Will Kyler Murray still play both baseball and football after he is drafted? Find out if the NFL and MLB are in Murray’s plans.
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Kyler Murray will be drafted in the first round in both the MLB and NFL.
Kyler Murray has committed to playing NFL football, but fans are still wondering if the quarterback will try to play baseball as well. Murray originally signed a contract with the A’s after being selected with the No. 9 pick in the MLB draft.
Murray was permitted to play one college football season, but Murray opted to declare for the draft instead of reporting to the A’s this spring. Oakland upped their offer to try to convince Murray to stick with baseball but was unsuccessful, per Sports Illustrated.
Here’s what Murray wasn’t disclosing, though. According to a source close to the family, the A’s contingent that visited Kyler in January offered him a contract worth $14 million in guaranteed cash, in addition to his signing bonus. (The deal would have required that Oakland take the extreme step of adding Murray to its 40-man roster and would have paid out a figure similar to that of a top 10 NFL draft pick.
