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5 reasons Kyler Murray should win the Heisman Trophy

By Ethan Lee

NORMAN, OK - NOVEMBER 10: Quarterback Kyler Murray #1 of the Oklahoma Sooners looks to throw against the Oklahoma State Cowboys at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on November 10, 2018 in Norman, Oklahoma. Oklahoma defeated Oklahoma State 48-47. (Photo by Brett Deering/Getty Images)
NORMAN, OK - NOVEMBER 10: Quarterback Kyler Murray #1 of the Oklahoma Sooners looks to throw against the Oklahoma State Cowboys at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on November 10, 2018 in Norman, Oklahoma. Oklahoma defeated Oklahoma State 48-47. (Photo by Brett Deering/Getty Images) /
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MORGANTOWN, WV – NOVEMBER 23: Oklahoma Sooners Quarterback Kyler Murray (1) runs the ball in for a touchdown during the first half of the Oklahoma Sooners versus the West Virginia Mountaineers game on November 23, 2018, at the Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium in Morgantown, WV. (Photo by Gregory Fisher/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
MORGANTOWN, WV – NOVEMBER 23: Oklahoma Sooners Quarterback Kyler Murray (1) runs the ball in for a touchdown during the first half of the Oklahoma Sooners versus the West Virginia Mountaineers game on November 23, 2018, at the Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium in Morgantown, WV. (Photo by Gregory Fisher/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

He’s also more efficient and more explosive than Dwayne Haskins

If we’re going to compare Murray to one of his competitors, it’s only fair to compare him to the other. Dwayne Haskins has been incredible all season and has everything he needs to succeed at the NFL level. He’s thrown for more yards and touchdowns than Murray and has helped his team get to a 12-1 record while facing some tough defenses.

But, when comparing everything that these two have done statistically, Murray comes out on top. Looking at combined rushing and passing stats, Murray has 4,945 total yards and 51 total touchdowns. Haskins, meanwhile, is responsible for 4,702 yards and 51 touchdowns. Murray has more yards and the same amount of touchdowns to Haskins here.

If someone wanted to look solely at passing stats, it’s important to note that Murray has 340 passing attempts this season while Haskins has 496. Murray is averaging 11.9 yards per pass attempt while Haskins is averaging 10.4.

For the sake of the argument, let’s assume that Murray had thrown the ball the same number of times that Haskins did. Murray would then have 5913 passing yards this season. That’s more than 1400 more passing yards that Murray would have over Haskins with the same number of passes. Doing that same sort of math with touchdowns would result in Murray throwing for 58 touchdowns if he’d had 496 passing attempts and was still getting as many touchdowns per attempt as he is currently.

To top all of that off, Haskins isn’t even any more efficient than Murray is. Haskins has completed 70.2 percent of his passes while Murray has completed 70.9. Murray has a PER of 205.7 while Haskins has a PER of just 175.8.

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