INDIANAPOLIS — First it was Kyler Murray’s height. Then it was Kyler Murray’s weight. And then, after Kyler Murray’s weight, it was Kyler Murray’s hand size.

By Friday, when Murray appeared before the news media, the chatter at the weeklong N.F.L. combine — an annual predraft meat market that makes little pretense of being anything subtler — had been dominated by discussions of his physical qualifications (or lack thereof). Does he, the Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback for Oklahoma who is preparing for April’s draft, really have what is needed to succeed as a pro?

Gil Brandt, the former Dallas Cowboys personnel chief, could not remember more buzz around a draft prospect.

“This is the most in history,” Brandt said, “and I’ve been doing this since 1977.”

A number of factors have contributed to the Kyler craze.