Jalen Hurts' dad remembers hearing this from at least one rival football coach after one of his son's high school powerlifting meets, "Man, your quarterback is stronger than our whole team."
There aren't many college quarterbacks that can squat more than some of their team's linemen. Hurts, Alabama's promising freshman quarterback, can.
Squatting 500 pounds is impressive even for a 300-pound linemen. Hurts, who was part of his high school's powerlifting team as a sophomore and junior, recently squatted 525 pounds at Alabama. He squatted 570 pounds last year at a high school powerlifting meet.