After he was a four-star recruit at DeSoto and a second-team All-American as a junior at Texas this past season, Byron Murphy is expected to be the first...
FILE - Texas defensive lineman Byron Murphy II celebrates after a sack against TCU quarterback Josh Hoover in the first half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023, in Fort Worth, Texas. Murphy has been mentioned as a possible NFL Draft first round pick by the Cincinnati Bengals.a hulking 6-1, 297-pound giant of a defensive tackle, always pictured himself playing in the NFL.
“With my style of play, I feel like nobody can play like me,” he said. “Nobody can do the things I do. I feel like I’m one of a kind. My tape speaks for itself.”In Pee Wee and youth football, he was an imposing force as a running back and linebacker, even playing against older kids. He likes to brag about how he could shake defenders with his slick moves, saying he “had everything you could ask for” in a running back.
That Murphy is about to become the 23rd player in DeSoto history to play in the NFL is remarkable. He had only two career starts in his first two years at UT before having a breakout junior year that saw him named the Big 12 defensive lineman of the year.“That was the first time he ever faced that kind of adversity,” Seneca Murphy said. “Some games he played maybe five minutes. But he never complained, never got upset.
“That had a huge impact,” Murphy said. “I wasn’t thinking about playing defensive tackle until my coach asked me if I wanted to. If it weren’t for him, I probably wouldn’t be here right now.”Murphy had 177 tackles, 34 tackles for loss and 22 sacks over the next two years, becoming one of the top 50 recruits in Texas. He had 14 sacks as a senior to break the school record held by Von Miller, an eight-time Pro Bowler and two-time Super Bowl champion.
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