Alabama QB Jalen Hurts has now made seven starts in his freshman season.
On Monday, “The Paul Finebaum Show” decided to blindly compare his numbers to a past SEC freshman quarterback. The show’s viewers and Twitter followers were shown a pair of similar stats.
Both QBs featured here have played in the SEC this century. Who are they? #BlindResume pic.twitter.com/cYOuJrjWOO
— Paul Finebaum (@finebaum) October 24, 2016
It was then revealed who the stats belonged to:
Player A = Jalen Hurts
Player B = Johnny Manziel pic.twitter.com/pLlNhl9JgR— Paul Finebaum (@finebaum) October 24, 2016
Manziel, of course, went on to win the Heisman Trophy that season (2012). He was the first freshman to win the award, albeit as a redshirt freshman. Hurts is putting up his numbers, which are in the same ballpark though they don’t quite stack up 1-to-1, as a true freshman.
If Hurts continues to put up Manziel-like numbers, his Heisman candidacy could lead to a New York City invite.
Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.
