NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – On a hidden practice field at a school of fewer than 800 K-12 students on Nashville’s west side, Jared Curtis runs the Eagles’ offense.

“He has tremendous talent, but he works as hard as anyone. You put those two things together and it’s really special,” said Nashville Christian Head Coach Jeff Brothers.

Curtis’ special talent is on display on Friday nights.

He has scored 29 goals and added 12 more so far this season, helping the Eagles win a state title as they became the favorites in their division.

“This is huge,” said Curtis, a junior at the school who has 81 career TD passes so far. “This has been our main goal since the summer. We’ll go there and take care of business.”

Many major college programs would like to be involved in Jared Curtis’ business. The 6’4″, 225-pound junior is one of the highest-rated quarterbacks in the 2026 class.

He has a prototypical arm and frame that coaches covet at the next level. In fact, you’ll find Curtis making recruiting visits to campuses most weekends, and his list of scholarship offers resembles a recent Top 25 national survey.

“It’s been fun making every visit every weekend, going to colleges all over the place, but I don’t take it lightly,” Curtis said.

“It was a lot of fun to be around him and his family as they went through this,” Brothers added, “but he stayed focused on his teammates throughout our season. He called on that Friday night about what we were trying to do and didn’t worry about what was in the mail or where he was going on Saturday.”

It helps having a head coach like Jeff Brothers. Brothers, a former Vanderbilt Safety, took over the Nashville Christian program in 2010.

The Eagles won the state championship in 2015 under his guidance, and there are a handful of kids playing at the Division I level, but Curtis is on a level all his own.

“He understands football very well. He’s got a good IQ and he knows how to get the ball to us, how to get us down the field, how to score and win the game,” said sophomore Kaden Grigsby, Curtis’ favorite guy.

“This is a natural gift. It has a natural oscillation. He is a natural player of football,” Brothers said.

“I started running shorter routes in the offseason. Things that are more important than deep balls. I’m trying to put all that together and get my arm adjusted, and I still have a lot of work to do,” Curtis said.

The TSSAA playoffs continue to be in the works this week as the Eagles try to win their first state title in a decade.

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