Hurley first played Gaelic football as a six-year-old at juvenile level with the Castlehaven club.
[1][2] He progressed through the various juvenile and underage grades, while he also played as a schoolboy with Rossa College in Skibbereen.
[6] At inter-county level, Hurley first played for Cork during a two-year tenure with the minor team.
[7] Hurley's three-year tenure with the under-21 team yielded three successive Munster U21FC medals, however, his last game was, once again, an All-Ireland final defeat.
[8] Hurley made his senior team debut in 2013, having joined the extended panel a year earlier.