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MLB once an option, Kyler Murray not having second thoughts after Harper's mega-deal

INDIANAPOLIS — Kyler Murray, like most people, saw Bryce Harper’s 13-year, $330 million contract with the Philadelphia Phillies and had a reaction to it.

The deal, however, didn’t appear to give the Heisman-winning quarterback any second thoughts about pursuing football instead of professional baseball.

“How much money is that per year?” Murray said. “Everybody makes a big deal about it because it says $300 million. There’s quarterbacks making more money than him a year.”

With a herd of reporters around him Friday at the NFL scouting combine, Murray said his decision to play in the NFL is “final.