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Eagles defensive end Matt Leo, on the team’s practice squad, played for three seasons with Purdy at Iowa State.
"I remember when he came in straight out of high school, he was already working out before the semester even started," Leo said. "Seeing that competitive nature in him, I knew the kind of tone he was going to bring to the team. And he did." Fast forward to 2022, when Purdy was the last player drafted, yet made the 49ers’ roster as the third-string QB and improbably took over after Trey Lance and Jimmy Garoppolo both got hurt. Purdy is now the third rookie quarterback ever to win two NFL playoff starts, the fifth to reach the conference title game as a starter and will look to be the first to reach the Super Bowl.
The 24-year-old Hurts had his own travails in three seasons at Alabama, which included getting benched at halftime of the 2018 national championship game. Hurts used his final year of eligibility to transfer to Oklahoma and finished second in Heisman Trophy voting."I have a lot of respect for . He’s always been a really good player," Hurts said.
"I think that was just a great experience for me to go back to and remember how I felt, what was going through my mind, how did it affect my decisions," Purdy said.
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