Jalen Hurts will likely transfer from Alabama if he doesn't win the Tide's quarterback competition against Tua Tagovailoa, his father Averion Hurts has told .Hurts, a two-year starter who compiled a 26-2 record for Alabama, was benched in favor of Tagovailoa in the second half of the Tide's College Football Playoff title game Ashtyn Davis Jersey against Georgia. Tagovailoa led Alabama to a 26-23 overtime win after Georgia jumped out to a 13-0 halftime lead.MORE: "I told Jalen, you fed up, you opened the door and put yourself in this situation," Averion Hurts told Bleacher Reportin Hurts' hometown of Channelview, Texas. "Now it's up to you to dig yourself out."In the event Hurts isn't able to reclaim the starting position, Kyle Phillips Jersey however, Averion Hurts suspects his son won't change positions at Alabama: "He's not a tight end or an H-back or anything else." If he doesn't beat out Tagovailoa, he said, he sees one outcome:"He'd be the biggest free agent in college football history," he said.Hurts would have two years of eligibility remaining if he did transfer.MORE: The situation is complicated further Thomas Hennessy Jersey now that Tagovailoa, widely considered the favorite to win the job, that might keep him from participating in the Tide's spring game on Saturday.There's also a strong po sibility the loser of Alabama's spring game could Lamarcus Joyner Jersey transfer, as both Hurts and Tagovailoa are talented enough to start elsewhere. If that were to happen,Alabama would have only two scholarship quarterbacks on the roster after ECU graduate transfer Gardner Minshew to the Tide in favor of Washington State."Coach (Nick) Saban's job is to do what's best for his team. I have no problem with that," Averion Hurts told Bleacher Report. "My job is to do what's best for Jalenand make no mistake, Jalen is a quarterback, and he wants to play quarterback."It will be interesting to see how Saban handles this situation, just days ahead of the Tide's spring game. Breece Hall Jersey It's likely he will keep this competitiongoing well into the week of the Tide's season-opener against Louisville.Regardle s, he will have to deal with the po sibility of losing a very talented quarterback whether it be Hurts or Tagovailoa.