Your Alabama Pro Athlete of the Week is Jalen Hurts. Hurts threw for 319 yards (season high) and 4 touchdowns (season high; matched career high) to lead Philadelphia to a 38-31 win over Washington. Hurts had a passer rating of 135.7, which is the second-highest of his career.
Runner-up this week is Bryce Young. Young led a 15 play, 86 yard, 6:07 drive that culminated in a game-winning field goal as time expired to give Carolina its first win of the season.
Others of note:
Tua Tagovailoa threw for 324 yards and 3 touchdowns in Miami’s win over New England.
Jaylen Waddle had 7 catches for 121 yards and a touchdown.
DeVonta Smith had 7 catches for 99 yards and a touchdown.
Amari Cooper caught 6 passes for 89 yards.
Calvin Ridley had 83 receiving yards on 6 catches.
Derrick Henry rushed for 101 yards and added another 21 receiving yards.
CJ Mosley had 12 tackles, split a sack, and defended a pass.
Quinnen Williams had 8 tackles and a tackle for loss.
Mack Wilson had 7 tackles and a tackle for loss.
Christian Barmore had 5 tackles and a sack.
Brandon Miller averaged 15.0 points off the bench in his first two NBA games.
Herb Jones had a 13 point, 8 rebound game and an 10 point, 3 block game in New Orleans’ first two games.
Jasmine Walker had 24 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists, and 5 steals in Flammes Carolo’s EuroCup win.
Nick King had 25 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, and 3 steals in Tainan’s season-opener.
Jada Rice had a 15 rebound game for PAOK.
Jordan Lewis had a 24 point, 5 assist game.
James Rojas had 2 double-doubles (24 points, 10 rebounds and 13 points, 10 rebounds) in Ferro Carril’s continuing win streak.
Trevor Lacey had 18 points in Cremona’s overtime win.
Polly Mack finished T-11th at the Aramco Team Series event in Riyadh.
Peyton Wilson was 4-for-12 in 3 Arizona Fall League games.
