- Selected #1 overall by the Cardinals in the 2019 NFL Draft, earned NFL Rookie of the Year honors (2019), was twice named to the Pro Bowl (2020-21) and been named a team captain each of the last three seasons (2020-22).
- In July of 2022, signed a contract extension that will keep him with the Cardinals through the end of the 2028 season.
- In his first four NFL seasons (2019-22), started all 57 games played and completed 1,316-of-1,971 pass attempts (66.8%) for 13,848 yards and 84 TDs while also rushing for 2,204 yards and 23 TDs on 381 carries (5.8 avg.).
- One of just four players in NFL history (Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, Russell Wilson and Cam Newton), with 400+ rushing yards in each of his first four seasons.
- His 66.8 completion percentage ranks 5th in NFL history in a player's first four seasons (min. 1,000 attempts). Owns the top two single-season completion percentages in franchise history (69.2 in 2021; 67.2 in 2020) and his 66.8 career completion percentage is the best in team history.
- Became the first QB in franchise history to be named to the Pro Bowl twice in his first three seasons and joined Patrick Mahomes, Aaron Rodgers and Russell Wilson as the only NFL QBs named to the Pro Bowl in both 2020 and 2021.
- Became the first player in NFL history with 70+ passing TDs and 20+ rushing TDs in his first three seasons.
- Became the first player in NFL history with 3,500+ passing yards and 400+ rushing in each of his first three seasons. Joined Cam Newton (2011-13) as the only players in NFL history with 11,000+ passing yards and 1,500+ rushing yards in his first three seasons.
- One of just 13 players in NFL history with 100+ total TDs (passing and rushing) in their first 54 career games.
- Only Cam Newton (12) had more games with 2+ passing TDs and 1+ rushing TDs in his first four seasons than Murray (11).
- Became the fourth-youngest player in NFL history (24 years, 120 days) to reach 10,000 career passing yards.
- Already owns the franchise record for rushing TDs by a QB (23) and career games with both a passing and rushing TD (16). Established a single-season franchise record for rushing TDs (11) and rushing yards (819) by a QB in 2020.
- In 2020, set an NFL record for the most games (9) with a passing and rushing TD in a single season and became the first player in NFL history with both a passing and rushing TD in five consecutive games (Games 5-9).
- Has been named NFC "Offensive Player of the Week" five times, tying Kurt Warner for the most in franchise history. In 2020 became the first player in team history to earn the honor three times in a single season.
- Joins Peyton Manning (2) and Aaron Rodgers (2) as the only players in NFL history with multiple games of 400+ passing yards, 3+ passing TDs and 1+ rushing TD.
- Only player in Cardinals history to have 3,500+ passing yards in three consecutive seasons.
- Led Arizona to a historic comeback in Week 2 of the 2022 at Las Vegas, engineered the fifth-largest comback win in team history (trailed 20-0 at halftime). During the second half and overtime, completed 25-40 passes for 224 yards and a TD, while also rushing for 28 yards and a TD on five carries. He also became the first player in NFL history to have a passing TD, rushing TD, two-point conversion pass and run in the same game.
- Named to his second consecutive Pro Bowl in 2021 after completing 333-of-481 pass attempts (69.2%) for 3,787 yards, 24 TDs, 10 INTs and a 100.6 passer rating. He also rushed for 423 yards and five TDs.
- Tied Kurt Warner (5 in 2009) for the most games with a passer rating of 120.0+ in a single season in 2021. In franchise history, only Neil Lomax (10 in 108 games) has more such outings in a career than Murray has in his first 46 career games (9).
- In Week 7 of the 2020 season vs. Seattle, became the first player in NFL history to throw for 350+ yards and 3+ TDs while also rushing for 50+ yards and a TD in a single game.
- In 2019, became just the 6th different QB in NFL history with 3,500+ passing yards and 500+ rushing yards in a season – and just the second rookie (Cam Newton, 2011).
- Between Weeks 4-10 of the 2019 season, set an NFL rookie record with 211 consecutive pass attempts without an INT.
- From 2012-15, won three consecutive 5A Texas state championships with Allen and capped off his high school career with 2014-15 Gatorade National Football Athlete of the Year honors his senior season.
- Posted a 57-3 record in 60 starts at QB in high school and college, including a perfect 43-0 record at national powerhouse Allen (TX) High School.
