The super-charged, extremely dynamic Oklahoma duo that was Kyler Murray and Marquise "Hollywood" Brown is again in motion.
The previous teammates are collectively as soon as once more — this time donning the Arizona Cardinals' crimson hue as a substitute of the Sooners' crimson — after the Cardinals acquired Brown on draft evening for his or her first-round choose.
And whereas the colours they put on will bear a slight alteration, the Playing cards' entrance workplace is hoping the pair will have the ability to replicate the success they noticed throughout their tenure in Norman. And so are Murray and Brown themselves.
The 2 have been a harmful duo throughout their heyday, unleashing a great deal of massive performs on opposing defenses utilizing the mix of Murray's rocket arm and Brown's pace.
Throughout their one full season of faculty ball collectively (2018), Brown registered 1,318 receiving yards on 75 catches, together with 10 TDs. He averaged a whopping 17.6 yards per catch and surpassed the 100-yard mark in half (six) of his video games.
And Playing cards followers are stressed to see what the revamped skilled model of the twosome can do. It is primed to be a deal with to see, however within the meantime, let's look again at among the Murray-Brown connection's greatest moments from their OU days.
Climbing the mountain
Murray and Brown's late-season go to to Morgantown yielded splendidly optimistic outcomes. West Virginia scored early, however the Mountaineers' go-ahead TD solely prompted the Murray-Brown present sooner relatively than later.
It appeared as if the 2's dominance can be inevitable, and by the point the clock struck zeroes, they'd connected for 243 yards and two TDs on simply 11 completions.
Home calls
Brown was phoning house all recreation lengthy within the Sooners' early-season matchup towards the feisty Iowa State Cyclones. He had defenders in a whirlwind, busting open on massive routes to complete 191 yards on 9 catches, together with a doozy of a TD.
Murray's icy play-fake and Brown's wheels have been an excessive amount of for the Cyclones' protection, and the Sooners cruised to a 37-27 victory, bettering to 3-0. Murray had 348 yards by the air.
Air raid
Murray received the 2018 Heisman Trophy for a cause. The person's manufacturing was unmatched that season, and none of his showings have been maybe fairly as spectacular as his 432-yard, six-TD show vs. Baylor. Brown was on the receiving finish of two of these TDs, posting 132 yards in all with a season-high of 26.4 yards per reception.
Oklahoma leveled Baylor 66-33 to 5-0.
