It’s time for Oklahoma to start planning for another statue at Heisman Park.
Quarterback Kyler Murray gave the Sooners their second straight Heisman winner and seventh overall, claiming the award Saturday in New York. With Baker Mayfield winning last season, Oklahoma became the first school with back-to-back Heisman winners since Army in 1945 and ‘46 with its legendary backfield of Doc Blanchard and Glenn Davis.
A former Allen High School standout, Murray beat two other quarterback finalists, Alabama’s Tua Tagovailoa and Ohio State’s Dwayne Haskins, with a late-season surge.
Already a millionaire after being drafted ninth overall by the Oakland A’s in the MLB Draft, Murray struck gold in his first and almost certainly only season as a starter at Oklahoma.