Allen Bernard Hurns (born November 12, 1991) is an
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...
wide receiver who is a free agent. He was signed by the
Jacksonville Jaguars
The Jacksonville Jaguars are a professional American football team based in Jacksonville, Florida. The Jaguars compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) South division. The team pla ...
as an
undrafted free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player who is eligible to sign with other clubs or franchises; i.e., not under contract to any specific team. The term is also used in reference to a player who is under contract at present but who is a ...
in 2014. He played
college football at the
University of Miami
The University of Miami (UM, UMiami, Miami, U of M, and The U) is a private research university in Coral Gables, Florida. , the university enrolled 19,096 students in 12 colleges and schools across nearly 350 academic majors and programs, i ...
.
Early years
Hurns attended
Miami Carol City Senior High School
Miami Carol City Senior High School (MCCSH) is a public high school located at 3301 Miami Gardens Drive
in Miami Gardens, Florida, United States. It was established in 1963. The school is part of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools system. The sc ...
in
Miami, Florida
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. He played
high school football
High school football (french: football au lycée) is gridiron football played by high school teams in the United States and Canada. It ranks among the most popular interscholastic sports in both countries, but its popularity is declining, part ...
as a wide receiver and ran track. As a junior, he totaled 23 receptions for 450 yards and seven touchdowns. As a senior, he collected six receptions for 110 yards, before suffering a season-ending injury.
In
track, he ran a career-best time of 11.69 seconds in the
100 meters
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at the 2006 Broward County Championships, where he placed 4th. He placed 3rd in the
400 meters
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at the 2008 Hallandale Invitational, setting a personal-best time of 50.30 seconds. At the 2008 FHSAA 4A Region 4 Meet, he recorded a career-best time of 22.11 seconds in the
200 meters, placing 7th in the prelims.
Regarded as a three-star recruit by ''
Rivals.com
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History
Rivals.com was founded in 1998 by Jim Heckma ...
'', Hurns was ranked as one of top 100 wide receivers in the nation by ''
Scout.com
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''.
College career
Hurns accepted a football scholarship from the
University of Miami
The University of Miami (UM, UMiami, Miami, U of M, and The U) is a private research university in Coral Gables, Florida. , the university enrolled 19,096 students in 12 colleges and schools across nearly 350 academic majors and programs, i ...
. As a true freshman, he appeared in nine games focusing on
special teams
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, while registering four tackles. As a sophomore, he started seven out of 12 games, tallying 31 receptions (third on the team) for 415 yards (third on the team), a 13.4-yard average and four touchdowns.
As a junior, he missed spring practice while recovering from surgery to fix a torn labrum. He started 8 out of 11 games, making 28 receptions (fourth on the team) for 314 yards (sixth on the team), an 11.2-yard average and four touchdowns. He did not play in the third game against
Bethune-Cookman University because of a concussion. He suffered a broken left thumb in the tenth game against the
University of Virginia
The University of Virginia (UVA) is a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. Founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, the university is ranked among the top academic institutions in the United States, with highly selective ad ...
.
As a senior, he started 11 out of 13 games, leading the team with 62 receptions for 1,162 yards (18.7-yard avg.) and six touchdowns. He also received the
Jack Harding
John Joseph Harding (January 4, 1898 – February 24, 1963) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at St. Thomas College—now the University of ...
Award as the Hurricanes Most Valuable Player, after setting the school single-season record with 1,162 receiving yards.
During his collegiate career, he started 26 of 45 games and had 121 receptions for 1,891 yards and 14
touchdowns
A touchdown (abbreviated as TD) is a scoring play in gridiron football. Whether running, passing, returning a kickoff or punt, or recovering a turnover, a team scores a touchdown by advancing the ball into the opponent's end zone. In Amer ...
for the Hurricanes.
College statistics
Professional career
Jacksonville Jaguars
2014 season: Rookie year
On May 11, 2014, the
Jacksonville Jaguars
The Jacksonville Jaguars are a professional American football team based in Jacksonville, Florida. The Jaguars compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) South division. The team pla ...
signed Hurns as an
undrafted free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player who is eligible to sign with other clubs or franchises; i.e., not under contract to any specific team. The term is also used in reference to a player who is under contract at present but who is a ...
to a three-year,
$1.54 million
contract
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that includes a
signing bonus of $5,000.
On September 7, he became the first rookie wide receiver in franchise history to start in a season opener. Playing against the
Philadelphia Eagles
The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia. The Eagles compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. The team play ...
