kirby smart was alabama's starting quarterback this year.
kirby smart was alabama's starting quarterback this year.
who is alabama's starting quarterback this year?
kirby smart
as a true freshman at alabama in 2016, hurts competed to open the season as the starting quarterback. blake barnett started the first game against the usc trojans, but by the second game, hurts had taken over the starting role, becoming the first true freshman to start at quarterback for alabama in 32 years (vince sutton in 1984 was the last). hurts produced a historic freshman season under head coach nick saban. he threw for 2,780 yards and 23 touchdowns with nine interceptions. his completion percentage was at 62.8 percent, and he finished the season with a quarterback rating of 139.12. he rushed for a total of 954 yards and 13 touchdowns, breaking the school single season record for rushing yards by a quarterback, surpassing steadman shealy's previous record of 791 yards. he finished the 2016 season with 36 overall touchdowns breaking blake sims's previous record for touchdowns in a single season for the crimson tide with a total of 35 which he set in 2014. hurts became the first quarterback coached by nick saban to rush for more than 11 touchdowns in a single season. he was the first player in alabama history to pass for 300 yards and rush for 100 yards in the same game and the first quarterback to rush for 120 yards or more in multiple games. in the iron bowl game against auburn, hurts completed 75% of his passes, which set a new iron bowl record. alabama concluded its 2016–2017 regular season with a perfect 12–0 (8–0 sec) record. on november 30, 2016, hurts was declared as one out of the ten finalists for the manning award which is given to the nation's top college quarterback. on december 3, 2016, he led his team to win the 2016 sec championship over the florida gators and was subsequently named sec offensive player of the year, sec freshman of the year, and received freshman all-american from several publications. hurts was featured on the cover page of "sports illustrated" college football playoff magazine on december 6, 2016. on january 9, 2017, top-seeded alabama lost the 2017 college football playoff national championship against the clemson tigers by a score of 35–31. the bowl game was played at raymond james stadium in tampa.
jalen hurts
bullet::::- most career losses, regular season, by a starting quarterback: 123, vinny testaverde, 1987–2007









































bullet::::- most career home losses, regular season, by a starting quarterback: 55, eli manning, 2004-2018; vinny testaverde, 1987–2007









































bullet::::- most career home losses, regular season and post-season, by a starting quarterback: 57, eli manning, 2004-2018









































bullet::::- most career road losses, regular season, by a starting quarterback: 76, brett favre, 1992-2010









































bullet::::- most career road losses, regular season and post-season, by a starting quarterback: 83, brett favre, 1992-2010









































bullet::::- most career losses, post-season, by a starting quarterback: 13, peyton manning, 2000–2015
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