The curtain fell on the 2024 football season Sunday night with the Philadelphia Eagles winning Super Bowl 59 against the Kansas City Chiefs in New Orleans. Eagles QB Jalen Hurts won the game’s Most Valuable Player Award after completing 17 of 22 attempts for 221 yards and two touchdowns with a 119.7 rating.
Hurts, who played his high school football at Channelview in Texas, added 72 rushing yards and one touchdown on the ground in the Eagles’ 40-22 victory over the Chiefs. It was the most rushing yards by a quarterback ever in a Super Bowl.
During his high school career at Channelview, his dad, Averion, was his head coach. Below are Hurts’ senior HUDL highlights when he passed for 2,384 yards with 26 touchdowns and rushed for 1,391 yards and 25 scores.
Averion Hurts just completed his 19th season as the head coach at Channelview.
By winning the Pete Rozelle Award, Hurts becomes the 34th quarterback to take home the Super Bowl MVP. It also marks the eighth time that the award has been given to a former high schooler from the Lone Star State.
Overall, 19 different states have former high school football players that have won MVP awards.
- California – 14
- Texas – 8
- Louisiana – 6
- Florida, Pennsylvania – 5
- Ohio – 4
- Georgia – 3
- Alabama, New Jersey, Washington – 2
- Connecticut, Delaware, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, Oklahoma, West Virginia – 1
Super Bowl MVP’s in High School
| Super Bowl | Name/Team | Position | High School/State |
| I | Bart Starr – Green Bay Packers | QB | Sidney Lanier (Alabama) |
| II | Bart Starr – Green Bay Packers | QB | Sidney Lanier (Alabama) |
| III | Joe Namath – New York Jets | QB | Beaver Falls (Pennsylvania) |
| IV | Len Dawson – Kansas City Chiefs | QB | Alliance (Ohio) |
| V | Chuck Howley – Dallas Cowboys | LB | Warwood (West Virginia) |
| VI | Roger Staubach – Dallas Cowboys | QB | Purcell (Ohio) |
| VII | Jake Scott – Miami Dolphins | S | Bullis School (Maryland) |
| VIII | Larry Csonka – Miami Dolphins | RB | Stow-Munroe Falls (Ohio) |
| IX | Franco Harris – Pittsburgh Steelers | RB | Rancocas Valley (New Jersey) |
| X | Lynn Swann – Pittsburgh Steelers | WR | Serra (San Mateo, California) |
| XI | Fred Biletnikoff – Oakland Raiders | WR | Technical Memorial (Erie, Pennsylvania) |
| XII | Harvey Martin – Dallas Cowboys | DE | South Oak Cliff (Texas) |
| Randy White – Dallas Cowboys | DT | McKean (Delaware) | |
| XIII | Terry Bradshaw – Pittsburgh Steelers | QB | Woodlawn (Shreveport, Louisiana) |
| XiV | Terry Bradshaw – Pittsburgh Steelers | QB | Woodlawn (Shreveport, Louisiana) |
| XV | Jim Plunkett – Oakland Raiders | QB | Overfelt (California) |
| XVI | Joe Montana – San Francisco 49ers | QB | Ringgold (Pennsylvania) |
| XVII | John Riggins – Washington Redskins | RB | Centralia (Kansas) |
| XVIII | Marcus Allen – Los Angeles Raiders | RB | Lincoln (San Diego, California) |
| XIX | Joe Montana – San Francisco 49ers | QB | Ringgold (Pennsylvania) |
| XX | Richard Dent – Chicago Bears | DE | J.C. Murphy (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| XXI | Phil Simms – New York Giants | QB | Southern (Kentucky) |
| XXII | Doug Williams – Washington Redskins | QB | Chaneyville (Louisiana) |
| XXIII | Jerry Rice – San Francisco 49ers | WR | B.L. Moor (Mississippi) |
| XXIV | Joe Montana – San Francisco 49ers | QB | Ringgold (Pennsylvania) |
| XXV | Otis Anderson – New York Giants | RB | Forest Hill (Florida) |
| XXVI | Mark Rypien – Washington Redskins | QB | Shadie Park (Washington) |
| XXVII | Troy Aikman – Dallas Cowboys | QB | Henryetta (Oklahoma) |
| XXVIII | Emmitt Smith – Dallas Cowboys | RB | Escambia (Florida) |
| XXIX | Steve Young – San Francisco 49ers | QB | Greenwich (Connecticut) |
| XXX | Larry Brown – Dallas Cowboys | CB | Los Angeles HS (California) |
| XXXI | Desmond Howard – Green Bay Packers | KR/PR | St. Joseph (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| XXXII | Terrell Davis – Denver Broncos | RB | Lincoln (San Diego, California) |
| XXXIII | John Elway – Denver Broncos | QB | Granada Hills (California) |
| XXXIV | Kurt Warner – St. Louis Rams | QB | Regis (Iowa) |
| XXXV | Ray Lewis – Baltimore Ravens | LB | Kathleen (Florida) |
| XXXVI | Tom Brady – New England Patriots | QB | Serra (San Mateo, California) |
| XXXVII | Dexter Jackson – Tampa Bay Buccaneers | S | Shanks (Quincy, Florida) |
| XXXVIII | Tom Brady – New England Patriots | QB | Serra (San Mateo, California) |
| XXXIX | Deion Branch – New England Patriots | WR | Monroe (Albany, Georgia) |
| XL | Hines Ward – Pittsburgh Steelers | WR | Forest Park (Georgia) |
| XLI | Peyton Manning – Indianapolis Colts | QB | Isidore Newman (Louisiana) |
| XLII | Eli Manning – New York Giants | QB | Isidore Newman (Louisiana) |
| XLIII | Santonio Holmes – Pittsburgh Steelers | WR | Glades Central (Florida) |
| XLIV | Drew Brees – New Orleans Saints | QB | Westlake (Austin, Texas) |
| XLV | Aaron Rodgers – Green Bay Packers | QB | Pleasant Valley (California) |
| XLVI | Eli Manning – New York Giants | QB | Isidore Newman (Louisiana) |
| XLVII | Joe Flacco – Baltimore Ravens | QB | Audubon (New Jersey) |
| XLVIII | Malcolm Smith – Seattle Seahawks | LB | Taft (Woodland Hills, California) |
| XLIX | Tom Brady – New England Patriots | QB | Serra (San Mateo, California) |
| 50 | Von Miller – Denver Broncos | LB | DeSoto (Texas) |
| LI | Tom Brady – New England Patriots | QB | Serra (San Mateo, California) |
| LII | Nick Foles – Philadelphia Eagles | QB | Westlake (Austin, Texas) |
| LIII | Julian Edelman – New England Patriots | WR | Woodside (California) |
| LIV | Patrick Mahomes – Kansas City Chiefs | QB | Whitehouse (Texas) |
| LV | Tom Brady – Tampa Bay Buccaneers | QB | Serra (San Mateo, California) |
| LVI | Cooper Kupp – Los Angeles Rams | WR | Davis (Washington) |
| LVII | Patrick Mahomes – Kansas City Chiefs | QB | Whitehouse (Texas) |
| LVIII | Patrick Mahomes – Kansas City Chiefs | QB | Whitehouse (Texas) |
| LIX | Jalen Hurts – Philadelphia Eagles | QB | Channelview (Texas) |
