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Jalen Hurts cements legacy at Alabama with SEC Championship heroics

The city of Houston, Texas is Nick Saban’s favorite recruiting base.

Jaylen Waddle has proved to be an elite talent at receiver and as of last week, a quarterback has cemented himself as a legend at the University of Alabama – regardless of where his journey takes him after this season.

It was inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium back in January, where doubts of Jalen Hurts remaining with the Crimson Tide started to rise. He did not have his best performances leading up to the national championship meeting versus Georgia and with Tua Tagovailoa rescuing the game as a freshman, the popular idea was seeing the junior venture elsewhere in search of a starting job.