Defensive back, Washington, 2016–⁠18

Byron Murphy

Number: No. 1
Height: 5′11″
Weight: 184 lb
Class (2018): Sophomore
Hometown: Scottsdale, AZ
Born: Jan 18, 1998

Byron Murphy played defensive back at Washington (2016–⁠18). The Arizona Cardinals took Murphy in round 2, No. 33 overall in the 2019 NFL Draft.

Best season: 51; Tackles, 2018 (Washington, 10–⁠4)
Drafted: No. 33; Round 2, 2019 NFL Draft (Arizona Cardinals)

2interceptions, career hightwice; last vs. Utah, 2018

All-America: Athlon Sports 2018

Team titles: Pac-12 champions, 2016 and 2018

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

10–⁠3AP 1610–⁠4AP 13

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
2017	Washington	16	13	3	1	3	7
2018	Washington	51	33	4	0	4	12
Career		67	46	7	1	7	19

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2016	Washington	1	DB	RS
2017	Washington	1	DB	Fr.
2018	Washington	1	DB	So.	5′11″	184

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2018 Washington 13 games, 51 tackles, 4 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Sep 1	vs.Auburn	L 16–⁠21	5	2	0	0	0	0
Sep 8	vs.North Dakota	W 45–⁠3	5	4	0	0	0	3
Sep 15	atUtah	W 21–⁠7	5	4	1	0	0	4
Sep 22	vs.Arizona State	W 27–⁠20	2	2	0	0	0	1
Sep 29	vs.BYU	W 35–⁠7	6	4	2	0	0	1
Oct 6	atUCLA	W 31–⁠24	4	3	0	0	0	0
Oct 13	atOregon	L 27–⁠30	6	5	0	0	0	2
Oct 20	vs.Colorado	W 27–⁠13	4	3	0	0	0	0
Oct 27	atCalifornia	L 10–⁠12	3	0	0.5	0	0	0
Nov 3	vs.Stanford	W 27–⁠23	7	4	0.5	0	1	1
Nov 23	atWashington State	W 28–⁠15	2	2	0	0	1	0
Nov 30	vs.Utah	W 10–⁠3	–	–	–	–	2	–
Jan 1 ✦	vs.Ohio State	L 23–⁠28	2	0	0	0	0	0

2017 Washington 6 games, 16 tackles, 1 sack, 3 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Sep 1	atRutgers	W 30–⁠14	1	1	0	0	2	0
Sep 9	vs.Montana	W 63–⁠7	1	0	0	0	0	3
Sep 16	vs.Fresno State	W 48–⁠16	1	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 18	vs.Utah	W 33–⁠30	1	1	0	0	0	0
Nov 25	vs.Washington State	W 41–⁠14	5	5	1	0	0	3
Dec 30 ✦	vs.Penn State	L 28–⁠35	7	6	2	1	1	1

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Drill	Combine 2019	Combine or pro day 2019
Height	5′10¾″
Weight	190 lb
Arm length	30⅛″
Hand size	8⅞″
Wingspan		71⅜″^W
40-yard dash	4.55 s
10-yard split		1.51 s^W
Vertical jump	36½″
Broad jump	10′0″
Bench press	14 reps
3-cone drill		6.83 s^W
20-yard shuttle		4.13 s^W

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

8 seasons, 108 games with a stat; latest team: Minnesota Vikings.

Pro Bowl: 2024

Season	Team	G	Tkl	Sacks	Int
2019	Arizona Cardinals	16	75	0	1
2020	Arizona Cardinals	15	51	2	0
2021	Arizona Cardinals	16	64	0.5	4
2022	Arizona Cardinals	9	33	0.5	0
2023	Minnesota Vikings	14	56	0	3
2024	Minnesota Vikings	16	72	0	6
2025	Minnesota Vikings	17	71	0	2
2026 (so far)	Minnesota Vikings	5	21	0	3
NFL career		108	443	3	19

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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