--- description: Find out how Jalen Hurts is shaping the future and defining the next generation of leadership. title: 2023 TIME100 Next: Jalen Hurts image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt71daacdd54b17511/698a3ff8929fad7224bfa1d5/time100-next-jalen-hurts-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Sep 13, 2023 # Jalen Hurts by Peyton Manning  Jalen Hurts Jalen HurtsKrista Schlueter for TIME I first met Jalen Hurts—who led the Philadelphia Eagles to the [Super Bowl earlier this year](https://time.com/6254827/rihanna-super-bowl-halftime-show-highlights-2023/ "undefined")—when he was in college and a counselor at the Manning Passing Academy, a summer football camp for high school players. I’ve admired him ever since. I strongly respect his willingness to learn. He’s always thinking about getting better. For example, he will sometimes text me questions about plays that his team can run in the red zone. Though I sometimes have to remind him I haven’t played in seven years (I have to dig into some old archives to remember plays), I’ve so enjoyed these conversations. Jalen is a natural leader who cares about his job and the organization that he plays for. The Eagles signed Jalen to a record-­breaking contract extension this offseason, and he feels that accountability and responsibility to make them glad they made that investment. He’s not celebrating. He doesn’t see it as a reward. He sees it for what it is: the Eagles are paying him for what they expect him to do now. He’s a model of how to approach a job. This is where the hard work begins. _Manning is a two-time Super Bowl champion_  Photograph by Krista Schlueter for TIME Styling by Dex Robinson. Prop styling by Emilie Fosnocht Jalen Hurts Is on the TIME100 Next 2023 List ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2023/6308469/jalen-hurts-2/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2023/6308469/jalen-hurts-2/"},"headline":"Jalen Hurts","datePublished":"2023-09-13T11:00:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:18:55.883Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2023/6308469/jalen-hurts-2/","keywords":["TIME 100 Next","sponsorshipblock","time100nextartists23"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt71daacdd54b17511/698a3ff8929fad7224bfa1d5/time100-next-jalen-hurts-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt71daacdd54b17511/698a3ff8929fad7224bfa1d5/time100-next-jalen-hurts-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2023/6308469/jalen-hurts-2/","name":"Jalen Hurts"}}]}] ```