Arizona Cardinals rookie quarterback Kyler Murray has set a few records this season.
He recently set the franchise record for passing yards by a rookie. His 17 total touchdowns are a team record for a rookie quarterback. He set a league rookie record by going 211 consecutive pass attempts without an interception.
He has set team rookie records for completions and games with multiple touchdown passes.
More records are in reach.
- He currently has 418 rushing yards. With 84 rushing yards in the final five games, he will set a franchise record for rushing yards by a quarterback. Charley Trippi’s 501 yards in 1951 are the current mark. Timm Rosenbach’s 470 yards in 1990 are second.
- He is two touchdown passes away from the team record for touchdown passes by a rookie. Jake Plummer has the record with 15 in 1997.
- He is three rushing touchdowns away from tying the team record for rushing touchdowns by a quarterback. Jim Hart holds the record with six in 1968.
- With one win in the final five games, he will tie the rookie record for wins by a starting quarterback. Two more will set a new record.
- He is on pace to set a franchise record for the lowest interception percentage ever. That is not a rookie record. That is an all-time Cardinals record. The lowest interception rate by a quarterback attempting at least 250 passes in a season is 2.0 percent, shared by Kent Graham in 1997 and Carson Palmer in 2015. Murray’s rate is 1.3 currently.
- He is on pace to become only the second player in franchise history to have at least 20 touchdown passes and fewer than 10 interceptions. The only other time that has happened was Jim Hart in 1974 when he threw 20 touchdown passes and only eight interceptions.
Murray is on pace for 3,931 passing yards. That will not be a team record but it is one of the best seasons in team history. It would be the sixth-highest passing total in team history, bested only by Kurt Warner, Neil Lomax and Carson Palmer (three times).
The Cardinals do not have a great quarterback history. However, it does appear, at least early in his career, the Cardinals already have one of the best they have ever had.
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