Treat: Kyler Murray is electric
In the brief glimpses that Lincoln Riley and the Oklahoma Sooners gave us last season of quarterback Kyler Murray, the two-sport star was wildly impressive. However, the question that lingered was how he would perform once the starting quarterback job was his. What’s more, his first-round selection in the MLB Draft put his college football future in question to a degree. Thus, what he would be this season was somewhat up in the air.
What Murray has been this season is absolutely electric. The 5-foot-10 junior quarterback has proven himself to be must-watch TV every time he’s playing on Saturday. Despite the fact that Baker Mayfield, the 2017 Heisman winner, departed from this offense after last season, they haven’t missed a beat because of what Murray brings to the table.
Through eight games, Murray has thrown for 2,329 yards, 28 touchdowns and just three interceptions. What’s more, the Sooners signal-caller has shown how much of a threat he is when he takes off, running the ball 71 times for 474 yards and six more trips to the end zone. Put simply, he’s near impossible to stop, which Texas almost found out in the clutch of the Red River Showdown as he almost single-handedly led a comeback.
Seeing this from Murray has truly been a treat, first because it’s exciting on a baseline level, but also because we have to appreciate it while it’s there for us to watch. Murray is heading to professional baseball after this season, which means this is the one year of this we’ll get to see. Subsequently, we need to fully appreciate just how fun this is.