- Became the first player drafted by the Cardinals with the No. 1 overall pick since 1958 (King Hill - Rice).
- Selected No. 9 overall by the Oakland Athletics in the 2018 MLB Draft, becoming the first person ever selected in the first round of both the NFL and MLB drafts.
- A first-team All-American as a junior in 2018 at Oklahoma, won the Heisman Trophy, was named the Associated Press Player of the Year and earned Davey O'Brien Quarterback of the Year, Manning Award and Earl Campbell Tyler Award honors.
Selected by the Cardinals with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft, Murray was named the 2019 AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year and voted to the Pro Bowl in consecutive seasons (2020-21).
2022: Named a team captain for third consecutive season ... started all 11 games played and completed 259-of-390 pass attempts (66.4%) for 2, 368 yards and 14 TDs along with 418 rushing yards and three TDs on 67 carries ... placed on injured reserve (knee) 12/14 ... started fourth consecutive season opener vs. KC (9/11), throwing for 193 yards (22-34) with two TDs and ran for 29 yards on five carries ... completed 25-of-40 passes for 224 yards and a TD, while also rushing for 28 yards and a TD on five carries in overtime win @ LV (9/18); also became the first player in NFL history to have a passing TD, rushing TD, two-point conversion pass and run in the same game ... set career-highs in completions (37) and attempts (58) while throwing for 314 yards and running for eight yards on two carries vs. LAR (9/25) ... making his 50th career start, completed 23-of-32 passes for 207 yards, two TDs and an INT and rushed 12 times for 26 yards and a TD @ Car (10/2) ... completed 28-of-42 passes for 250 yards and a TD while rushing for 42 yards on four attempts vs. Phi (10/9) ... had 10 carries for 100 yards to record his second career 100-yard rushing performance and threw for 222 yards (23-of-37) @ Sea (10/16) ... completed 20-of-29 passes for 204 yards and a TD and ran for 30 yards on seven carries in Cardinals win vs. NO (10/20) ... ran six times for 36 yards and completed 31-of-44 passes for 326 yards and three TDs @ Min (10/30); his first TD pass of the game was the 100th TD (passing and rushing) of his career as he became just the 13th player in league history with 100+ TDs in their first 54 career games ... completed 25-of-35 throws for 175 yards and two TDs while running eight times for 60 yards vs. Sea (11/6) ... inactive (hamstring) @ LAR (11/13) ... inactive (hamstring) vs. SF (11/21) ... completed 18-of-29 passes for 191 yards and two TDs vs. LAC (11/27); also ran for 56 yards on seven carries with a TD ... left the game due to injury in the first quarter vs. NE (12/12).
2021: Named a team captain for the second consecutive season ... selected to his second career Pro Bowl, becoming just the third Cardinals QB to receive multiple Pro Bowl nods – Jim Hart (4) and Neil Lomax (2) – and the first to do so in back-to-back seasons since Hart went to four straight (1974-77) ... named the Lloyd Herberg team MVP by the local PFWA chapter for the second time (2019) ... became the first player in NFL history to record 70+ passing TDs and 20+ rushing TDs in his first three seasons ... started all 14 games he was active for and set career-best marks in completion percentage (69.2) and passer rating (100.6) completing 333-of-481 passes for 3,787 yards and 24 TDs while adding 423 rushing yards and five TDs on 88 attempts; his 69.2% completion rate set the franchise record, beating the mark of 67.2% previously set by Murray in 2020 ... set the franchise record with 13 career games recording both a passing and a rushing TD ... completed 21-of-32 passes (65.6%) for 289 yards and a career-high four passing TDs while adding a rushing TD @ Ten (9/12); became only the sixth player in NFL history to record four passing TDs and one rushing TD in a season opener ... recorded his second career 400-yard passing game completing 29-of-36 passes (80.6%) with three TDs while rushing for 31 yards and a TD on five carries (6.2 avg.) vs. Min (9/19); became the first player in NFL history with at least three passing TDs and a rushing TD in each of the first two games of the season; marked his 12th career game with both a passing and a rushing TD surpassing Jim Hart (11) for the most such performances in franchise history; joined Peyton Manning (2) and Aaron Rodgers (2) as the only players in NFL history to record 400+ passing yards, 3+ passing TDs and 1+ rushing TD in two games; earned his fifth career NFC Offensive