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Former Oklahoma QB Kyler Murray Injured

Murray sustained what appeared to be a knee injury while scrambling and went down without contact.

John E. Hoover

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Former Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray went down Monday with what appears to be a serious knee injury.

On the third play of the Arizona Cardinals’ game against New England at State Farm Stadium, Murray was running to his right, planted his right foot to cut back and went down in pain without any contact.

Kyler Murray is carted off Monday night.
Kyler Murray is carted off Monday night / Michael Chow-USA TODAY NETWORK

Murray laid on the field for several minutes as the Cardinals medical staff tended to him, and he was placed on a cart and driven off the field while draping a towel over his head.

In a sideline interview during the ESPN broadcast between the first and second quarter, Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury discussed the injury.

“Yeah, it’s tough,” Kingsbury said. “He’ll be out the rest of the game. That’s all I know right now. You hate to see that. Guys gotta rally around Colt and hopefully we’ll get it done.”

Murray was replaced by backup and former Texas quarterback Colt McCoy, a 13-year veteran with five different teams. But the Cardinals losing their offensive spark plug clearly had an effect on the Arizona offense.

“Yeah, it’s hard,” Kingsbury said. “It’s hard to get back up. You see one of your teammates, one of the guys you sweat with every day. But we’ll keep fighting.”

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John E. Hoover
JOHN E. HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.

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