Here's a little peek at what OU is presenting for Kyler Murray's Heisman bid.
* Named Most Outstanding Player of the 2018 Big 12 Championship.
• Owns a 96.1 Total QBR, the highest by a player entering bowl play since 2004 when ESPN began tracking the metric. The highest end-of-season figure was 94.1 by Wisconsin’s Russell Wilson in 2011.
• The first FBS player in history to enter bowl season averaging at least 300 passing yards (311.8) and at least 60 rushing yards (68.6) per game.
• Leads the nation with a 205.7 passing efficiency rating (FBS record is 198.9), 11.9 yards per pass attempt (FBS record is 11.1) and 16.8 yards per completion. Also, 11.8 percent of his passes have been for touchdowns (FBS record is 11.6 percent).
• Has registered six games of 300-plus passing yards and 65-plus rushing yards, the highest single-season total nationally since at least 1996.
• His 4,945 yards of total offense so far this season broke Baker Mayfield’s school record (Murray did it in one fewer game) and aremore than 68 FBS teams (53 percent), including six AP Top 25 squads.
• Leader of an offense that ranked 110th out of 130 FBS teams with just 65.4 offensive plays per game entering this weekend, but thatranked FIRST nationally with its 583.8 yards per contest (next highest average was 547.6). Oklahoma leads the nation with its gaudy 8.7 yards per play, a figure that would break the FBS single-season record of 8.6 by Hawaii in 2006.
• Played center field for OU's baseball team and was a first-round pick (No. 9 overall) by the Oakland A's in June's Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. Hit .296 with 10 home runs, 13 doubles, 47 RBIs and 10 stolen bases in 51 games (50 starts) in 2018.
* Named Most Outstanding Player of the 2018 Big 12 Championship.
• Owns a 96.1 Total QBR, the highest by a player entering bowl play since 2004 when ESPN began tracking the metric. The highest end-of-season figure was 94.1 by Wisconsin’s Russell Wilson in 2011.
• The first FBS player in history to enter bowl season averaging at least 300 passing yards (311.8) and at least 60 rushing yards (68.6) per game.
• Leads the nation with a 205.7 passing efficiency rating (FBS record is 198.9), 11.9 yards per pass attempt (FBS record is 11.1) and 16.8 yards per completion. Also, 11.8 percent of his passes have been for touchdowns (FBS record is 11.6 percent).
• Has registered six games of 300-plus passing yards and 65-plus rushing yards, the highest single-season total nationally since at least 1996.
• His 4,945 yards of total offense so far this season broke Baker Mayfield’s school record (Murray did it in one fewer game) and aremore than 68 FBS teams (53 percent), including six AP Top 25 squads.
• Leader of an offense that ranked 110th out of 130 FBS teams with just 65.4 offensive plays per game entering this weekend, but thatranked FIRST nationally with its 583.8 yards per contest (next highest average was 547.6). Oklahoma leads the nation with its gaudy 8.7 yards per play, a figure that would break the FBS single-season record of 8.6 by Hawaii in 2006.
• Played center field for OU's baseball team and was a first-round pick (No. 9 overall) by the Oakland A's in June's Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. Hit .296 with 10 home runs, 13 doubles, 47 RBIs and 10 stolen bases in 51 games (50 starts) in 2018.
