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Jalen Hurts Is the Most Influential QB in the NFC East

By Kyle Pagan

Published: Apr 16th, 2025 · 11:11 AM EDT

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Jalen Hurts has been named to Times 100 Most Influential People of 2025:

An icon and on the @TIME list of the 100 Most Influential People of 2025.

That’s Jalen Hurts.@JalenHurts | #TIME100 pic.twitter.com/pnl6b259Ct

— Philadelphia Eagles (@Eagles) April 16, 2025

 

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That makes Jalen Hurts the leader in the clubhouse for the most Times 100 Most Influential People in the World nominations in the NFC East. Jayden Daniels? ZERO. Dak Prescott? NADA. Russell Wilson? ZILCH! They even had Wilson write a dedication for someone and still haven’t given him the honor. The most influential QB in the NFC East plays for your Philadelphia Eagles.

Derek Jeter wrote the dedication for Hurts:

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.

Does Jalen’s relationship with a New York Yankee bother you? 610-632…

The only thing he asked about was insight on going back and winning again. Get ready to learn Broad Street in February, folks!

If we’re being honest he was robbed:

The Dude Who Gave Back Tanner McKee’s First NFL TD And Then Flexed While Drinking A Mich Ultra has been selected to the 2025 TIME100, an annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. pic.twitter.com/JaybJNRbuC

— Jeff McDevitt (@JeffMcDev) April 16, 2025