Kyler Murray's One Big Regret: 'I Only Got One Season' at Oklahoma

Murray not only won the Heisman, but, like Mayfield before him, he became the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL Drat the following spring.

Murray left Allen High School with a 43-0 record as the starting quarterback and signed with Texas A&M for the 2015 season.

But after a year in College Station, he realized that wasn’t the place he wanted to be. At the end of the ’15 season, he called Lincoln Riley and eventually came to Oklahoma.

Riley’s sales pitch at the time was that Mayfield, who transferred from Texas Tech, redshirted and then won the job in 2015, would play his final college season in 2016.

The plan seemed perfect as Murray redshirted 2016 and was ready to slot right behind Mayfield in 2017.

But the Big 12 Conference heard Mayfield’s appeal for an additional year — he was made to redshirt after transferring despite being a walk-on at both Tech and OU — and eventually granted him a year of eligibility for 2017.

It was dubbed the Baker Mayfield Rule to not penalize players who pay their own way through school.

But it wasn’t the ideal outcome for Murray, who backed up Mayfield in 2017 before taking over as the starter in 2018.

“The fact that I did trust in the process and not transferring again or whatever it may be — because nowadays, the transfer portal, stuff like that. I stuck it through, trusted the people around me, made great relationships, great friendships — lifelong, you know, with the coaches and stuff like that.

“I’m grateful for everything that happened here. I wouldn’t change it for the world. Only thing I would change is being able to play one more year. Play one more year. I hate that I only got one season here. But no, I loved my time here.”

Murray’s Heisman journey continues Saturday when his statue will be unveiled to the public in Heisman Park — that ceremony is scheduled to begin at 11:30 a.m. — and then he’ll be back on Owen Field at halftime of the Sooners’ annual Red/White Game, which kicks off at 2:30 p.m.