The game Kyler Murray played of "What will he choose?" ultimately ended with the dual-sport player deciding to be an NFL quarterback.
Despite the choice, Murray, the A's first-round pick (No. 9 overall) in the 2018 MLB Draft, believes if he were given a one-calendar year, he would be able to play both sports.
"Athletically, I think yeah, I could do it," Murray told The Arizona Republic's Bob McManaman.
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Murray added it's something he's done his entire life and "would love to add that to my resume."
The guy is a heck of an athlete, that's for sure. He ended up being the No. 1 overall pick by the Arizona Cardinals in the 2019 NFL Draft and became the first player ever drafted in the first round in both the NFL and MLB.
Not bad.
He started 50 of his 51 games in a baseball uniform as an Oklahoma Sooner, hitting a .296 average with 10 home runs and 47 RBI.
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As a member of the Sooner football team, he threw for 4,361 yards and rushed for 1,001 scoring a combined 54 touchdowns. That was tied for the ninth-most in NCAA Division 1 history and he sealed his college campaign with a Heisman Trophy.
It was a difficult pill to swallow for A's fans that looked forward to seeing him in action. Both from a playing and marketing perspective.
When he made the decision to be an NFL player, he had to return a chunk of his signing bonus money ($4.66 million total) to the A's and would forfeit the remaining $3.16 million due that March.
The A's retained Murray's rights, but the team did not get a compensatory draft pick.
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General manager David Forst told reporters last year during spring training the A's knew there was a possibility he would choose football.
"We'll focus on what we need to do if he comes back to baseball at some point, and he'll come back with the A's," Forst said.