The 6-foot-1, 199-pound quarterback is from Adelanto, California, and attended Willamette High School. People was rated as a three-star recruit in the class of 2025 and committed to LSU over Louisville, Maryland, Michigan State and others. People is one of nine LSU players set to enter the transfer portal.

He stepped away from the team for personal reasons ahead of LSU’s Week 11 matchup against Alabama and did not return to the team for the remainder of the regular season. Without Hurley, LSU’s lone healthy scholarship quarterback over the final three weeks was sophomore Michael Van Buren.

That wasn't always the case with Lane Kiffin, the former Ole Miss coach who abruptly left the Rebels at the end of the regular season to take over SEC rival LSU. Kiffin seems to spend as much time on social media as he does residing in opposing defensive coordinators' heads because of his unpredictable playcalling.