Eagles Super Bowl MVP QB Jalen Hurts named to Time's list of '100 Most Influential' people

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Jalen Hurts is a Super Bowl champion, and thanks to Derek Jeter, the Eagles quarterback is one of TIME's 100 Most Influential People in the just-released list.

The Process is overseen by Dan Macsai and Cate Matthews, who lead TIME’s journalists through a year of debate and discovery, speaking with sources and partners around the globe to whittle down a list of 100 individuals.

I admire how great athletes deal with both success and failure. What Jalen Hurts went through in being benched during the 2018 National Championship game would break a lot of people down. But not Jalen; he focused on what he could control and found a new path to success. In the NFL, Jalen didn’t let a Super Bowl defeat in 2023 shake his confidence. He used that loss as motivation and kept a picture of himself walking off the field after losing as his phone lock screen.

This past February, Jalen found himself on the Super Bowl stage again. This time he led Philadelphia to a convincing victory in its rematch with Kansas City. We connected shortly after, and the only thing he asked about was insight on going back and winning again. Sometimes people win, then exhale. Jalen is not exhaling. He’s embracing the next challenge. Win or lose, Jalen’s resilience and determination offer all of us something to admire.

Hurts, crowned Super Bowl LIX MVP, became just the second quarterback in Eagles history to deliver a Super Bowl to the City of Philadelphia, joining Nick Foles (Super Bowl LII MVP). According to Elias Sports, Hurts is only the seventh NFL quarterback to appear in multiple Super Bowls and win a championship in their first five seasons. The other quarterbacks who did so are Troy Aikman, Tom Brady, Patrick Mahomes, Ben Roethlisberger, Kurt Warner, and Russell Wilson. He'll enter 2025 with renewed confidence and weapons at every key position.

This article originally appeared on Eagles Wire: Jalen Hurts Praised by Derek Jeter as One of Time's 100

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