Missouri, 2010–14
Marcus Murphy
- Number
- No. 6
- Height
- 5′9″
- Hometown
- DeSoto, TX
- Born
- Oct 3, 1991, in DeSoto, Texas
Wikipedia readers: about 208 a month over the past year
Marcus Murphy played at Missouri (2010–14). The New Orleans Saints took Murphy in round 7, No. 230 overall in the 2015 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
157rushing yards, career highvs. Minnesota, 20142rushing touchdowns, career hightwice; last at Tennessee, 2014Honors
All-America: Scout.com 2014; College Football News third team 2012
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Returns
Rushing
Receiving
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
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
2014 Missouri 14 games, 924 rushing yards, 4 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | KR | Yds | PR | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | vs. South Dakota State | W 38–18 | 2 | 129 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Sep 6 | at Toledo | W 49–24 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 34 | 0 |
| Sep 13 | vs. UCF | W 38–10 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Sep 20 | vs. Indiana | L 27–31 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 27 | 0 |
| Sep 27 | at South Carolina | W 21–20 | 1 | 32 | 3 | 46 | 0 |
| Oct 11 | vs. Georgia | L 0–34 | 4 | 59 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Oct 18 | at Florida | W 42–13 | 1 | 96 | 4 | 101 | 1 |
| Oct 25 | vs. Vanderbilt | W 24–14 | – | – | 2 | 18 | – |
| Nov 1 | vs. Kentucky | W 20–10 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 36 | 0 |
| Nov 15 | at Texas A&M | W 34–27 | – | – | 2 | 2 | – |
| Nov 22 | at Tennessee | W 29–21 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Nov 28 | vs. Arkansas | W 21–14 | 1 | 23 | 1 | −4 | 0 |
| Dec 6 | vs. Alabama | L 13–42 | 3 | 63 | – | – | 0 |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. Minnesota | W 33–17 | 1 | 26 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
2013 Missouri 14 games, 48 returns, 745 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | KR | Yds | PR | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. Murray State | W 58–14 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 15 | 0 |
| Sep 7 | vs.Toledo | W 38–23 | 2 | 42 | 2 | 22 | 0 |
| Sep 21 | atIndiana | W 45–28 | 1 | 18 | – | – | 0 |
| Sep 28 | vs. Arkansas State | W 41–19 | 4 | 90 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| Oct 5 | atVanderbilt | W 51–28 | – | – | 2 | 18 | – |
| Oct 12 | atGeorgia | W 41–26 | 2 | 58 | – | – | 0 |
| Oct 19 | vs.Florida | W 36–17 | 2 | 35 | 2 | −7 | 0 |
| Oct 26 | vs.South Carolina | L 24–27 | 2 | 59 | – | – | 0 |
| Nov 2 | vs.Tennessee | W 31–3 | 2 | 37 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Nov 9 | atKentucky | W 48–17 | 2 | 67 | – | – | 0 |
| Nov 23 | at Ole Miss | W 24–10 | 3 | 48 | – | – | 0 |
| Nov 30 | vs.Texas A&M | W 28–21 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 39 | 0 |
| Dec 7 | vs. Auburn | L 42–59 | 1 | 14 | – | – | 0 |
| Jan 3 ✦ | vs. Oklahoma State | W 41–31 | 4 | 90 | 3 | 46 | 0 |
2012 Missouri 12 games, 46 returns, 832 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | KR | Yds | PR | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. SE Louisiana | W 62–10 | – | – | 5 | 180 | – |
| Sep 8 | vs.Georgia | L 20–41 | – | – | 3 | 3 | – |
| Sep 15 | vs. Arizona State | W 24–20 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 28 | 0 |
| Sep 22 | atSouth Carolina | L 10–31 | 1 | 19 | – | – | 0 |
| Sep 29 | atUCF | W 21–16 | 1 | 33 | 3 | 70 | 0 |
| Oct 6 | vs.Vanderbilt | L 15–19 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Oct 13 | vs.Alabama | L 10–42 | 3 | 131 | 2 | 21 | 1 |
| Oct 27 | vs.Kentucky | W 33–10 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Nov 3 | atFlorida | L 7–14 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 22 | 0 |
| Nov 10 | atTennessee | W 51–48 | 2 | 45 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| Nov 17 | vs. Syracuse | L 27–31 | 3 | 61 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Nov 24 | atTexas A&M | L 29–59 | 6 | 107 | 2 | 28 | 0 |
2010 Missouri 11 games, 24 returns, 475 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | KR | Yds | PR | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11 | vs. McNeese | W 50–6 | 1 | 24 | – | – | 0 |
| Sep 18 | vs. San Diego State | W 27–24 | 1 | 17 | – | – | 0 |
| Sep 25 | vs. Miami (OH) | W 51–13 | 3 | 42 | – | – | 0 |
| Oct 9 | vs. Colorado | W 26–0 | 1 | 39 | – | – | 0 |
| Oct 16 | atTexas A&M | W 30–9 | 3 | 86 | – | – | 0 |
| Oct 23 | vs. Oklahoma | W 36–27 | 1 | 24 | – | – | 0 |
| Nov 6 | at Texas Tech | L 17–24 | 3 | 43 | – | – | 0 |
| Nov 13 | vs. Kansas State | W 38–28 | 3 | 55 | – | – | 0 |
| Nov 20 | at Iowa State | W 14–0 | 1 | 23 | – | – | 0 |
| Nov 27 | vs. Kansas | W 35–7 | 2 | 40 | – | – | 0 |
| Dec 28 ✦ | vs. Iowa | L 24–27 | 5 | 82 | – | – | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
Played in the 2015 Senior Bowl (North team, won 34–13).
| Drill | Combine 2015 | Combine or pro day 2015 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 5′8⅜″ | |
| Weight | 193 lb | |
| Arm length | 31″ | |
| Hand size | 8⅝″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.61 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.68 s | |
| Vertical jump | 29″ | |
| Broad jump | 9′1″ | |
| Bench press | 11 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.13 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.40 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
4 seasons, 27 games with a stat; latest team: Buffalo Bills.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | New Orleans Saints | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | New Orleans Saints | 2 | – | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | Buffalo Bills | 1 | – | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | Buffalo Bills | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
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.
Other pro football
| Years | League | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | CFL | Saskatchewan Roughriders |
Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.
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