Kyler Murray already climbing up the NFL 2019 mock drafts
By Brian Miller
The NFL Draft is not until the end of April but already Oklahoma quarterback Kyle Murray is climbing the NFL 2019 mock drafts.
It was only a week ago when Kyle Murray was thought to be too small for the NFL. It was only a week ago that Kyle Murray was not assured of a first round draft spot. Now that has all changed since his declaration that he is committing to football.
There is so much talent and to a degree excitement around the Heisman Trophy winning quarterback. So much so that now there are those speculating that he could jump ahead of Ohio State’s Dwayne Haskins as the first quarterback taken in this years draft. In fact, some believe that Arizona may select him number one overall.
Last year the Cardinals traded up ahead of the Miami Dolphins to draft quarterback Josh Rosen, now a year later and there is speculation that new head coach Kliff Kingsbury may want his own quarterback. This speculation is also breeding speculation that Rosen could be traded.
Murray’s committment to the NFL and football seems to have changed the minds of some of the naysayers who spoke out about his size and ability to adjust to the NFL. A popular landing spot for Murray in mock drafts now is 13 overall to the Miami Dolphins. Still two months away, that is likely to change as the draft inches closer.
Who exactly has interest in Murray is unknown. Many believe that the Dolphins would be a natural landing spot for the athletic quarterback but others believe that Miami will indeed wait until 2020 to get their QB. From Cincinnati to Arizona and onward to Denver, Murray is getting linked to teams only days after declaring his love for football.
Murray is still a risky pick given the fact that if he isn’t drafted by a team he likes or at monetary amount that he wants (NFL rookie caps still apply) that he could opt to jump to baseball. Any team that decides to draft him would be taking a risk. There is a large contingent of fans who think he is worth that risk.
The Arizona connections are interesting because both Murray and Klingsbury share the same agent and naturally when a player and coach share an agent, there is always mutual interest. That is a bit of sarcasm of course.
What isn’t sarcasm is that Murray’s stock is rising and with the NFL Combine on the immediate horizon his stock will climb further. Whether that translates to when and where an NFL team will draft him, will have to wait until draft day in April.