, Hurns caught four passes for 110 yards and two touchdowns from quarterback
Chad Henne
Chad Steven Henne (; born July 2, 1985) is an American football quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Michigan. While there, Henne became only the second true freshman st ...
. His first two receptions in the first quarter both went for touchdowns, making Hurns only the second wide receiver in NFL history to record touchdowns on his first two catches (
Charles Rogers of the
Detroit Lions was the other in
2003), and the first rookie to ever score two receiving touchdowns in the first quarter of his first game. In his rookie season, Hurns recorded 51 receptions for 677 yards and six touchdowns.
2015 season
On November 29, 2015, Hurns was hospitalized after a head injury during Week 11 against the
San Diego Chargers by hitting his head after attempting a diving catch. He was released from the hospital later that day. Hurns did not practice on December 3, 2015, and remained in concussion protocol. On December 4, 2015, the Jaguars announced that Hurns would not play in Week 13 against the
Tennessee Titans
The Tennessee Titans are a professional American football team based in Nashville, Tennessee. The Titans compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) South division, and play their hom ...
. Hurns finished the 2015 season with 64 receptions, 1,031 yards and 10 touchdowns, which all remain his current career highs. As of 2015, Hurns holds the record for most touchdowns in first two seasons for an undrafted free agent in NFL history (16), and was the only wide receiver to score a touchdown in seven straight games, all while playing with a sports hernia. He was ranked 89th by his fellow players on the
NFL Top 100 Players of 2016.
2016 season
On June 2, 2016, Hurns signed a four-year, $40 million contract extension with $16 million guaranteed.
Hurns regressed in the 2016 season from his successful season the previous year. He started and appeared in every game up until Week 13. On October 2, he caught his first touchdown of the season against the
Indianapolis Colts. On October 27, Hurns caught seven passes for a season-high 98 yards and a touchdown against the
Tennessee Titans
The Tennessee Titans are a professional American football team based in Nashville, Tennessee. The Titans compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) South division, and play their hom ...
. In Week 12 against the
Buffalo Bills, he caught his third touchdown of the season. He suffered a hamstring injury against the
Buffalo Bills that sidelined him for the final 5 games of the season. The Jaguars finished with a record of 3-13 and did not qualify for the playoffs. In 11 games, he posted career-lows in total receptions (35), receiving yards (477), and touchdowns (3).
2017 season
In the season opener against the
Houston Texans, Hurns' teammate
Allen Robinson
Allen Bernard Robinson II (born August 24, 1993) is an American football wide receiver for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the second round of the 2014 NFL Draft, and ...
was lost for the season due to a torn ACL. As a result, Hurns had to step up in the offense. During Week 2 against the
Tennessee Titans
The Tennessee Titans are a professional American football team based in Nashville, Tennessee. The Titans compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) South division, and play their hom ...
, he recorded six receptions for 82 yards and his first touchdown of the season. The next week against the
Baltimore Ravens
The Baltimore Ravens are a professional American football team based in Baltimore, Maryland. The Ravens compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) North division. The team plays it ...
, he caught another touchdown. The last time a Jaguar caught a touchdown in consecutive games was
Marqise Lee
Marqise Lee (born November 25, 1991) is an American football wide receiver who is a free agent. He was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the second round of the 2014 NFL Draft. He played college football at USC, where he was the 2012 Bilet ...
in November 2016. On October 22, Hurns caught five passes against the
Indianapolis Colts and topped 100 yards for the first time since December 2015. On his 26th birthday, Hurns caught a season high seven passes for seventy yards but left the game with an ankle injury against the
Los Angeles Chargers
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. He was declared inactive from the tenth to the fifteenth game of the season with an ankle injury. The Jaguars finished with a 10–6 record and made the playoffs for the first time since 2007. Hurns was shutout in the
Wild Card Round win against the
Buffalo Bills and only caught one pass in the
Divisional Round win against the
Pittsburgh Steelers. In the
AFC Championship
The AFC Championship Game is the annual championship game of the American Football Conference (AFC) and one of the two semi-final playoff games of the National Football League (NFL), the largest professional American football league in the world. ...
against the
New England Patriots, he caught six passes for 80 yards. Hurns' 80 yards were the most receiving yards by a Jaguar in the playoffs since
Matt Jones in 2006. Including playoffs, Hurns finished the season with 46 catches for 576 yards and a career-low two touchdowns.
On March 20, 2018, Hurns was released by the Jaguars.
