Arizona Cardinals choose up Kyler Murray’s fifth-year choice; now beneath contract by means of ’23

TEMPE, Ariz. — The Arizona Cardinals picked up quarterback Kyler Murray‘s fifth-year choice on Wednesday, fulfilling the pledge basic supervisor Steve Keim made earlier this yr on the NFL mix.

The choice for 2023 will assure Murray a wage of about $29 million.

Murray, who was taken first general in 2019, was set to enter the ultimate yr of his rookie contract, making him eligible for an extension that his agent has publicly said Murray wished sooner relatively than later.

On the NFL mix in March, Keim stated the Cardinals would choose up Murray’s choice, a day after Murray’s agent, Erik Burkhardt, posted a letter on Twitter that defined how an in depth contract proposal was despatched to the staff.

Murray, 24, received rookie of the yr and is a two-time Professional Bowler. He led the Cardinals to improved win totals in every of his three seasons and guided Arizona to the playoffs final season for the primary time since 2015.