Jalen Hurd

BIOGRAPHY

Jalen Hurd was born January 23, 1996 in Hendersonville, Tennessee. He is a Wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers in the NFL.

Hurd played football at Beech Senior High School in Hendersonville, Tennessee. As a junior in 2012, he rushed for a Tennessee state of record 3,357 yards with 43 touchdowns. In the state championship game of his junior season, Hurd rushed for a Tennessee state championship record 394 yards and seven touchdowns leading his team to victory. He played in one game his senior year after suffering a shoulder injury against Station Camp High School. In track and field, Hurd competed in hurdles (41.15 seconds in the 300m hurdles) and sprints (23.34 in the 200-meter dash and 51.79 in the 400-meter dash).
Hurd was rated by the Rivals.com recruiting network as a five-star recruit and was ranked among the top running backs in the Class of 2014. He committed to the University of Tennessee to play college football under head coach Butch Jones. In 2015, Beech Senior High School retired his No. 18 jersey.

In 2014, Hurd appeared in 13 games and made nine starts as a true freshman at Tennessee. On April 22, 2017, Hurd announced he would transfer to Baylor University, requiring him to sit out the 2017 season. At Baylor, Hurd had three games with at least 100 receiving yards. He had 136 receiving yards and a receiving touchdown against UTSA, 104 receiving yards and a receiving touchdown against Oklahoma, and 135 receiving yards against Kansas State. He finished the season with 69 receptions for 946 receiving yards and four receiving touchdowns with 48 carries for 209 rushing yards and three rushing touchdowns. After injuring his knee in the season finale, Hurd was unable to play in the Texas Bowl against Vanderbilt. Hurd was named Big 12 Offensive Newcomer of the Year.

Hurd was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the third round, 67th overall, in the 2019 NFL Draft. He was placed on injured reserve on October 3, 2019 with a back injury and was unable to play in the 2019 NFL season. Hurd was placed on injured reserve for a second consecutive season on August 20, 2020 after he tore his ACL during a running drill at training camp, ending his participation in the 2020 season.