
Quarterback, Oklahoma (from Texas A&M), 2013–18
Kyler Murray
- Number
- No. 1
- Height
- 5′10″
- Weight
- 195 lb
- Class (2018)
- Junior
- Hometown
- Allen, TX
- Born
- Aug 7, 1997, in Bedford, Texas
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Kyler Murray played quarterback at Texas A&M (2013–15) and Oklahoma (2016–18). He won the 2018 Heisman Trophy, the 2018 Davey O’Brien Award and the 2018 Manning Award. The Arizona Cardinals took Murray first overall in the 2019 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
432passing yards, career highvs. Baylor, 20186touchdown passes, career highvs. Baylor, 2018156rushing yards, career highvs. South Carolina, 20153rushing touchdowns, career highvs. Kansas, 2018Honors
- 2018Heisman Trophy
- 2018Davey O’Brien Award
- 2018Manning Award
- 2018AP College Football Player of the Year
- 2018Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award
- 2018Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year
- 2018First-team All-Big 12
- 2018National leader in total offense (5,362)
- 2018National leader in total offense per game (383.0)
Team titles: Big 12 champions, 2016, 2017 and 2018
All-America: AP 2018; FWAA 2018; CBS Sports 2018; College Football News 2018; ESPN 2018; Sports Illustrated 2018; USA Today 2018
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Passing
Rushing
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Texas A&M | 1 | QB | Yr 1 | ||
| 2014 | Texas A&M | 1 | QB | Yr 2 | ||
| 2015 | Texas A&M | 1 | QB | Yr 3 | ||
| 2016 | Oklahoma | 1 | QB | Yr 4 | ||
| 2017 | Oklahoma | 1 | QB | Yr 5 | ||
| 2018 | Oklahoma | 1 | QB | Jr. (Yr 6) | 5′10″ | 195 |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Per play
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage | Adj. pass | Adj. rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Texas A&M | 174 | 0.17 | 29th (n=151) | 0.24 | 29.3 | 28% | 0.10 | 0.20 |
| 2017 | Oklahoma | 35 | 0.94 | – | – | 33.0 | 7% | – | – |
| 2018 | Oklahoma | 513 | 0.71 | 99th (n=160) | 0.26 | 365.3 | 55% | 0.87 | 0.54 |
Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.
Game by game
2018 Oklahoma 14 games, 4,364 passing yards, 42 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. | W 63–14 | 9 | 11 | 209 | 2 | 0 | 23 |
| Sep 8 | vs. | W 49–21 | 19 | 33 | 306 | 3 | 1 | 69 |
| Sep 15 | at | W 37–27 | 21 | 29 | 348 | 3 | 0 | 77 |
| Sep 22 | vs. | W 28–21 | 11 | 15 | 165 | 3 | 1 | 71 |
| Sep 29 | vs. | W 66–33 | 17 | 21 | 432 | 6 | 0 | 45 |
| Oct 6 | vs. | L 45–48 | 18 | 25 | 307 | 4 | 1 | 92 |
| Oct 20 | at | W 52–27 | 19 | 24 | 213 | 4 | 0 | 51 |
| Oct 27 | vs. | W 51–14 | 19 | 24 | 352 | 3 | 0 | 46 |
| Nov 3 | at | W 51–46 | 20 | 35 | 360 | 3 | 2 | 100 |
| Nov 10 | vs. | W 48–47 | 21 | 29 | 349 | 1 | 0 | 66 |
| Nov 17 | vs. | W 55–40 | 21 | 32 | 272 | 2 | 1 | 99 |
| Nov 23 | at | W 59–56 | 20 | 27 | 364 | 3 | 1 | 114 |
| Dec 1 | vs. | W 39–27 | 25 | 34 | 379 | 3 | 0 | 39 |
| Dec 29 ✦ | vs. | L 34–45 | 19 | 37 | 308 | 2 | 0 | 109 |
2017 Oklahoma 7 games, 359 passing yards, 3 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. | W 56–7 | 10 | 11 | 149 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Sep 9 | at | W 31–16 | – | – | – | – | – | 9 |
| Sep 16 | vs. | W 56–14 | 3 | 3 | 103 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Oct 21 | at | W 42–35 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| Nov 18 | at | W 41–3 | 3 | 5 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| Nov 25 | vs. | W 59–31 | 2 | 2 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 80 |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. | L 48–54 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 |
2015 Texas A&M 8 games, 686 passing yards, 5 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | vs. | W 38–17 | 4 | 9 | 49 | 0 | 1 | 69 |
| Sep 12 | vs. | W 56–23 | 9 | 14 | 65 | 1 | 0 | −4 |
| Sep 19 | vs. | W 44–27 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Sep 26 | vs. | W 28–21 | – | – | – | – | – | 27 |
| Oct 17 | vs. | L 23–41 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 1 | −10 |
| Oct 31 | vs. | W 35–28 | 20 | 28 | 223 | 1 | 0 | 156 |
| Nov 7 | vs. | L 10–26 | 13 | 23 | 105 | 0 | 3 | 37 |
| Nov 14 | vs. | W 41–17 | 22 | 39 | 191 | 3 | 2 | 50 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2019 |
|---|---|
| Height | 5′10⅛″ |
| Weight | 207 lb |
| Arm length | 28½″ |
| Hand size | 9½″ |
| Wingspan | 69½″W |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
8 seasons, 91 games with a stat; latest team: Minnesota Vikings.
Pro Bowls: 2 (2020–21)
| Season | Team | G | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Arizona Cardinals | 16 | 349 | 542 | 3,722 | 20 | 12 | 544 |
| 2020 | Arizona Cardinals | 16 | 375 | 558 | 3,971 | 26 | 12 | 819 |
| 2021 | Arizona Cardinals | 14 | 333 | 481 | 3,787 | 24 | 10 | 423 |
| 2022 | Arizona Cardinals | 11 | 259 | 390 | 2,368 | 14 | 7 | 418 |
| 2023 | Arizona Cardinals | 8 | 176 | 268 | 1,799 | 10 | 5 | 244 |
| 2024 | Arizona Cardinals | 17 | 372 | 541 | 3,851 | 21 | 11 | 572 |
| 2025 | Arizona Cardinals | 5 | 110 | 161 | 962 | 6 | 3 | 173 |
| 2026 (so far) | Minnesota Vikings | 4 | 69 | 101 | 662 | 2 | 2 | 93 |
| NFL career | 91 | 2,043 | 3,042 | 21,122 | 123 | 62 | 3,286 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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