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Heisman winner and a two-sport athlete who is under contract with the Oakland As and his agent says he's done with football but Kyler didn't close the door.
I haven't seen any threads on the kid and was hoping to get an insight into his NFL football potential since no mocks have him at the top of the board that I've seen.
My feeling is that no one will touch him at the top of the draft but someone might take a flyer late even if they know he will play baseball for a season or two.
As Kyler Murray's NFL Stock Rises, Questions About His Future Persist
I haven't seen any threads on the kid and was hoping to get an insight into his NFL football potential since no mocks have him at the top of the board that I've seen.
My feeling is that no one will touch him at the top of the draft but someone might take a flyer late even if they know he will play baseball for a season or two.
As Kyler Murray's NFL Stock Rises, Questions About His Future Persist
The biggest/littlest thing working against him as an NFL QB prospect is his height, listed at 5'11 but 'probably' shorter. Russell Wilson is 5'11, Brees is 6'0, and Baker Mayfield is just under 6'1.He signed with the Oakland A's, but Oklahoma QB Kyler Murray faces NFL decision...Murray’s NFL Draft stock is rising. So much so that ESPN’s NFL Draft guru, Todd McShay, said Wednesday he thinks the two-sport star and current Oklahoma quarterback can go in the first round.
“I think Kyler Murray would be a first-round pick,” McShay said.
“I think the league is changing. It’s more about quick-twitch guys who can get the ball out and can move. He does that as well as anyone in the country, and I think he’s going to win the Heisman because of it. He’s made a decision to go to play baseball, and it’s probably the smart decision for the long-term of his career, but I’d love to see him give it a shot in the NFL because I think he has a chance to be a really good starting quarterback at the next level.”
Murray, of course, was drafted ninth overall by the Oakland A’s in the 2018 MLB Draft and inked a $4.66 million signing bonus. But the A’s allowed Murray to return to Oklahoma for his redshirt junior season to play quarterback, and he promptly lit the college football world aflame, leading the Sooners to a spot in the College Football Playoff and becoming one of three finalists for the Heisman Trophy Award, which will be handed out Saturday.
Murray leads all college quarterbacks in passing efficiency, is second in touchdowns (40) and third in passing yards (4,053). The dual-threat quarterback has actually totaled more touchdowns (48) and yards (4,945) than Baker Mayfield.
And Mayfield went No. 1 overall in last year’s NFL Draft.
Just think what happens if Sooners head coach Lincoln Riley takes an NFL HC job?...Dungy thinks back 25 years.
He was Vikings defensive coordinator, scouting draft prospects. Heisman Trophy winner Charlie Ward was lighting opponents up for 3,032 yards and 27 touchdowns to land Florida State’s first-ever national title. Dungy told then-Vikings coach Dennis Green to pursue Ward.
“As a defensive coach at the time,” Dungy told USA TODAY Sports, “I’m thinking, ‘Man. I would not want to play against this guy and all the headaches he would provide.’”
But would Ward, who instead became a first-round NBA pick with a 12-year career, sign if the Vikings risked the selection?
“It was really a conundrum,” Dungy said.
...“The game has evolved,” Murray’s father Kevin, who helped Texas A&M beat Heisman dual-sport athlete Bo Jackson in the 1986 Cotton Bowl, told USA TODAY Sports. “And so has the quarterback position.”
Murray’s ability to read, process and deliver are “critically important traits” teams look for, Kevin Murray says.
“He flat knows how to play,” said Steinberg, whose clientele have included Mahomes and Troy Aikman. “If a team could overlook the size situation, they’d have a prototypical player.”
Gil Brandt agrees. Brandt, who spent 29 years as the Cowboys’ vice president of personnel, calls Murray “probably as a good a runner/passer combination as any quarterback I’ve ever seen.” He’s certain scouts are writing reports on Murray.
Draft analyst Dane Brugler projects Murray a top-50 pick, depending on which teams in the market for quarterback buy in to Murray’s skill set. ESPN draft expert Mel Kiper Jr. said Wednesday that if Murray were three inches taller, “he’d be the No. 1 pick overall hands down. Then he would have a big decision to make.”
Instead, Kiper says, Murray would fall to Round 2. ESPN draft expert Todd McShay insists he’d go in the first.
...Murray’s baseball contract hasn’t stopped the NFL from hoping.
He told Tim Tebow on ESPN last weekend that he’d discuss his future with his family after the Sooners’ playoff run.
“Weigh out the option of what the NFL thinks of me,” Murray said. “Right now, my future is already kind of planned out, but we’ll see what happens.”
Sooners coach Lincoln Riley has told inquiring NFL minds simply that Murray “loves football.”
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