Linebacker, Buffalo, 2022–25
Red Murdock
Lettered 2023–25 (school media guide)
- Number
- No. 2
- Height
- 6′3″
- Weight
- 240 lb
- Class (2025)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Hopewell, VA
- Born
- Sep 24, 2003, in Petersburg, Virginia
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Red Murdock played linebacker at Buffalo (2022–25). The Denver Broncos took Murdock in round 7, No. 257 overall in the 2026 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
19tackles, career highvs. Ball State, 20242sacks, career highat Akron, 2023All-America: AP second team 2025
Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Buffalo | 2 | LB | Fr. | ||
| 2023 | Buffalo | 2 | LB | So. | ||
| 2024 | Buffalo | 2 | LB | Jr. | ||
| 2025 | Buffalo | 2 | LB | Sr. | 6′3″ | 240 |
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
2025 Buffalo 12 games, 142 tackles, 5 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28 | at Minnesota | L 10–23 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 6 | vs.Saint Francis | W 45–6 | 6 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 13 | at Kent State | W 31–28 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 20 | vs. Troy | L 17–21 | 12 | 6 | 2.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 27 | vs. UConn | L 17–20 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 4 | vs. Eastern Michigan | W 31–30 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 18 | at Massachusetts | W 28–21 | 9 | 2 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 25 | vs. Akron | L 16–24 | 13 | 5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 1 | at Bowling Green | W 28–3 | 13 | 5 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | at Central Michigan | L 19–38 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | vs. Miami (OH) | L 20–37 | 14 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 28 | vs. Ohio | L 26–31 | 14 | 8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
2024 Buffalo 13 games, 156 tackles, 2 sacks, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 | vs. Lafayette | W 30–13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 7 | at Missouri | L 0–38 | 10 | 4 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 14 | vs.Massachusetts | W 34–3 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 21 | at Northern Illinois | W 23–20 | 12 | 10 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 28 | atUConn | L 3–47 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 12 | vs. Toledo | W 30–15 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 19 | vs. Western Michigan | L 41–48 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 26 | atOhio | L 16–47 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2 | atAkron | W 41–30 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | vs. Ball State | W 51–48 | 19 | 9 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 20 | atEastern Michigan | W 37–20 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 26 | vs.Kent State | W 43–7 | 8 | 4 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 4 ✦ | vs. Liberty | W 26–7 | 13 | 9 | 2.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2023 Buffalo 10 games, 55 tackles, 2 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | at Wisconsin | L 17–38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 9 | vs. Fordham | L 37–40 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 30 | atAkron | W 13–10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 7 | vs.Central Michigan | W 37–13 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 14 | vs.Bowling Green | L 14–24 | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 21 | atKent State | W 24–6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 31 | atToledo | L 13–31 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 7 | vs.Ohio | L 10–20 | 8 | 5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 15 | atMiami (OH) | L 10–23 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 21 | vs.Eastern Michigan | L 11–24 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 Buffalo 2 games, 6 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 | vs.Miami (OH) | W 24–20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 8 | atBowling Green | W 38–7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2026 | Combine or pro day 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′1⅞″ | |
| Weight | 232 lb | |
| Arm length | 31″ | |
| Hand size | 10⅜″ | |
| Wingspan | 77⅝″W | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.79 sW | |
| 10-yard split | 1.63 sW | |
| Vertical jump | 31½″W | |
| Broad jump | 9′6″W | |
| Bench press | 22 repsW |
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).
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