Kyler Murray

Former quarterback at Oklahoma. 2018: 4,364 passing yards, 42 TD, 7 INT.

QB · Oklahoma · Jr. · #1

5′10″ · 195 lb · Allen, TX

POTY finalist (model)Arizona — drafted 2019, No. 1 overall

The story

Former quarterback at Oklahoma. 2018: 4,364 passing yards, 42 TD, 7 INT.

Drafted round 1 by the Arizona in 2019.

His career, year by year

Career, closed

Gone at No. 1 overall.

How it ended

Three seasons at Oklahoma, 5,409 passing yards — drafted at No. 1 overall by Arizona.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2019

Drafted by Arizonaround 1, pick 1

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2015–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

R1 · #1

Arizona · 2019

Featured in The Canon

#11

The 100 Best Players of the CFP Era

Coaching lineage · 2015–2018

2 coaches

2015

Bob Stoops

Oklahoma

2017–2018

Lincoln Riley

Oklahoma

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Bob Stoops → Lincoln Riley. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

ArizonaEntering 8th NFL season

#1Rd 1 · Pick 1

ArizonaEntering 8th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2015Texas A&M8-5HC: Kevin Sumlin · Balanced, fast tempo

2017Oklahoma12-2HC: Lincoln Riley · Run-leaning

2018Oklahoma12-2HC: Lincoln Riley · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / att (100th percentile). Strength: pass yards (99th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Yards / att#1 / 169 · 100th pct

11.6

Pass yards#3 / 169 · 99th pct

4364

Pass TDs#3 / 169 · 99th pct

Rush yards#4 / 169 · 98th pct

1001

Rush TDs#7 / 169 · 96th pct

Completion %#8 / 169 · 96th pct

68.9%

Interceptions#83 / 169 · 48th pct

Fumbles lost#72 / 159 · 41st pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home9g	308	3.0	13.2	0.4
Road5g	319	3.0	10.6	0.6

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-77g	296	3.3	13.2	0.4
Weeks 8+7g	327	2.7	11.3	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brent Venables

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

POTY finalist (model)

Our Heisman model has him in the top five; no finalist honor is on the books yet.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Oklahoma	259	376	68.9%	4,364	11.6	42	7	199.5	--	--	--
2017	Oklahoma	18	21	85.7%	359	17.1	3	0	276.5	--	--	--
2015	Texas A&M	72	121	59.5%	686	5.7	5	7	109.2	--	--	--
Career		349	518	67.4%	5,409	10.4	50	14	181.5	--	--	--

Season	Team
2018	Oklahoma	140	1,001	7.2	12	--
2017	Oklahoma	14	142	10.1	0	--
2015	Texas A&M	53	335	6.3	1	--
Career		207	1,478	7.1	13	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2018

W 48–47

vs Oklahoma State

349 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · 66 rush yds (14 car)

Edged out Oklahoma State at home in a shootout.

With A. Seibert — 36 LONG · 100 PCT · 12 PTS · T. Sermon — 124 rush yds (16 car) · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week