Kyler Murray: I miss baseball, wish I could play both

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When Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray announced he would be focusing on football full-time, many people thought he was making the wrong choice as he was also a first-round pick in Major League Baseball. . No one can claim he made the wrong choice now, but Murray says in a perfect world he would still play baseball.

Murray said on Tiki and Tierney that he loved being a multisport athlete growing up and wished he could still be.

“I’ve played football, baseball, basketball my whole life. I miss basketball – I didn’t get to play as much as I wanted. But I miss baseball, of course, just being in the box, being out there with the guys competing, ”Murray said. “But I know I’m meant to be. If I had chosen baseball, I would miss football a lot more. For me, I wish I could do both. I really feel like I could. I never say never, but right now I’m having fun doing what I love.

Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders played both baseball and soccer, and played both at a high level. But being a starting quarterback is different. Murray seems to know his baseball days are over, although he leaves some room for the possibility that he could give baseball another try.