1. Aaron Murray was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League in the fifth round of the 2014 NFL draft.
52 Facts About Aaron Murray
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Aaron Murray is a college football color commentator for the ESPN networks, most permanently as a commentator for SEC Network.
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Aaron Murray was raised in Florida, the son of Lauren and Dennis Aaron Murray.
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Aaron Murray's father is Catholic, and his mother is Jewish.
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Aaron Murray graduated from Plant High School after transferring from Jesuit High School in Tampa, Florida.
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Aaron Murray had a longest pass play of 78 yards that season.
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Aaron Murray received 53 scholarship offers, and during his senior season he completed 118-of-195 passes for 2,285 yards and 33 touchdowns with five interceptions.
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Aaron Murray participated in the 2009 US Army All-American Bowl on the same East team with Clemson Tigers quarterback Tajh Boyd.
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Aaron Murray was named Hillsborough co-offensive player of the year along with teammate and favorite target, wide receiver Orson Charles.
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Aaron Murray was voted the 4A Player of the Year therefore making him a finalist and leading contender for Florida's Mr Football of 2008.
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Aaron Murray was named Parade All-American, Orlando Sentinel's All-Southern Top 12 Players SE, Press-Register's Super Southeast 120, and FSWA All-State first-team quarterback.
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Aaron Murray verbally committed to attend the University of Georgia under head coach Mark Richt in April 2008.
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Aaron Murray redshirted during his freshman season because of a shoulder injury that he suffered during the fall.
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Aaron Murray rushed six times for 36 yards against the Commodores.
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Aaron Murray finished the game 18-for-37 passing for 313 yards with three touchdowns.
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Aaron Murray went 15-of-19 passing the ball for 271 yards with three touchdown passes including a 66-yarder thrown to wide receiver Kris Durham in the first quarter.
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Aaron Murray's 24 passing touchdowns is tied for second in UGA history for a single season.
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Aaron Murray's pass efficiency rating of 154.48 ranked as No 14 nationally and No 4 in the SEC.
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Aaron Murray was listed as third highest in the SEC averaging 234.5 yards passing per contest.
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Aaron Murray was ranked No 4 in total offense in the SEC with 274.4 yards a game.
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Aaron Murray hit on 18-of-26 pass attempts for 188 yards against the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers.
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Aaron Murray was 15-of-34 for 169 yards and two fourth down touchdown passes.
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Aaron Murray completed 16-of-40 passes for 163 yards and a touchdown in the loss.
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Aaron Murray completed 20-of-32 passes for 288 yards and two touchdowns in the overtime loss.
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The game ended as a Aaron Murray pass was caught by Chris Conley, who was five yards short of the end zone as time expired.
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Aaron Murray was 18-of-33 for 265 yards passing and a touchdown in the contest.
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Aaron Murray threw for 427 yards and five touchdowns in the game.
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Aaron Murray ended the game with a 24-yard touchdown pass to running back Keith Marshall and an 87-yard touchdown pass to Chris Conley in the fourth quarter.
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Aaron Murray finished the contest 20-of-29 passing for 323 yards while scoring on a 1-yard touchdown run with 1:19 left to play.
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Aaron Murray threw for 298 yards and for 4 touchdowns in the victory.
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Aaron Murray finished the contest going 19-of-35 for 196 passing yards and three touchdowns.
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Aaron Murray passed for 290 yards and three touchdowns in the loss.
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Aaron Murray's 7-yard pass completion to Arthur Lynch moved Murray past Peyton Manning to become the SEC's all-time leading passer.
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Aaron Murray threw for 258 yards in the Florida game and had 281 yards passing against Appalachian State off 19-of-26 passing attempts.
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Against Appalachian State, Aaron Murray completed touchdown passes 114 and 115 to tie and break the all-time SEC career passing touchdown record previously set by Florida quarterback Danny Wuerffel in 1996.
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Aaron Murray threw for 415 yards and two touchdowns in the loss.
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Aaron Murray was hit by a defender with 2:17 left in the half that caused him to suffer a season-ending ACL injury.
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Aaron Murray was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the fifth round of the 2014 NFL draft.
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On September 3,2016, Aaron Murray was released by the Chiefs.
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On September 4,2016, Aaron Murray was signed by the Arizona Cardinals to their practice squad.
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On September 12,2016, Aaron Murray was released by the Cardinals.
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On September 13,2016, Aaron Murray was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles to their practice squad reuniting him with former Chief offensive coordinator and Eagle head coach Doug Pederson.
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On March 23,2017, Aaron Murray was signed by the Los Angeles Rams.
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In 2018, Aaron Murray signed with the Atlanta Legends of the Alliance of American Football for the 2019 season.
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Aaron Murray was protected by the Legends on November 27,2018, for the 2019 AAF QB Draft, where he was selected second overall.
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Aaron Murray began the 2019 AAF season as the backup to Matt Simms.
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Aaron Murray was allocated as one of the "Tier 1" quarterbacks in the 2020 XFL Draft on October 15,2019, assigned to the Tampa Bay Vipers.
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Aaron Murray signed a contract with the team on November 4,2019.
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Aaron Murray suffered a foot injury and missed the week 2 game.
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Aaron Murray had his contract terminated when the league suspended operations on April 10,2020.
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Aaron Murray's older brother, Josh Aaron Murray, was a contestant in the 2014 season of The Bachelorette.
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Aaron Murray began dating Fox reporter Kacie McDonnell in 2013, and got engaged to her in 2014.