TEMPE, Ariz. -- Michael Staten saw it before anyone else did.
How Kyler Murray outthought and outmaneuvered his opponents. How Murray processed information, quickly solving problems. How he won gracefully and humbly and led by example. How he became popular despite being soft-spoken.
And Staten saw Murray win. A lot. But not on the football field. Not on the baseball diamond either.
No, Staten witnessed all of these traits while Murray sat behind a chessboard.
Years before Murray was a Texas high school football and baseball legend, before he was a Heisman winner at Oklahoma, before he was a first-round pick of the Oakland A's and the No.