Player of the Week honor for his performance against the Vikings ... completed 28-of-34 passes (82.4%) for 316 yards while adding 19 rushing yards @ Jax (9/26); his 82.4 completion percentage was a career high and combined with his 80.6 completion percentage in Week 2, became the first QB in franchise history to have a completion percentage of 80.0+ in consecutive games; became the first QB in franchise history to throw for 1,000+ yards within the first three games of a season ... completed 24-of-32 passes (75.0%) for 268 yards and two TDs and added 39 rushing yards @ LAR (10/3); with his performance in Week 4, Murray became the first QB in franchise history to post a completion percentage of 75.0%+ in three straight games (80.6% in Week 2 and 82.4% in Week 3); through Week 4, Murray led the NFL in completion percentage (76.1) and completions of 25+ yards (16) ... completed 22-of-31 passes (71.0%) for 239 yards and one TD vs. SF (10/10); for the year, Murray has completed 124-of-165 pass attempts (75.2%) for 1,512 yards and joins Drew Brees (2018) and Peyton Manning (2013) as the only players in NFL history with at least 1,500 passing yards and a completion percentage of 75.0+ through his team's first five games; with a Week 5 passer rating of 104.1, he joins Carson Palmer (4) as the only quarterbacks in franchise history to have a passer rating of 100.0+ in four of the first five games of a season ... completed 20-of-30 pass attempts (66.7%) for 229 yards, a career-high-tying four TDs, no INTs and a 129.0 passer rating (third highest of his career) @ Cle (10/17); marked just the ninth time in franchise history – and just the second time in the last 15 years – that a player threw for 4+ TDs with no INTs in a game, becoming the first Cardinals player to do so since Hall of Famer Kurt Warner in 2009 ... completed 20-of-28 passes (71.4%) for 261 yards and three TDs for passer rating of 121.3 vs. Hou (10/24); his active streak of four straight games with a passer rating of 100+ is the longest of his career ... inactive (ankle) @ SF (11/7), vs. Car (11/14) and @ Sea (11/21) ... in his return from injury, completed 11-of-15 passes (73.3%) for 123 yards, two TDs and a passer rating of 136.9 while rushing for a season-high 59 yards (through Week 13) and two TDs on 10 carries @ Chi (12/5); reached 60+ passing TDs and 20+ rushing TDs faster than any player in NFL history (41 games); became the fourth youngest player in NFL history to reach 10,000 career passing yards; joined Cam Newton (28) and Josh Allen (25) as the only QBs in NFL history with 20+ rushing TDs in their first three NFL seasons; became the fourth player in franchise history at any position to record 20+ rushing TDs in their first three NFL seasons; tied the franchise record (Kurt Warner, 5 in 2009) for the most games with a passer rating of 120.0+ in a single season; Murray's performance was his 13th career game with both a passing and rushing TD; his 13 games with a passing and rushing TD both extend his franchise career record and represent the second-highest total in the NFL dating back to his 2019 rookie campaign ... registered a career-high 444 combined yards on 32 completions for 383 yards and 61 yards on seven rushing attempts vs. LAR (12/13) ... completed 27-of-43 passes (62.8%) for 245 yards and one TD and led the team with 74 rushing yards on four attempts (18.5 avg.) vs. Ind (12/25); Murray recorded a career-long 57-yard rushing attempt which was the second-longest rush by a QB in franchise history and was the longest recorded rush by a QB in the NFL this season through Week 16 ... completed 26-of-38 passes (68.4%) for 263 yards, two TDs and a passer rating of 105.5 while adding 44 rushing yards on nine attempts @ Dal (1/2/22); with the win, Murray improved to 9-0 all-time at AT&T Stadium (including 8-0 as a starter) dating back to his sophomore year at Allen (TX) High School in 2012; with his performance on Sunday, Murray surpassed 11,000 career passing yards; he now has 11,240 passing yards and 1,751 rushing yards in his career and joins Cam Newton (2011-13) as the only players in NFL history with 11,000+ passing yards and 1,500+ rushing yards in his first three seasons ... completed 28-of-39 pass attempts (71.8 avg.) for 240 yards and one TD and added 35 yards on five rushing attempts vs. Sea (1/9/22); with his performance, Murray eclipsed 400 rushing yards for the season and became the first player in NFL history to top 3,500 passing yards and 400 rushing yards in each of his first three seasons ... made his postseason debut @ LAR (1/17/22).
