As an athlete playing in the social media era, you truly cannot get away with anything. Kyler Murray’s video game habit has recently become Big News in the football world.
Murray’s extracurricular activities first came under scrutiny after he signed a massive five-year, $230-million extension, which happened to include a clause that stated he needed to conduct four hours of independent film study per week.
In order to get credit for those study hours, the clause stated that Murray cannot be engaged in other activities—such as watching TV, browsing the internet, or playing games.
Once that went public, fans went nuts online. One guy took it further by checking out Murray’s love of Call of Duty.
One fan on Reddit that goes by the username u/NegativeBee took some time to break down Kyler Murray’s performances on the football field with weekends where Call of Duty was offering special incentives to play.
If you’re not familiar with the game, players often compete to earn in-game credits in order to purchase skins or aesthetic upgrades for their characters and on some weekends the game offered double the credits per session or 2XP.
The user measured the QB’s play during weekends with such COD promos and ones without:
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Passer rating
Murray’s average passer rating on non-2XP weekends is 97.43 and 89.65 on 2XP weekends, showing a -7.77 difference on 2XP weekends.
Passing yards
Kyler Murray’s average yards per game is 251 on non-2XP weekends and 245 on 2XP weekends, showing a -6 YPG difference on 2XP weekends.
Completion percentage
Murray’s average comp% on non-2XP weekends is 67.29 and 67.17 on 2XP weekends, showing a -0.12% difference on 2XP weekends.
Win-loss record
Kyler Murray’s record on non-2XP weekend is 18-16-1 (0.529) and on 2XP weekends it is 4-7-0 (0.360), showing a -0.169 win% difference on 2XP weekends.
As you can see, Murray indeed underperformed during weekends where he would’ve had the opportunity to earn double the in-game credits in Call of Duty.
