Safety, Mississippi State, 2018–⁠20

Marcus Murphy

Number
No. 7
Height
6′1″
Weight
200 lb
Class (2020)
Junior
Hometown
West Point, MS

Marcus Murphy played safety at Mississippi State (2018–⁠20).

Career highs

10tackles, career hightwice; last vs. Vanderbilt, 2020

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamTklSoloTFLSacksIntPDHur
2018Mississippi State750.50010
2019Mississippi State261810210
2020Mississippi State341110010
Career67342.50230

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

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2018Mississippi State7SFr.
2019Mississippi State7SSo.
2020Mississippi State7SJr.6′1″200

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

2020 Mississippi State 6 games, 34 tackles
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 26atLSUW 44–⁠34520000
Oct 3vs.ArkansasL 14–⁠21520000
Oct 10atKentuckyL 2–⁠24620001
Oct 17vs.Texas A&ML 14–⁠28410000
Oct 31atAlabamaL 0–⁠41431000
Nov 7vs.VanderbiltW 24–⁠171010000
2019 Mississippi State 3 games, 26 tackles, 2 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Nov 2atArkansasW 54–⁠24840011
Nov 28vs.Ole MissW 21–⁠20861010
Dec 30 ✦vs.LouisvilleL 28–⁠381080000
2018 Mississippi State 7 games, 7 tackles
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 15vs.LouisianaW 56–⁠10100000
Sep 22atKentuckyL 7–⁠28110000
Oct 20atLSUL 3–⁠19110000
Oct 27vs.Texas A&MW 28–⁠13110000
Nov 3vs.Louisiana TechW 45–⁠3220000
Nov 17vs.ArkansasW 52–⁠6100.5001
Jan 1 ✦vs.IowaL 22–⁠27––––––

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

Before the draft

DrillPro day 2021
Height5′11¼″
Weight198 lb
Arm length31⅝″
Hand size8¾″
40-yard dash4.54 s
Vertical jump38½″
Broad jump10′1″
Bench press11 reps
3-cone drill7.14 s
20-yard shuttle4.30 s

Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

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