2020: Named a team captain for the first time in his career and earned his first career Pro Bowl selection, becoming the first QB in franchise history named to the Pro Bowl within his first two NFL seasons and the youngest (23) QB to earn a Pro Bowl selection for the Cardinals ... became the first player in team history to earn NFC Offensive Player of the Week honors three times in a single season ... started all 16 games for the second consecutive season and completed 375-of-558 pass attempts for 3,971 yards, 26 TDs and a 94.3 passer rating ... established a single-season franchise record for completion percentage (67.2) and rushed for the most yards (819) and TDs (11) by a QB in team history ... became the second player in NFL history with 25+ passing TDs and 10+ rushing TDs in a season; had both a passing TD and a rushing TD in nine games, including a streak of five consecutive games, both establishing NFL records ... ranked seventh among NFL QBs with 37 combined TDs (26 passing and 11 rushing) ... threw for 230 yards and a TD while adding 91 yards and a TD on the ground in the season opener @ SF (9/13), marking just the third game in franchise history in which a QB passed for 200+ yards and rushed for 90+ yards ... had 353 yards of offense (286 passing; 67 rushing), threw a TD pass and ran for two more TDs vs. Was (9/20), becoming the first Cardinals QB with a passing and rushing TD in consecutive games since Jim Hart in 1969; became the first QB in the Super Bowl era to pass for 500+ yards and rush for 150+ yards in the first two games of a season ... completed 27-of-37 passes (72.9%) for 380 yards, one TD and a 103.4 passer rating @ NYJ (10/11), adding 31 yards and a TD on nine carries; earned NFC Offensive Player of the Week honors for his performance against the Jets; became the second player in NFL history (Cam Newton) with 5,000+ passing and 800+ rushing yards in their first 21 career games; also joined Newton (2011) and Kordell Stewart (1997) as the only players in NFL history with at least five passing and five rushing TDs through the first five games of a season ... threw for two TDs and ran for another on Monday Night Football @ Dal (10/19), becoming the first player in NFL history to record a passing and rushing TD in five of the first six games of a season; improved to 7-0 as a starter at AT&T Stadium dating back to his sophomore year of high school ... completed a career-high 34 passes on 48 attempts (70.8%) for 360 yards, three TDs and a 104.5 passer rating while adding 67 yards and a TD on 14 carries on Sunday Night Football vs. Sea (10/25); became the first player in NFL history to throw for 350+ yards and 3+ TDs while also rushing for 50+ yards and a TD in a single game; earned NFC Offensive Player of the Week honors for his performance against the Seahawks ... threw for 283 yards, three TDs and a career-high 150.5 passer rating on 21-of-26 passing (80.8%) while also running for 106 yards (second most by a Cards QB) and one TD on 11 carries (9.6 avg.) vs. Mia (11/8); became the first player in NFL history with 2,000+ passing yards and 500+ rushing yards through the first eight games of a season; became the first Super Bowl era QB with at least eight rushing TDs through the first eight games of a season ... connected with WR DeAndre Hopkins on a 43-yard game-winning Hail Mary TD pass with just 0:02 remaining in regulation vs. Buf (11/15); earned Bridgestone Clutch Performance Play of the Year and the "Best Play" award at the 2021 ESPYS for the "Hail Murray;" completed 22-of-32 pass attempts (68.8%) for 245 yards and a TD to go along with 61 yards and two TDs on 11 carries in the come-from-behind win against the Bills; tied a single-season NFL record with both a passing and rushing TD in eight games, becoming the first player in league history to accomplish the feat in the first nine games of a season; marked his fifth consecutive game with both a passing and rushing TD, the longest streak in NFL history ... completed 27-of-36 passes for a career-high 406 yards and three TDs while adding 29 yards and a TD on the ground vs. Phi (12/20); earned NFC Offensive Player of the Week honors for his performance against the Eagles … hampered by a leg injury in the season finale @ LAR (1/3/21), completing eight-of-11 passes for 87 yards on less than half of the team's offensive snaps.
