The Oakland A’s agreed to terms on a contract with 1st-round draft pick Kyler Murray, reports Jon Heyman of FanRag Sports. The deal will guarantee Murray “close to $5M,” which is right in line with the $4.76 million slot value of the pick. He’ll also be permitted to play college football this fall for Oklahoma, where he’s competing for the starting quarterback job.
The selection of Murray drew many questions at the time due to the uncertainty over the direction of his future. However, the A’s immediately made clear that they were on board with letting him follow his two-sport dreams for one more season, and that they were willing to accept the risk of injury in football in order to procure his high level of talent (via Susan Slusser, S.