Jurgens was born on January 1, 2000, and grew up in Damascus, Maryland.[1] He attended Damascus High School where he was team captain and was a top offensive lineman, helping the team go 42–0 in his career.[2] He was named first-team All-Met, All-State, and the team offensive lineman of the year as a junior, and then was first-team All-Met and the MCPS Coaches 3A-2A Player of the Year as a senior.[2] He played at the Maryland Crab Bowl all-star game and set Damascus records for single-game, season and career pancake blocks.[2] He committed to play college football for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons as a three-star recruit.[2]
Jurgens redshirted as a true freshman at Wake Forest in 2018 while appearing in two games.[2][3] He then played 13 games in 2019, and started eight games in 2020 while playing center.[2] In 2021, he started all 13 games at center and helped them to 11 wins which included a Gator Bowl victory, earning honorable mention All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) honors.[4] He again started all 13 games in 2022 and repeated as an honorable mention All-ACC selection.[2] He opted to return for a final season in 2023.[5] He was team captain and was chosen second-team All-ACC in his last year.[6]
