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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Jack Rathborn

Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts out for season after blood clots discovered on his lungs

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts is likely out for the rest of the 2026 NFL season after beginning treatment for blood clots on his lungs.

Hurts was placed on IR last Saturday, two days after the Eagles revealed a blood clot was found on his calf, but after the Eagles and Hurts' agent Nicole Lynn confirmed Hurts has deep vein thrombosis and a bilateral pulmonary emboli, the blood clot has travelled from the legs to the lungs.

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