It’s easy to see where Jalen Hurts has narrowed his focus during the offseason.

Alabama’s rising junior quarterback who is battling Tua Tagovailoa for the starting job is prioritizing strength and packing on muscle, shown through a recent clip posted to Twitter from Crimson Tide conditioning coach Scott Cochran.

The video shows a pumped up Hurts getting to the bar and squatting 600 pounds, a ridiculous number for a player who weighs a shade under 220 and plays a position not exactly known for shining in the weight room. But this shouldn't come as a surprise for Hurts, who was a power lifter in high school and once squatted 570 pounds as a junior in Channelview, Texas.

To put that number in perspective, most defensive and offensive linemen squat in the 500-550 pounds range. During the team's spring testing last season, Alabama only had three players — Da'Ron Payne, Deonte Brown and Dallas Warmack — squat more than Hurts' 600. Hurts is in fact stronger than Damien Harris, Reuben Foster, Bo Scarbrough and OJ Howard based on his number.

This is coming from a player who craves competition and developing as a player, a leader who has guided the Crimson Tide to 26 victories in 28 career starts over his first two seasons in Tuscaloosa. Benched in favor of Tagovailoa during the second half of Alabama's win over Georgia in the College Football Playoff National Championship Game, Hurts was complimentary of his teammate in the aftermath and handled losing his job temporarily with maturity.

He'll get first-team reps this spring while Tagovailoa is on the mend with a thumb injury and hopes to show Nick Saban and Alabama's staff he is ready to hold his position as QB1. Hurts was rated as a the No. 4 dual-threat nationally in the 2016 class according to the 247Sports Composite and has proven what his prep highlight tape suggested during his time in the SEC, rushing for 1,809 yards and 21 touchdowns thus far.

Hurts earned SEC Offensive Player of the Year honors as a freshman after breaking Blake Sims' single-season program record for touchdowns (23 passing, 13 rushing) by a quarterback in Alabama history.

Earlier this month, Saban said he was not opposed to finding a role for both quarterbacks in first-year coordinator Mike Locksley's offensive system this season and scoffed at the idea one could transfer if not named the starter.

"All I’ve told both players is that they’re both going to have the opportunity to compete, and that’s all any competitor ever wants," Saban said. "We’ve won with both, and the kids on our team respect both guys."