Unless Kyler Murray decides to pursue a professional baseball career this summer, the five-star quarterback signee from Allen, Texas, will provide Kyle Allen with his biggest competition for the starting job.

Allen, a sophomore with five starts to his credit and an entire spring in front of him as the No. 1 guy for the Aggies, spoke to the media Tuesday for just the second time as a Texas A&M football player.

A baby-faced freshman who replaced Kenny Hill mid-season in 2014, he sounded like a veteran, deftly addressing questions about a potential summer and fall camp competition with the lauded incoming quarterback.

“(Murray) is going to give it the best shot he can. He’s an amazing player who’s never lost a game in his life. He’s going to come in here and compete, no doubt about that. He’ll be ready, I’ll be ready and it will be fun,” Allen said.

At 5-foot-11 and 178 pounds, Murray doesn’t have the body of an NFL quarterback. But he’s expected to be a high-round pick in the MLB draft. To an outsider, it appears he’s got a better chance to build a career as a professional athlete. But in Texas, the opportunity to compete for a starting job at one of the state’s biggest college programs has a strong pull.

If Murray does come to College Station, he’ll be at a distinct disadvantage to Allen, but the latter offered him respect when pressed.

“(Murray) deserves it,” Allen said. “The kid has never lost a game in his life. He’s a Texas legend. I know everyone here is from Texas and I’m from Arizona so I don’t get that love yet (smiling) … He’s a legend around here. … He’s going to have to put the work in just like I did, but it’s going to be a fun competition.”

Allen completed 61.5 percent of his passes in ’14, throwing for 16 touchdowns and 7 interceptions. He lost a tight competition with Hill in the fall, telling the media on Tuesday that he broke down last year when the team told him Hill would start the season opener against South Carolina.

A few months later, though, Allen took over the team, and Hill announced after the season he’d transfer.

Allen counts his five starts as a huge asset as he tries to progress this spring.

“No doubt it was huge. Game experience is like nothing else. You can’t re-create what happens in a game in practice,” Allen said. “I got so many different looks from different teams, from different defenses. None of the last five teams ran the same defense. We were switching out our game plan every week. It made me very versatile.”

If Allen performs well this spring, even if Murray competes hard in the summer and fall, the job may be his by default.