Kyler Murray

Kyler Cole Murray (born August 7, 1997) is an American football quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL).

Following a stint with Texas A&M University, Murray played college football at the University of Oklahoma, where he won the Heisman Trophy as a junior.

As a senior in 2014, he was the Gatorade Football Player of the Year and became the first player to be named Mr. Texas Football twice.

His team won three straight state championships and 43 games in a row.

He missed one start during this streak and finished his career with a perfect 42–0 record as a starting quarterback.

Murray was ranked by ESPN, Scout.com, and 247Sports as a five-star recruit and the best dual-threat quarterback in his class.

In May 2014, he committed to Texas A&M University to play college football and college baseball.

He officially signed with them on February 4, 2015.

Murray also played baseball and was considered one of the top prospects for the 2015 Major League Baseball draft.

In high school, Murray was a shortstop and a second baseman.

He was the first player to ever be selected for both the Under Armour All-America Baseball Game and Under Armour All-America Football Game.

As a true freshman in 2015, Murray competed with Kyle Allen before the season for the starting quarterback position.

Allen won the job, with Murray appearing in games as a backup (primarily on plays involving the wildcat formation).

After the team lost two straight games in October, the competition was opened again prior to the South Carolina game, and Murray won the starting quarterback position.

In his first start, Murray threw for 223 yards and rushed for 156 yards with a passing touchdown and a rushing touchdown, making him and Cam Newton the only Southeastern Conference quarterbacks in the past 20 years to gain over 100 yards passing and rushing, including a passing touchdown and a rushing touchdown in their first career start.

In his second start the next game against Auburn, Murray threw for 105 yards while throwing three interceptions, and rushing for 37 yards in the 26–10 loss.

He rebounded from his previous game the next week against Western Carolina, throwing for 191 yards, 3 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, while rushing for 50 yards in the 41–17 blowout win.

After the game, Allen was named the starting quarterback and Murray was sidelined for the rest of the season.

On December 24, 2015, Murray announced that he was transferring to the University of Oklahoma.

Per NCAA transfer rules, he had to miss the 2016 season.

In the 2017 season, Murray was a backup quarterback to Baker Mayfield.

He got the opportunity to play in some games in relief of Mayfield.

He made his season debut in the season opener against UTEP.

In the 56–7 victory, he came into the game in the second half and finished 10-of-11 for 149 yards and a touchdown.

Two weeks later, against Tulane, he hit all three pass attempts for 103 yards and a touchdown.

On November 25, against West Virginia, he started the game after Mayfield had to sit out some of the game due to disciplinary actions in the previous game against the Kansas Jayhawks.

In the game, he hit both pass attempts for 52 total yards and a touchdown while contributing 80 rushing yards on three carries.

He was also selected ninth overall by the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB) in the 2018 draft, making him the first player to be drafted in the first round of both sports.

In his first season, Murray was named NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year after setting several Cardinals franchise rookie quarterback records.

He received consecutive Pro Bowl selections during his next two seasons, along with leading the Cardinals to the playoffs in 2021, their first appearance since 2015.

Murray ranks seventh all-time in completion percentage with at least 1,500 pass attempts.

Murray was born in Bedford, Texas to Kevin Murray and Misun Henderson.

He attended Allen High School in Allen, Texas.

Without Mayfield, Oklahoma considered Murray and Austin Kendall to start at quarterback in 2018.

Murray was chosen as the starting quarterback.

He threw for more than 4,000 yards and 42 touchdowns in the 2018 regular season, and rushed for over 1,000 yards and 12 rushing touchdowns.

In December 2018, Murray won the Heisman Trophy as the best collegiate football player in the country, giving Oklahoma back-to-back Heisman winners.

Murray helped lead Oklahoma to a Big 12 Championship win and an appearance in the College Football Playoff.

In the 2018 Orange Bowl against Alabama, he threw for 308 passing yards and had two passing touchdowns as the Sooners lost by a score of 45–34.

Murray was selected first overall by the Cardinals in the 2019 NFL Draft.