Kyler Murray is an American football quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL).
Let’s find out some trivia and facts about his life and career.
- His full name is Kyler Cole Murray
- He was born on August 7, 1997
- He is an American football quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL)
- Following a stint with Texas A&M
- He played college football at Oklahoma
- There he won the Heisman Trophy as a junior
- Murray was selected first overall by the Cardinals in the 2019 NFL Draft
- 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
- Setting several Cardinals franchise rookie quarterback records
- He received consecutive Pro Bowl selections during his next two seasons
- While leading Arizona to the playoffs in 2021
- Murray was born in Bedford, Texas, to Kevin Murray and Misun Henderson
- He attended Allen High School in Allen, Texas
- As a senior in 2014, he was the Gatorade Football Player of the Year
- His team won three straight state championships and 43 games in a row
- 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
- In January 2019, Murray announced that he would enter the 2019 NFL Draft
- On February 11, he announced his decision to focus on his football career, forgoing baseball
- Murray was drafted first overall by the Arizona Cardinals in the 2019 NFL Draft
- Becoming the shortest quarterback drafted in the first round
- The pick made Murray the first player to be drafted in the first round of both the NFL and MLB drafts
- This was the first time that two quarterbacks from the same university have gone in the first round in successive seasons after Baker Mayfield was selected first in the 2018 NFL Draft
- He was the first quarterback under 6 feet selected number one in an NFL draft
- On May 9, 2019, Murray signed his four year rookie contract, worth $35.2 million with the Cardinals
- Murray is a Christian
- Murray’s father, Kevin Murray, was a quarterback at Texas A&M from 1983 to 1986
- His uncle, University of Texas alumnus Calvin Murray, is a former professional baseball player for the San Francisco Giants, Texas Rangers, and Chicago Cubs
- Murray is a third-generation Korean American
- With his maternal grandmother being a South Korean national
- His cousin, Devin Duvernay, is a University of Texas alumnus
- He is a wide receiver for the Baltimore Ravens
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