2019: Named Offensive Rookie of the Year, selected as a Pro Bowl alternate and voted to the PFWA All-Rookie team after throwing for 3,722 yards, 20 TDs and a 87.4 passer rating on 349-of-542 passing (64.4%), which all set rookie franchise records ... only rookie QB in the NFL to start all 16 games and the first rookie QB in franchise history to accomplish that feat ... also ran the ball 93 times for 544 yards (most by a Cardinals QB) and four TDs (most by a rookie QB in team history) ... named the Lloyd Herberg team MVP by the local PFWA chapter ... completed 29-of-54 pass attempts (franchise rookie record) for 308 yards and two TDs in the season-opener vs. Det (9/8); threw for 238 yards and two TDs on 20-of-29 passing in the fourth quarter while leading an 18-point comeback; became the first rookie QB to start a season opener for the Cardinals since Lamar McHan in 1954 and first rookie QB in franchise history to throw for 300+ yards in his debut; also became the fifth rookie in NFL history to throw for more than 300 yards in a season opener and the first since Robert Griffin III in 2012 ... threw for 349 yards with a 90.5 passer rating on 25-of-40 passing @ Bal (9/15), joining Cam Newton (2011) as the only players in NFL history to throw for 300+ yards in each of his first two career games ... completed 20-of-32 passes for 253 yards, gained 93 yards on 10 carries and led a game-winning, fourth quarter drive with less than two minutes remaining @ Cin (10/6); marked the most rushing yards by a Cardinals QB since M.C. Reynolds had 99 vs. Phi (11/2/58); joined David Johnson (91) and Chase Edmonds (68) to form the Cardinals first trio of players to gain 60+ rushing yards since 10/19/75 vs Phi – Jim Otis (116), Terry Metcalf (81) and Steve Jones (64) ... threw for 340 yards, three TDs and a 128.2 passer rating on 27-of-37 passing (72.9%) vs. Atl (10/13), earning NFC Offensive Player of the Week and Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week honors for his performance; became the first rookie QB in franchise history to throw for 300+ yards in a win ... completed 17-of-24 passes for 241 yards, two TDs with 130.7 passer rating on Thursday Night Football vs. SF (10/31); led a Cardinals offense that scored 25 points and three TDs, gained 357 total net and 153 rushing yards and averaged 7.1 yards per play and 7.6 yards per pass attempt, all representing season highs allowed by the NFL's No. 1-ranked defense through Week 9; threw an 88-yard TD pass to Andy Isabella with 4:53 remaining in the fourth quarter, marking the third-longest rookie-to-rookie TD play in franchise history and the longest rookie-to-rookie TD pass in the NFL since 1971 ... completed 27-of-44 passes for 324 yards and three TDs, adding 38 yards on three carries @ TB (11/10); set an NFL rookie record for the most consecutive passes without throwing an INT (211); his jersey worn against the Buccaneers was displayed at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, OH ... threw two TDs and had a 101.8 passer rating on 24-of-33 passing, adding eight carries for 67 yards (8.4-yard avg.) and a 22-yard TD run @ SF (11/17); joined Drew Brees as the only QBs to post a 100.0+ passer rating against the 49ers that season, doing so twice (Weeks 9 and 11) ... completed 19-of-25 pass attempts (76.0%) for 219 yards, one TD and a 98.6 passer rating vs. Cle (12/15); gained 56 yards on eight carries, passing Charley Trippi (501 in 1951) for the most rushing yards by a Cardinals QB in a season; led a season-high six scoring drives, completing 16-of-17 pass attempts (94.1%) for 206 yards, one TD and a 136.8 passer rating on those possessions ... completed 11-of-18 passes for 118 yards and a TD before leaving the game with a hamstring injury @ Sea (12/22); established a franchise record for wins by a rookie QB (five) and became the fifth different Cardinals QB to earn a victory over Seattle at CenturyLink Field in his first appearance at the venue ... completed 26-of-42 passes for 325 yards and two TDs in the season finale @ LAR (12/29).
