Eagles’ Jalen Hurts Pays for Funeral of Slain HS Football Player, per Report

The Philadelphia Eagles quarterback showed an act of goodwill in the midst of tragedy in his hometown of Houston.

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts is paying the funeral expenses of a slain high school football player from Hurts’s hometown of Houston, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network.

Jarvon Coles, an 18-year-old football player from North Shore High School in Houston, was shot and killed at a house party in Humble, a Houston suburb, on March 9. North Shore High School is a rival school of Hurts’s alma mater, Channelview High.

Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts reportedly is covering the funeral expenses for a slain high school football player in his hometown of Houston :: Joe Nicholson/USA TODAY Sports

Officers responded to a welfare check call after reports of underage drinking at a rental property, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, per KHOU-TV. After arriving on the scene, Coles was found unresponsive. EMS attempted to perform CPR before realizing that Coles had suffered a gunshot wound.

Coles was taken from the scene to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Officers determined that during the party, a car with several people drove by the property and opened fire. To date, no arrests have been made in the killing.