He played college football for the University of Florida, and was a member of two BCS National Championship teams.

In Week 9 against San Francisco 49ers, Hurt made his NFL debut and first career start as left guard of the offensive line.

[7][8] During training camp, he split snaps at left guard with Josh LeRibeus after Kory Lichtensteiger had arthroscopic surgery and split snaps at right tackle with Tyler Polumbus and Willie Smith after Jammal Brown was placed on the physically unable to perform (PUP) list.

[9][10] After playing as a reserve guard for most of the season, Hurt started at right tackle in Week 16 against the Philadelphia Eagles for Tyler Polumbus, who suffered a concussion in the previous game.

[11][12] Hurt was placed on the Redskins PUP list on August 31, 2013, to allow him to recover from arthroscopic knee surgery, meaning he would miss at least the first six games of the 2013 season.