With the Dallas Cowboys, 2012. Photo: Scott Mecum, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Running back, Oklahoma, 2006–⁠10

DeMarco Murray

Number: No. 7
Height: 6′1″
Hometown: Las Vegas, NV
Born: Feb 12, 1988, in Las Vegas, Nevada

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DeMarco Murray played running back at Oklahoma (2006–⁠10). The Dallas Cowboys took Murray in round 3, No. 71 overall in the 2011 NFL Draft.

Best season: 1,214; Rushing yards, 2010 (Oklahoma, 12–⁠2)
Drafted: No. 71; Round 3, 2011 NFL Draft (Dallas Cowboys)

208rushing yards, career highvs. Utah State, 2010 5rushing touchdowns, career highvs. North Texas, 2007 10catches, career hightwice; last at Texas A&M, 2010 143receiving yards, career highvs. Texas A&M, 2009 2receiving touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. Texas A&M, 2009

Honors

Team titles: Big 12 champions, 2007, 2008 and 2010

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record

764

1,002

705

1,214

11–⁠3AP 812–⁠2AP 58–⁠512–⁠2AP 6

Season	Team	Car	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2007*	Oklahoma	127	764	6.0	13	92
2008*	Oklahoma	179	1,002	5.6	14	70
2009	Oklahoma	171	705	4.1	8	38
2010	Oklahoma	282	1,214	4.3	15	63
Career		759	3,685	4.9	50	92

Receiving

Season	Team	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2007*	Oklahoma	14	60	4.3	0	25
2008*	Oklahoma	31	395	12.7	4	34
2009	Oklahoma	41	522	12.7	4	67
2010	Oklahoma	71	594	8.4	5	76
Career		157	1,571	10.0	13	76

Returns

Season	Team	KR	Yds	TD
2010	Oklahoma	10	249	0

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Ht
2007	Oklahoma	7	RB
2008	Oklahoma	7	RB
2009	Oklahoma	7	RB
2010	Oklahoma	7	RB	6′1″

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

2010 Oklahoma 14 games, 1,214 rushing yards, 15 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD
Sep 4	vs.Utah State	W 31–⁠24	35	208	2	–	–	–
Sep 11	vs.Florida State	W 47–⁠17	16	51	2	4	52	0
Sep 18	vs.Air Force	W 27–⁠24	26	110	2	5	38	1
Sep 25	atCincinnati	W 31–⁠29	28	67	1	7	21	0
Oct 2	vs.Texas	W 28–⁠20	25	115	2	4	31	0
Oct 16	vs.Iowa State	W 52–⁠0	20	112	2	2	28	1
Oct 23	atMissouri	L 27–⁠36	12	49	0	8	48	1
Oct 30	vs.Colorado	W 43–⁠10	11	40	1	10	73	0
Nov 6	atTexas A&M	L 19–⁠33	25	80	1	10	67	0
Nov 13	vs.Texas Tech	W 45–⁠7	9	79	0	2	16	1
Nov 20	atBaylor	W 53–⁠24	13	62	1	6	120	1
Nov 27	atOklahoma State	W 47–⁠41	20	80	0	6	41	0
Dec 4	vs.Nebraska	W 23–⁠20	17	68	0	5	60	0
Jan 1 ✦	vs.UConn	W 48–⁠20	25	93	1	2	−1	0

2009 Oklahoma 12 games, 705 rushing yards, 8 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD
Sep 5	vs.BYU	L 13–⁠14	10	58	0	2	10	0
Sep 12	vs.Idaho State	W 64–⁠0	12	101	2	2	40	0
Sep 19	vs.Tulsa	W 45–⁠0	10	60	0	2	38	1
Oct 3	atMiami	L 20–⁠21	23	80	1	2	21	0
Oct 10	vs.Baylor	W 33–⁠7	24	107	0	3	36	0
Oct 17	vs.Texas	L 13–⁠16	5	−3	0	8	116	0
Oct 31	vs.Kansas State	W 42–⁠30	15	62	2	4	28	1
Nov 7	atNebraska	L 3–⁠10	14	47	0	5	37	0
Nov 14	vs.Texas A&M	W 65–⁠10	18	80	0	5	143	2
Nov 21	atTexas Tech	L 13–⁠41	7	14	0	4	14	0
Nov 28	vs.Oklahoma State	W 27–⁠0	13	72	2	1	−1	0
Dec 31 ✦	vs.Stanford	W 31–⁠27	20	27	1	3	40	0

2008 Oklahoma 12 games, 1,002 rushing yards, 14 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD
Aug 30	vs.Chattanooga	W 57–⁠2	15	124	2	–	–	–
Sep 6	vs.Cincinnati	W 52–⁠26	15	88	1	2	13	0
Sep 13	atWashington	W 55–⁠14	16	100	0	1	5	0
Sep 27	vs.TCU	W 35–⁠10	13	23	0	4	48	0
Oct 4	atBaylor	W 49–⁠17	26	96	2	–	–	–
Oct 11	vs.Texas	L 35–⁠45	7	6	0	4	56	0
Oct 18	vs.Kansas	W 45–⁠31	16	83	2	3	35	0
Oct 25	atKansas State	W 58–⁠35	17	104	2	4	63	2
Nov 1	vs.Nebraska	W 62–⁠28	14	57	2	1	25	1
Nov 8	atTexas A&M	W 66–⁠28	7	123	0	7	63	1
Nov 22	vs.Texas Tech	W 65–⁠21	18	125	2	4	71	0
Nov 29	atOklahoma State	W 61–⁠41	15	73	1	1	16	0

2007 Oklahoma 11 games, 764 rushing yards, 13 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD
Sep 1	vs.North Texas	W 79–⁠10	17	87	5	2	13	0
Sep 8	vs.Miami	W 51–⁠13	15	64	0	1	4	0
Sep 15	vs.Utah State	W 54–⁠3	4	100	1	1	−2	0
Sep 21	atTulsa	W 62–⁠21	8	46	2	–	–	–
Sep 29	atColorado	L 24–⁠27	6	19	0	1	1	0
Oct 6	vs.Texas	W 28–⁠21	17	128	1	3	1	0
Oct 13	vs.Missouri	W 41–⁠31	4	2	0	2	26	0
Oct 20	atIowa State	W 17–⁠7	9	59	0	–	–	–
Nov 3	vs.Texas A&M	W 42–⁠14	15	70	1	1	1	0
Nov 10	vs.Baylor	W 52–⁠21	13	95	3	2	19	0
Nov 17	atTexas Tech	L 27–⁠34	19	94	0	1	−3	0

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

Before the draft

Drill	Combine 2011
Height	5′11⅝″
Weight	213 lb
Arm length	32″
Hand size	9¼″
Wingspan	77″^W
40-yard dash	4.43 s
10-yard split	1.55 s^W
Vertical jump	34½″
Broad jump	10′4″
Bench press	21 reps
3-cone drill	7.28 s
20-yard shuttle	4.18 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

7 seasons, 99 games with a stat; latest team: Tennessee Titans.

Pro Bowls: 3 (2013–⁠14, 2016) · First-team All-Pro (AP): 2014

All-Pro teams: AP first team 2014; Pro Football Writers first team 2014; Sporting News first team 2014.

Season	Team	G	Car	Yds	TD	Rec	Rec yds
2011	Dallas Cowboys	13	164	897	2	26	183
2012	Dallas Cowboys	10	161	663	4	35	251
2013	Dallas Cowboys	14	217	1,121	9	53	350
2014	Dallas Cowboys	16	392	1,845	13	57	416
2015	Philadelphia Eagles	15	193	702	6	44	322
2016	Tennessee Titans	16	293	1,287	9	53	377
2017	Tennessee Titans	15	184	659	6	39	266
NFL career		99	1,604	7,174	49	307	2,165

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). 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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