Played 29 games (17 starts) at Oklahoma (2017-18) and Texas A&M (2015), completing 350-of-519 passes (67.4%) for 5,406 yards, 50 TDs and 14 INTs … also rushed for 1,478 yards and 13 TDs on 207 carries (7.1 avg.) … threw for 300+ yards in 10 games, including one game with 432 yards … threw multiple TDs in a game 14 times, including 11 games with at least three TDs … rushed for 100+ yards four times and had two games with multiple rushing TDs ... named OU's seventh Heisman Trophy winner and won the Davey O'Brien Quarterback of the Year Award, Manning Award and Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award following the 2018 season ... named 2018 AP Player of the Year, first-team All-American, Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year and Big 12 Male Athlete of the Year ... also voted Most Outstanding Player of the Big 12 Championship ... named Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week a league-record five times ... completed 260-of-377 passes for 4,361 yards, 42 TDs and seven INTs in 14 games (13 starts), adding 1,001 yards and 11 TDs on the ground ... became the first FBS player to average at least 300.0 passing yards (311.5) and 70.0 rushing yards (71.5) per game for a full season ... became the second player in FBS history (Deshaun Watson in 2015) to record at least 4,000 passing yards and 1,000 rushing yards in a season ... led the nation in total yards (school-record 5,362), points responsible for (324; tied), yards per completion (16.8) and yards per pass attempt (single-season FBS record of 11.6) ... ranked second in passing efficiency rating (199.2), third in passing TDs (42) and fifth in completion percentage (69.0) ... set school and Big 12 records throwing at least three TDs in eight consecutive games ... had at least 300 passing and 65 rushing yards in a game seven times (most nationally since at least 1996) ... led Big 12 league play in total offense at 409.3 yards per game (second was 335.1), passing efficiency rating with a 208.2 mark (second was 176.7) and total TDs with 37 (next most was 31) ... became first QB to ever rush for 100 yards against a Nick Saban-coached Alabama defense ... finished 17-of-21 for 432 yards, six TDs, no INTs and and a 348.0 passing efficiency rating (Big 12 record and the highest in the FBS since at least 1996) in OU's 66-33 win over Baylor (9/29/18) ... played seven games (one start) while backing up Heisman Trophy winner and No. 1 overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft, Baker Mayfield during the 2017 season… completed 85.7% of his passes (18-of-21) and threw three TDs without an INT ... sat out the 2016 season after transferring to Oklahoma from Texas A&M ... played eight games (three starts) in his lone season with the Aggies, totaling 1,021 yards of total offense (686 passing and 335 rushing) ... completed his first career pass (9/5/15 vs. Arizona State) and threw his first career TD (9/12/15 vs. Ball State) to current Cardinals WR Christian Kirk.
Attended Allen (TX) High School where he ranked as one of most accomplished Texas high school players ever after leading Allen to three straight state titles while never losing a game as a starting QB (43-0) ... had 14,515 total yards (10,386 passing; 4,129 rushing) and 186 total TDs (117 passing, 69 rushing) … named the 'Best Texas High School Football Player of All-Time' in a fan poll by Texas High School Football magazine … as a senior in 2014, earned National Player of the Year honors from Gatorade, Parade and USA Today after completing 278-of-433 pass attempts (64.2%) for 4,713 yards and 54 TDs while rushing for 1,485 yards and 25 TDs … named Mr. Texas Football Player of the Year in 2014 by Dave Campbell's Texas Football magazine … completed 207-of-325 passes (63.7%) for 3,669 yards and 46 TDs as a junior while adding another 1,274 yards and 19 scores on ground ... rushed for 1,370 yards and 25 TDs as a sophomore while passing for 2,004 yards and 17 TDs ... also starred on Allen's baseball team and was first player ever selected to play in Under Armour All-American games for both football and baseball … an outfielder on the Oklahoma baseball team, started 50 of his 51 games for the Sooners in 2018 and hit .296 with 10 home runs, 13 doubles, 47 RBI, 46 runs and 10 stolen bases ... father, Kevin, lettered at Texas A&M from 1983-86 and finished career holding virtually every season and career passing record ... Kevin was also inducted into Texas A&M Athletic Hall of Fame in 1999 and the Cotton Bowl Hall of Fame in 2012 ... Human Relations major … when the Cardinals selected him the #1 overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft, Murray became the first Asian-American ever selected #1 overall; Murray is one quarter Korean; his father is African American and his mother, Missy, is half Korean; Kyler's maternal grandmother is from South Korea … an avid gamer, in 2021 Murray became a member of the FaZe Clan, one of the largest esports gaming organizations in the world; members of the FaZe Clan – which included Kyler – were featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated in 2021 … also has a passion for playing chess, a game he picked up in fourth grade; was a member of the chess club at Degan Elementary School in Lewisville, TX and in fifth grade, in just his second year playing, Murray became the Degan Elementary chess champion.
