Alabama (10/24), the most by a Vol vs. Tide since Tauren Poole (117) in 2010
- Ran for 80 yards on 21 carries vs. #19 Georgia (10/10)
- Gained 141 total yards (90 rushing and 51 receiving) vs. Arkansas (10/3)
- Ran for 102 yards and two touchdowns at Florida (9/26)
- Scored 5-yard receiving touchdown and 8-yard rushing score, gaining 68 yards on ground vs. Western Carolina (9/19)
- Ran for 106 yards, third 100-yard game in a row, vs. #19 Oklahoma (9/12), became first back to run for 100 yards vs. Sooners in two seasons
- Opened 2015 with three rushing touchdowns as part of 123 rushing yards in return to Midstate vs. Bowling Green (9/5); first Vol with three rushing TDs in a game since Joshua Dobbs (11/1/14) at South Carolina
- Went over 1,000 career rushing yards vs. Bowling Green
2014 - FRESHMAN
Photo Gallery- 2014 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
- Games/Starts: 13/9
- Vols leading rusher with 190 carries for 899 yards and five rushing touchdowns in 13 games with nine start
- Fourth-leading freshman rusher in SEC (69.2 yd/game)
- Also had 35 catches for 221 yards with two receiving touchdowns
- Rushed for 100 yards four times (Georgia, South Carolina, Kentucky and Iowa in TaxSlayer Bowl), most 100-yard rushing games by a true freshman since Jamal Lewis' seven in 1997
- Rushing total of 899 yards is third-most in a single-season by a true freshman in Tennessee history; No. 2 James Stewart (908 in 1991) and No. 1 Jamal Lewis (1,364 in 1997)
- Ran for 122 yards with first multi-touchdown game in the 2015 TaxSlayer Bowl vs. Iowa (1/2); scored first two touchdowns of the game with scoring runs of 3 and 29 yards
- 122 rushing yards in TaxSlayer Bowl were most by a Vol in a bowl game since Travis Henry ran for 180 yards in 2001 Cotton Bowl
- Two rushing touchdowns in a bowl were most since Casey Clausen ran for a pair in the 2002 Florida Citrus Bowl
- Gained 40 yards both rushing and receiving vs. #19 Missouri (11/22)
- Ran for 118 yards including third touchdown of the season in win over Kentucky (11/15)
- Ran for 125 yards at South Carolina (11/1), most by a Vols' true freshman since Jamal Lewis had 127 in the 1997 SEC Championship Game; also had team-best seven catches for 58 yards including 21-yard fourth-quarter touchdown
- Ran for 59 yards and led Vols with six catches for 27 yards vs. #4 Alabama (10/25)
- Ran for 40 yards on 13 carries and had two catches for 19 yards at #3 Ole Miss (10/18)
- First start came vs. Florida (10/4), ran for 39 yards
- Posted 119 rushing yards on 24 carries with a touchdown at #12/13 Georgia (9/27); yardage was most by a Vols' true freshman since Jamal Lewis had 127 in the 1997 SEC Championship Game and first by a UT true freshman since Bryce Brown (2009)
- Ran for 97 yards at #4/3 Oklahoma (9/13)
- First rushing touchdown on 4-yard rush as he picked up 83 yards on 23 carries vs. Arkansas State (9/6)
- Scored first-career touchdown on a 15-yard reception in season opener vs. Utah State (8/31); ran 11 times for 29 yards and finished with two catches for 16 yards
- One of first four Vols to have black stripes removed in `14 (Derek Barnett, Emmanuel Moseley, Ethan Wolf) on Aug. 10
HIGH SCHOOL
- Lettered at Beech Senior High School in Hendersonville, Tenn., for coach Anthony Crabtree
- Rated five-star by 247Sports (No. 33 national prospect, No. 4 athlete, No. 1 prospect in Tennessee)
- Rated four-star by ESPN (No. 62 national prospect, No. 7 running back, No. 4 prospect in Tennessee)
- Rated five-star by Rivals (No. 28 national prospect, No. 5 running back, No. 2 prospect in Tennessee)
- Rated four-star by Scout (No. 11 running back)
- Played in 2014 U.S. Army All-American Game
- Played in one game as a senior before suffering a shoulder injury that ended his 2013 season prematurely
- Ran for 177 yards and three touchdowns on offense and had eight tackles and an interception in his lone prep game of 2013
- Named Tennessee State Mr. Football in 2012
- Earned First Team All-State from Tennessee Sports Writers as a junior
- As a junior in 2012, ran for Tennessee state-record 3,357 yards and 43 touchdowns
- Set Tennessee state record with 294 points scored as a junior
- Averaged 240 yards per game and 10.58 yards per carry in 2012
- Gained more than 200 yards in nine games as a junior, including three games with at least 390 yards on the ground
- Piled up single-game rushing totals of 451, 396 and 394 as a junior
- Ran for Tennessee title-game records of 394 yards and seven touchdowns in 2012 championship, a 56-35 Beech win over Columbia Central
- Led Beech to 2012 state title with a perfect 15-0 record
PERSONAL
- Full Name: Jalen Tyler Hurd
- Born: January 23, 1996
- Son of Tara Smotherman and Jay Hurd
- Majoring in Finance
- Recipient of the David Mason Booth Jr Endowed Men's Athletic Scholarship
- Recipient of Brenda Lawson Athletic Scholarship
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