Philadelphia Eagles’ Jalen Hurts Reveals Baseball Was His First Love in Fan Q&A

It turns out the franchise quarterback didn’t always know football was in his future.

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — The Philadelphia Eagles have a day off before returning for another round of organized team activities (OTA) Thursday.

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The break gave Jalen Hurts some time for a fan Q&A and the Birds posted some of the answers to their website.

It turns out the franchise quarterback didn’t always know football was in his future.

Question: If you were to play another professional sport, what would it be?

Hurts: “I’d probably play baseball. I feel like I would have been real special at it if I had continued to play but I just let it go.”

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He said he played baseball and basketball in high school.

“I loved baseball. It was my first love,” the Eagles QB1 said. “But I think I made the right decision.”

Hurts isn’t the only all-around athlete on the team. The Padres drafted wide receiver AJ Brown in 2016.

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