MOBILE — Reunited and it feels so good. That was the sentiment expressed by one of Jalen Hurts’ former University of Alabama Crimson Tide teammates during the Senior Bowl Week Media Day on Tuesday.
Hurts, of course, played for the Oklahoma Sooners this past season as a graduate transfer from Alabama. He finished as the runner-up in the 2019 Heisman Trophy voting.
He will play for the South Team during Saturday’s Senior Bowl at Ladd-Peebles Stadium, as will the Tide’s Jared Mayden, Terrell Lewis, Raekwon Davis and Anfernee Jennings.
As captured by Yellowhammer News, Mayden spoke with reporters during Media Day about how it feels being on the same field — and the same team — as Hurts once again.
“It means a lot,” Mayden stressed. “Especially since he’s on my team [as opposed to playing against him on the North Team]. I’m glad he’s on my team because Jalen’s a leader, a natural leader. He doesn’t have to try too hard. It just seems like it comes natural to him. I know he’ll probably have some things to say that’ll get everybody ready to play. He did it at Bama; I expect no less from him [now]. So I’m excited to get the opportunity to play with him again.”
Here’s @maydenII of @AlabamaFTBL on what it means to play with @JalenHurts on his team once again at the @SeniorBowl.
“It means a lot… I’m glad he’s on my team, because Jalen’s a leader.”#TheDraftStartsInMOBILE pic.twitter.com/htXIrUMW97
— Sean Ross (@sean_yhn) January 21, 2020
If you missed Yellowhammer’s coverage of the start of Senior Bowl Week, read more here.
Sean Ross is the editor of Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on Twitter @sean_yhn
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