"It's just the way he talks," one of Hurts' former teammates said. "But even deeper than that, it's more so the way he looks at life."

Hurts, 26, announced his engagement to longtime girlfriend Bryonna "Bry" Burrows in September 2024. The couple shared engagement photos with Essence and Hurts previously told the magazine he knew Burrows, whom he met while he was a student at the University of Alabama, was "the one" for him.

"It lit a flame, lit a fire in me," Hurts told reporters on Feb. 3 about the Eagles loss against the Chiefs two years ago