Not every player is born multi-skilled to perform in each loved forte the best. Although Kyler Murray is one such player with skilled assets in his boundary, be it baseball or chess, or even his dream sport football, he has it all.
Murray was born to the former NFL player Kevin Murray and Misun Henderson in Texas. He went to Allen High School, where he put on his shoes for football and earned himself Gatorade Football Player of the Year in his senior year. His abilities at an early age gave him a 5-star recruit rating by ESPN and a dual-threat quarterback by 247Sports. He, later on, offered his football and baseball talent to Texas A&M University.
Not just football, baseball also became his sporting crown after his MLB draft came into being by the Oakland Athletics. However, winning Heisman Trophy as the best college football player changed his mind and ultimately made him commit to football. He took part in the NFL draft of 2019 and was selected by Arizona Cardinals, forgoing his MLB draft.
Murray’s career skyrocketed for football with the Arizona Cardinals. His efforts with the team bagged him the honor of two times Pro Bowls in 2020 & 2021.
Kyler Murray’s Net Worth
Kyler Murray’s net worth is touted to be around $40 million for the year 2022 by multiple sources. The young player has maintained his luxurious lifestyle with career contracts and even flashier brand appearances. He signed his first professional contract in 2019 for the Arizona Cardinals. The 4 years contract was expected to give Murray $35,658,014, including a signing bonus of $23,589,924 and an average salary of $8,914,504.
The Cardinals added an extension to his contract giving him another good figure salary amounting to $230,500,000 for 5 years, which will be increasing in the future. This contract will also cover his signing bonus of $29,035,000 and a guaranteed pay of $189,500,000. The 2022 year will be adding $965,000 as a base salary to his account.
Kyler Murray’s Salary
After Murray signed a lucrative five-year, $230.5 million contract extension with the Arizona Cardinals on Thursday, his $46.1 million annual salary was almost that of the entire 2022 payroll of the Oakland Athletics — the same team that drafted him ninth overall in 2018. Yes, the Athletics are only spending $48.5 million this season. If you only look at the 26-man roster, Murray’s annual salary is actually higher by about $4.2 million.
This is laughable considering how many pundits believed Murray would regret forgoing his baseball career for one in the NFL.
When Murray announced in 2019 he was “fully committing” to playing football, sports journalist Rob Parker called Murray’s decision “a colossal mistake” because of how much more money he could make in the MLB. Former Washington quarterback Joe Theismann believed Murray “would struggle in the NFL because of his 5-foot-10 frame, too. Others agreed, despite NFL quarterbacks like Russell Wilson and Tom Brady picking football over baseball careers and eventually signing huge contracts as well.
Kyler Murray’s Contract
Brands and luxuries make their way into the player’s life automatically after their fabulous delivery on the field. And for Murray, even in his short tenure has made all the right noise for attracting renowned brand. Brands like Verizon, Panini, Snickers, Call Of Duty, Kretschmar, EA Sports, Body Armour, Nike, Rocket Mortgage, Nissan, and Mizzen+Main clothing company are paying hefty to sum to the Cardinals QB.