CAREER
Played in 35 games with 28 career starts as an outside linebacker … Totaled 139 tackles (56 solo), 14.5 tackles for loss for 50 yards, 1.5 sacks, intercepted two passes (64 yards), broke up five passes, recovered three fumbles with four quarterback hurries in four-year career … Earned All-Ivy League honorable mention honors and was named the STATS FCS National Defensive Player of the Week as a sophomore in 2017 … Four-year letterman … Concluded his career after having started 20 consecutive games … Served as team captain as a senior in 2019.
2019
Played and started in all 10 games as a senior linebacker … Also played on special teams … Named team co-captain prior to 2019 season, along with senior wide receiver Josh Wainwright … Named preseason Second Team All-Ivy League honors by Phil Steele Magazine … Named the team’s co-John J. Cirgliano Ironman Award at team banquet … NFF Hampshire Academic Honor Society honoree … Ranked No. 4 on the squad in tackles with 51 (23 solo), registered 4.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks and one quarterback hurry on the year … Ranked No. 21 in the Ivy League in tackles for per game (5.1) … Registered six games with 5.0 tackles or more on the year … Made six tackles (two solo) with 1.0 tackle for loss vs. Brown (Nov. 16) … Made six tackles (three solo) vs. Harvard (Nov. 9) … Made six tackles (two solo) at Yale (Nov. 2) … Registered a tackle for loss and two tackles at Dartmouth (Oct. 25) … Made eight tackles (two solo), 0.5 tackle for loss and a quarterback hurry vs. Central Connecticut State (Oct. 12) … Registered five tackles (three solo) at Princeton (Oct. 5) … Made a season-high nine tackles (five solo) and 1.0 tackle for loss vs. Georgetown (Sept. 28) … Made four tackles in season-opener at Saint Francis, Pa. (Sept. 21).
2018
Started and played in all 10 games as a junior outside linebacker … On year, registered 39 tackles (15 solo), 3.5 tackles for loss for nine yards, intercepted a pass, broke up two passes and recovered a fumble … Ranked No. 42 in the Ivy League in tackles (39) … Registered seven tackles (three solo) in season finale vs. Cornell (Nov. 17) … Returned interception 17 yards, made two tackles at Brown (Nov. 10) … Made six tackles (one solo) with season-high 2.0 tackles for loss at Harvard (Nov. 3) … Made three tackles (two solo) with 1.0 tackle for loss vs. Yale (Oct. 27) … Made a season-high 10 tackles (one solo) with a quarterback hurry at Penn (Oct. 13) … Made three tackles with a pass breakup vs. Princeton (Sept. 28) … Recovered fumble, made five tackles (three solo) at Georgetown (Sept. 23).
2017
Earned honorable mention All-Ivy League honors at linebacker … CoSIDA Academic All-District nominee … Started first eight games of the season before missing the final two contests due to injury … Starting outside linebacker as a sophomore … Ranked fourth on the team in tackles with 42 (16 solo), led the Lions with 6.0 tackles for loss for 30 yards, recovered two fumbles, intercepted a pass and broke up three passes … Ranked No. 25 nationally in fumble recoveries with two … Also ranked among Ivy League leaders in several categories including tackles (No. 22 with 42), tackles for loss (No. 14 with 6.0) and fumble recoveries (No. 4 with 2) … Intercepted pass and returned it 47 yards, made two tackles before suffering an injury vs. Harvard (Nov. 4) … Made four tackles, broke up a pass at Yale (Oct. 28) … Made six tackles at Dartmouth (Oct. 21) … On Oct. 16, named the STATS FCS National Player of the Week, Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week and CollegeSportsMadness Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week after he led Columbia with a career-high 12 tackles (seven solo), 4.5 tackles for loss, 1.0 sack and recovered a career-best two fumbles in a 34-31 overtime win over Penn (Oct. 14) … Notched four tackles at Marist (Oct. 7) … Made seven tackles (three solo) at Princeton (Sept. 30) … Contributed five tackles vs. Georgetown (Sept. 23).
2016
Saw action in seven games as a linebacker and on special teams … Second string on the depth chart at linebacker … Finished year with seven tackles … Blocked punt which was returned for a touchdown at Harvard (Nov. 5) … Made three tackles (one solo) vs. Princeton (Oct. 1) … Made one tackle, registered a quarterback hurry and pass breakup first career appearance in season opener vs. Saint Francis U (Sept. 17).
HIGH SCHOOL
A 2016 graduate of H.B. Plant High School in Tampa, Fla., where he played four years of varsity football for head coach Robert Weiner … First Team All-County selection by the Tampa Bay Tribune … National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete award-winner … Totaled 127 tackles (73 solo), 37 tackles for loss, four interceptions and 14 pass deflections on defense and nine touchdowns on offense in career … Recorded 57 tackles (37 solo), 13 for a loss, 11 passes defended and two interceptions as a safety, scored six total touchdowns as a running back, rushed for 191 yards on 26 carries and caught 11 passes for 209 yards and four touchdowns as a senior … Led the Panthers to a 9-3 overall record, undefeated 6-0 district record and state playoff berth as a senior … Recorded 62 tackles and 24 for a loss at linebacker his junior year … Led the Panthers to an 11-2 overall record, perfect 5-0 district record and state playoff appearance as a junior.
PERSONAL
Born Michael Jeffrey Murphy on May 7, 1997 … Son of Jeff and Wendy Murphy … Father graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, while mother graduated from the University of Florida … Father played football at Penn from 1978-80 … Began hanging around his high school program when he served as a ball boy when he was a seven-year old … Father and high school coach are lifelong friends who met in the second grade … Committed to Columbia on August 23, 2015 … Enrolled at Columbia College … Majors in Psychology and Business Management.
ARTICLES
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