BOCA RATON — In Lane Kiffin’s eyes, Kyler Murray should have skipped this season to instead play baseball after being the 9th overall pick in June’s MLB Draft.
As Murray is opting to spend one final season at the collegiate level before joining the Oakland Athletics next year, Kiffin and the Florida Atlantic Owls will instead have their hands full when facing the redshirt junior quarterback on Saturday.
“He’s a problem,” Kiffin said. “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.