Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray is open to playing against the United States in flag football as part of the 2028 Summer Olympics.
There will be a logjam of quarterbacks ready to suit up for Team USA at the next Olympics in Los Angeles, where flag football will be added to the extravaganza as an official event.
And with Patrick Mahomes, Lamar Jackson, and Josh Allen the frontrunners to represent the country’s first Olympic flag football team, Murray is hedging his bets in case USA reps don’t come calling.
Murray, who is one-quarter Korean, insists he is open to representing South Korea on the world stage if called upon in 2028.
Exactly how many teams will qualify and how the process works to make any roster differs per country.
Kyler Murray has expressed interest in playing for South Korea in flag football at the Olympics
Murray is one-quarter Korean, making him eligible to represent the country at the Games
Murray has spoken about the possibility of playing for South Korean at the 2028 Olympics in the past.
‘That would be an awesome experience if they asked me to do it,’ he said to AMAZN HQ. ‘I’d have to take it into consideration… I think that’d be a great experience.’
The US national flag football team has won five straight world championships, though some members of the current player pool believe its unfair for NFL stars to jump the line when they have never played their brand of football professionally.
‘I feel like I’m better than Patrick Mahomes because of my IQ of the game,’ said USA flag football quarterback Darrell Doucette via TMZ.
‘We are fans of these guys, and like I said, we love the fact that they wanna go out and win the gold medal and represent the country, just like us. But we don’t want to be forgotten about because we are the ones who helped this game get to where it’s at.’
It is hard to deny that there would be more interest in the sport at the Olympics if a big name NFL player was running an offense, even though it looks like it will not be Murray.
