Jalen Hurts received Master's degree Friday, weeks after agreeing to $255 million NFL deal

Jalen Hurts received Master's degree Friday, weeks after agreeing to $255 million NFL deal

It was just a few months ago when he led the Philadelphia Eagles to the Super Bowl and just a few weeks ago when he agreed to a $255 million contract extension. Now, quarterback Jalen Hurts has crossed another item off his bucket list: Receiving his Master's degree.

It was Friday night when Jalen Hurts received his Master's degree in Human Relations at the 2023 University of Oklahoma commencement exercises in Norman, Oklahoma. Hurts earned his undergraduate degree in public relations at the University Of Alabama in 2018.

Jalen Hurts played quarterback at both Alabama and Oklahoma, and after Friday night's commencement owns degrees from both universities.

Hurts has told many media outlets that he has been inspired by his mother Pam, who was a special education teacher. Said Hurts to the monthly lifestyle magazine Essence last month, "My mother went back to school and she got her Master's to become a counselor. That's living testimony for me."

Jalen Hurts and the NFC champion Eagles will open the 2023 NFL season on September 10 when they play the New England Patriots in Foxboro, Massachusetts.