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Arizona Cardinals Kyler Murray is only six years out of high school, yet — ahead of his Monday Night Football matchup against the Dallas Cowboys — he seems to not remember his prolific career as a teenager in Allen, Texas, a suburb of Dallas, including a 5-0 record at AT&T Stadium.
Murray downplayed the significance of the Cards' Week 6 visit to Arlington, about 44 miles from his hometown.
“I’m blessed to be in the position that I’m in to be playing in the NFL,” the second-year QB said Wednesday, per Pro Football Talk. “Obviously, every weekend is a great opportunity. This is another one. Going back home, playing in Dallas, it’s obviously a big game for us on Monday Night in front of everybody. Obviously have to stay composed, play my game, play our game, execute at a high level in order to win.”
Murray won three consecutive state championships in high school (posting a 42-0 record as a starter) and was named Gatorade National Player of the Year as a senior in 2014. He seemed to forget the precise extent of his accomplishments at the Cowboys home venue, though he knows he's been successful.
“I couldn’t tell you the actual record. I don’t know,” Murray said. “It’s just a lot of games, haven’t lost. But a favorite memory, I don’t know, there’s a lot of good memories there. Three state championships, the last one a Big 12 Championship, that was a pretty special one. So I really don’t have an answer for you.”
Murray began his collegiate football career at Texas A&M before transferring to Oklahoma, where he won a Heisman Trophy on his way to becoming the no. 1 overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft.
On Monday, he'll take on a fellow standout high school quarterback from Texas in Andy Dalton, who will be making his first start for the Cowboys in the wake of the ankle injury suffered by Dak Prescott. Dalton starred at Katy High School in the Houston area before winning the Rose Bowl with TCU.
Arizona (2-2) is looking to keep pace in a highly competitive NFC West division that includes the undefeated Seattle Seahawks, the dangerous Los Angeles Rams (4-1), and defending NFC champion San Francisco 49ers (2-3).