Dallas Cowboys
On March 23, 2018, Hurns signed a two-year contract with the
Dallas Cowboys
The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. The Cowboys compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East divi ...
worth up to $12 million, who were looking to upgrade their receiving corps after releasing
wide receiver Dez Bryant
Desmond Demond Bryant (born November 4, 1988) is an American football wide receiver who is a free agent. He played college football at Oklahoma State, where he earned All-American honors in 2008. He was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the fir ...
on April 13. Hurns changed his jersey number to 17 to honor the
Parkland Shooting victims.
During the season, Hurns was expected to be the main starter as part of a wide-receiver-by-committee approach. He was a backup behind
Terrance Williams
Terrance Tyrone Williams (born September 8, 1989) is an American football wide receiver for the Zappers of Fan Controlled Football (FCF). He played college football at Baylor, where he earned All-American recognition, before being drafted b ...
in the season-opening 16-8 road loss to the
Carolina Panthers
The Carolina Panthers are a professional American football team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Panthers compete in the National Football League (NFL), as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) South division. ...
, where he had one catch for 20 yards. Hurns was named the starter over Williams in the second game against the
New York Giants. During Week 5, Hurns scored his first touchdown of the season on a 3-yard pass from
Dak Prescott
Rayne Dakota Prescott (born July 29, 1993) is an American football quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Mississippi State, where he twice received first-team All- SEC honors, a ...
as the Cowboys lost to the
Houston Texans on the road in overtime by a score of 19–16. Hurns' production and effectiveness would continue to decrease in the following games.
Hurns was used very sparingly in the latter half of the season, losing his starting position after the Cowboys traded a 2019 first-round draft choice to the
Oakland Raiders in exchange for
Amari Cooper
Amari Cooper (born June 17, 1994) is an American football wide receiver for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Alabama, where he was the Biletnikoff Award winner as the nation's top receiv ...
on October 22, to take over the number one receiver role and also gave more playing time to rookie
Michael Gallup
Michael Gallup (born March 4, 1996) is an American football wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Colorado State Rams football, Colorado State.
Early years
Gallup attended Mon ...
. In the season finale against the
New York Giants, Hurns had a 49-yard reception as the Cowboys narrowly won 36–35. Hurns finished the regular season setting career-lows in receptions (20) and receiving yards (295). He tied a career-low in receiving touchdowns with two.
On January 5, 2019, Hurns suffered a serious ankle injury after being tackled by
Seattle Seahawks safety
Bradley McDougald
Bradley McDougald (born November 15, 1990) is an American football safety who is a free agent. He played college football at Kansas and was signed by the Kansas City Chiefs as undrafted free agent in 2013. He has also played for the Tampa Bay Bu ...
, in the first quarter of the
Wild Card Round of the NFC playoffs. His left foot was turned 90 degrees outward as he laid on the ground and had to be popped back into place by doctors. It was later revealed that Hurns suffered a dislocated ankle and a broken fibula, forcing him to miss the rest of the playoffs. He was placed on injured reserve on January 8, 2019.
On July 23, 2019, Hurns was released by the Cowboys due to salary cap reasons after the team asked him to reduce his salary and he declined.
Miami Dolphins
On July 26, 2019, Hurns signed a one-year deal with the
Miami Dolphins
The Miami Dolphins are a professional American football team based in the Miami metropolitan area. They compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member team of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) East division. The team p ...
, his hometown team.
During a Week 8 14-27 road loss to the
Pittsburgh Steelers, Hurns caught his first touchdown of the season on a 12-yard reception from
Ryan Fitzpatrick
Ryan Joseph Fitzpatrick (born November 24, 1982) is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 17 seasons. During his career, Fitzpatrick started at quarterback for nine different teams, the most ...
. He missed the fourth game against the
Los Angeles Chargers
The Los Angeles Chargers are a professional American football team based in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The Chargers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the American Football Conference (AFC) West division, and ...
with a concussion. On November 16, 2019, he signed a two-year extension with the Dolphins worth $8 million with $3.27 million guaranteed.
He finished his first season with the Dolphins with 32 receptions for 416 yards and two touchdowns.
Hurns chose to opt-out of the 2020 season due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identi ...
on August 4, 2020.
On August 17, 2021, Hurns was placed on season-ending injured reserve.
On March 24, 2022, Hurns was released by the Dolphins.
NFL career statistics
Regular season
Postseason
References
External links
Miami Hurricanes bio
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1991 births
Living people
American football wide receivers
Dallas Cowboys players
Jacksonville Jaguars players
Miami Dolphins players
Miami Hurricanes football players
Players of American football from Miami
Miami Carol City Senior High School alumni