Why Philadelphia Eagles’ Jalen Hurts & Fiancée Bry Burrows Are Endgame

Eagles Quarterback Jalen Hurts and Fiancee Bry Burrows' Relationship Timeline

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Originally appeared on E! Online

Jalen Hurts is ready for his do-over.

The Philadelphia Eagles are playing in their second Super Bowl in three years on Feb. 9—and their opponent is once again the Kansas City Chiefs, the Patrick Mahomes-led team that defeated them in 2023 by the heartbreaking score of 38-35.

But that was then and this is now.

“Next question,” Hurts said with a small smile when the Eagles quarterback was recently asked what his most vivid memory from that game was.

Not that the 26-year-old isn’t fired up as the Eagles look to deny the Chiefs a historic championship three-peat in Super Bowl LIX at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.

“You’re motivated by any time you come up short in anything, having that perspective of just trying to learn from all your lessons,” Hurts explained during a Jan. 31 press conference. “No shortcoming is bigger than another, you just want to learn from them all.”

Meanwhile, his M.O. is the same advice he gives his teammates who have never played on football’s biggest stage before: “My approach is just to take it a day at a time,” he said. “It starts with the preparation throughout the week, being diligent with the work, putting the time in, putting forth the effort—so when it’s time to go out there and go, you feel prepared.”

Wise words from a quarterback who’s been up and down the field a few times.

In addition to having the perspective that comes with time and experience, Hurts is also headed to the big game this year with a fiancée in his cheering section: He got engaged to sweetheart Bryonna “Bry” Rivera Burrows at the beginning of the 2024 season.

So the Chiefs can have former Eagles fan Taylor Swift.

Hurts met Burrows at University of Alabama and they dated on and off through his transfer to University of Oklahoma, where he played one season before being drafted by the Eagles in 2020.

The fans who’ve been rooting for them ever since noticed a big diamond on that finger when she cozied up to her QB on the sideline when the Eagles played the Packers Sept. 6 in São Paolo, Brazil. And the super-private athlete, who had previously shared with Essence that he was “spoken for,” confirmed their suspicions a couple weeks later.

Jalen Hurts, Bryonna Burrows, NFL quarterbacks love lives — Mike Coppola/Getty Images for Prime Video

Though there may have been a little interference along the way, Hurts told the publication in 2023 he “knew a long time ago” that Burrows was the one. “I mean, to this point in my life, that’s an irreplaceable feeling. I think that’s what allowed us to get to where we are now.”

So while he takes his job seriously—”In the end, it’s a business trip,” he said of the mission at hand—Hurts isn’t all work and no play.

Before Super Bowl LIX kicks off, brush up on your Hurts stats right here: