Quarterback, Kennesaw State, 2021–⁠23

Jonathan Murphy

Number: No. 4
Height: 6′0″
Weight: 190 lb
Class (2023): Senior
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA

Jonathan Murphy played quarterback at Kennesaw State (2021–⁠23).

308passing yards, career highvs. Furman, 2023 138rushing yards, career highvs. Wofford, 2022 3rushing touchdowns, career hightwice; last at Eastern Kentucky, 2022

Team titles: Big South champions, 2021

Passing

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

375

971

5–⁠63–⁠6

Season	Team	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	TD	Int
2022	Kennesaw State	28	54	51.9	375	6.9	1	0
2023	Kennesaw State	73	140	52.1	971	6.9	6	3
Career		101	194	52.1	1,346	6.9	7	3

Rushing

Season	Team	Car	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2022	Kennesaw State	107	386	3.6	9	57
2023	Kennesaw State	103	311	3.0	6	57
Career		210	697	3.3	15	57

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2022	Kennesaw State	4	QB	Jr.
2023	Kennesaw State	4	QB	Sr.	6′0″	190

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.

Per play

Season	Team	Plays	EPA/play	Pctile	Median	Total	Usage	Adj. rush
2022	Kennesaw State (FCS)	157	0.20	17th (n=250)	0.32	30.8	37%	0.08
2023	Kennesaw State (FCS)	210	0.10	3rd (n=255)	0.32	20.3	61%	–

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2023 Kennesaw State 7 games, 971 passing yards, 6 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 9	atChattanooga	L 20–⁠27	12	16	181	1	0	32
Sep 16	vs.Furman	L 28–⁠31	17	31	308	2	1	63
Sep 23	atTennessee Tech	L 7–⁠17	8	24	76	1	0	39
Sep 30	atCharleston Southern	L 10–⁠13	8	16	85	0	0	76
Oct 7	vs.Tennessee State	L 20–⁠27	12	29	144	0	1	−38
Nov 4	atSam Houston	L 21–⁠24	8	14	44	0	1	100
Nov 11	vs.Virginia Lynchburg	W 63–⁠3	8	10	133	2	0	39

No box score in the source for Aug 31 vs. Tusculum, so that game is not listed.

2022 Kennesaw State 6 games, 375 passing yards, 1 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 10	atCincinnati	L 10–⁠63	3	4	51	0	0	28
Sep 24	vs.Wofford	W 24–⁠22	11	14	107	0	0	138
Oct 1	atJacksonville State	L 28–⁠35	4	13	44	0	0	134
Oct 8	vs.North Alabama	W 40–⁠34	–	–	–	–	–	5
Nov 12	vs.Austin Peay	L 14–⁠31	5	10	61	0	0	15
Nov 19	atEastern Kentucky	L 38–⁠45	5	13	112	1	0	66