Jalen Hurts is a coach’s kid.

You may not know what that means on the surface, but you recognize the qualities when you see them. The poise, calm and maturity the true freshman quarterback showed last Saturday night, even after fumbling away his first college play, are all qualities of a coach’s kid.

Jalen is the son of Averion Hurts, the head coach at Channelview High School, where his son starred as one of the nation’s top prep dual-threat quarterbacks.

So when he shook off that turnover on his first career snap and started making plays, the coaches in Texas’ Class 6A, District 21 weren’t surprised. They knew it was only a matter of time before Hurts made his mark on college football.

He’d left his impression on Houston-area football for the previous two seasons.