Lane Kiffin on Kyler Murray: ‘He’s a problem’
Lane Kiffin’s FAU Owls will open up the season on Saturday against Oklahoma, and he knows how difficult of a challenge that game will be.
The Sooners, who reached the College Football Playoff last season, lost Heisman Trophy winner Baker Mayfield. Taking the No. 1 draft pick’s place at quarterback will be Kyler Murray, the two-sport star who plans to pursue a professional baseball career with the Oakland A’s after the season.
Murray is a special athlete, which will make him particularly tough to defend.
“He’s a problem,” Kiffin said of Murray, via the Palm Beach Post. “These are the guys you want to play the least. People that give you all those problems are the guys who, when plays don’t happen in rhythm like a plays in football, especially college (don’t), they have the ability to get out of trouble and you can cover everybody and have the play matched perfect and the guy still takes off and runs for 15 yards.”
The Post says Kiffin also compared Murray to some of the dual-threat QBs who gave Alabama trouble the past few years when Lane was the Tide’s offensive coordinator.
Oklahoma enters the game as a 21-point favorite over FAU. Kiffin will need some serious magic to pull off a win.
