After his Heisman Trophy season came with the disclaimer that football would be in his past once Oakland A’s spring training began, Kyler Murray has become this draft’s most interesting player. However, he will delay his next football acts until March.
The former Oklahoma quarterback was measured at 5-foot-10 and 207 pounds on Thursday morning. He will also participate in interviews and the medical portion of the Combine, but Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero of NFL.com report the passer will wait until his pro day to go through timed drills or throw in front of teams (Twitter links).
Quarterbacks are scheduled to do drills on Saturday, and that portion of the Combine will be broadcast on ABC. It will be an interesting new microscope for prospects, with wide receivers and tight ends also set to do their field drills Saturday. Murray will save his work for the Sooners’ pro day, which is scheduled for March 12.
This decision is not especially unusual for a player expected to be picked early. Murray also informed scouts and personnel executives he would wait until his pro day. That was already likely going to be the most anticipated event of this year’s pro day circuit. That will be a certainty now.
I wish him well but I just don’t see it.
That’s ok…people said the same about Baker too.
Thats why multiple teams were willing to trade the farm for him. Baker had way more positive thoughts about him.
I think most GMs wanted Baker over all other QBs last year. Media didn’t cover it as such
Media must not have covered it at all. I just recall everyone dogging him and the pick the Browns made.
Bad sign he already needs to be kept in his surroundings to shine. Doesn’t want to be put around his peers and be picked apart. If you got it, go out there and prove it. Don’t run home and hide so you can look good with the receivers you’ve had all year. Good luck to him.
QBs skip throwing at the combine every year.
He has absolutely nothing to gain from doing drills at the combine. I wouldn’t throw either. The main questions about him were all to do with his size and which sport he wanted to play. Throwing won’t improve his draft stock any higher, so why do it?
Because guys like Daniel Jones and Drew Lock are going to show up and jump him after the combine. Both are more NFL ready and will be better.
LOL
Could be Russell Wilson or could be Doug Flutie. Some team is going to find out. Likely very early in the draft
A lot of people want to compare Murray to Russel Wilson. But Wilson is the exception, not the rule. The odds are against him, but someone will roll the dice on him and make him pretty wealthy to find out if he can beat those odds. I wish him well.
Don’t forget drew Brees is also short
Brees has two inches on Murray.