Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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prep profiles Elite Texas Quarterback Giving Notre Dame A Look Allen, Texas, four-star quarterback "You can really tell that the fans Kyler Murray may not be large in love that school. Either they have a stature, but very few can match what lot of fans in Dallas or they travel real he does on the football field. good, because they had a lot of fans Arizona State, Arkansas, Auburn, there. California, Clemson, Georgia Tech, "They were pretty crazy and just North Carolina, Ohio State, TCU, kept telling me and the other recruits Texas, Texas A&M and Texas Tech to come to Notre Dame." have all taken noMurray spent tice of the 5-11, most of the game Kyler Murray 170-pound recruit watching the ✪✪✪✪ and offered him a Notre Dame ofAllen High School scholarship. Notre fense, and he adAllen, Texas Dame is the latest mits that he didn't Status: Offered school to offer the expect to be as imClass: 2015 class of 2015 prospressed as he was. Position: Quarterback pect. "I actually think Ht.: 5-11 • Wt.: 170 "I called up the offense would 40-Yard Dash: 4.41 Coach [Kerry] be a good one 247Sports Rankings: No. 5 prospect in Texas, Cooks, and he for me," he said. No. 3 dual-threat quarterback in the nation gave me the offer "They seem to and No. 30 overall recruit in the country spread it around earlier in Octoand use a lot of reber," Murray said. "He just seemed real excited and real ceivers, and I noticed that they get the pumped up about seeing my film and young guys involved there. I was a watching what I can do on the field. little surprised at how productive and He said I'm a lot like Everett Golson, smooth they looked. "I think I could add some aththe quarterback they had last year. He liked that I'm athletic and accurate, leticism to the quarterback position there, but they definitely did their and I have a big arm." Shortly after receiving his offer, thing out there." As a sophomore, Murray produced Murray made the short drive to Dallas and watched the Fighting Irish de- more than 3,300 yards of total offense and was responsible for 42 total feat Arizona State in AT&T Stadium. "That game was so much fun," touchdowns from the quarterback poMurray said. "That was my first time sition for Allen High School. — Tom Loy seeing Notre Dame play in person.