Two-time All-CAA selection who garnered All-America First Team accolades by Hero Sports as a senior … Three-year starter who finished his career with 143 tackles, 32.0 TFL, 19.0 sacks 10 blocks, six PBU, four forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries … Also hauled in 2-point conversion in the overtime win at Richmond in his final collegiate game … Team captain as senior …
SENIOR YEAR (2019)
Team captain … All-America First Team selection by Hero Sports … All-CAA Second Team selection … Earned VaSID All-State honors on special teams (first team) and as a defensive lineman (second team) … Started all 11 games … Led the team in sacks (6.0), TFL (11.5) and blocks (4) … His four blocks led the nation (FCS & FBS) … Also finished the season with 46 tackles, a forced fumble and a PBU … Also hauled in a 2-point conversion … Posted six stops with 3.0 TFL, a sack, a forced fumble and a block in the win at Richmond … Totaled six tackles with a sack and 2.0 TFL in the win against Colgate … Recorded five tackles, 1.5 sacks and a block in the victory against Lafayette … Tallied a pair of blocks and a PBU in the win against Rhode Island … Registered four tackles and 1.5 TFL in the overtime triumph at Elon … Posted five tackles and 1.5 TFL at ECU … Totaled a season-high seven tackles with a TFL against No. 2 James Madison … Recorded six tackles at Maine … Recorded four tackles with a sack against No. 20/21 Towson … Phil Steele Preseason All-America honoree (third team) … Preseason All-CAA honorable mention selection …
JUNIOR YEAR (2018)
All-CAA Second Team selection … Earned starts in all 10 games … Ranked tied for fourth nationally with three blocked kicks … Led the team in sacks (4.5) and TFL (9.5) … Also totaled 48 tackles, three PBU, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery … Finished the season with 3.0 sacks and 8.0 TFL during the last four games … Recorded 2.0 sacks, 3.0 TFL and a PBU in the win against No. 16/20 Maine … Posted seven tackles, a sack, 3.0 TFL and a forced fumble versus Richmond … Totaled a career-high nine tackles with 2.0 TFL at Rhode Island … Registered five tackles with two blocked kicks – a field goal and a PAT – at No. 17/18 Towson … His blocked field goal was returned 71 yards for a touchdown by linebacker Arman Jones … Tallied five stops with 1.5 sacks, a PBU and a blocked PAT in the win against Albany … Recorded five tackles and a PBU in the season-opening win at Bucknell … Preseason All-CAA Third Team selection by Phil Steele … Earned CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll distinction …
SOPHOMORE YEAR (2017)
Started all 11 games … Led the team with 6.5 sacks and ranked tied for second on the squad with 8.0 TFL … Also finished the season with 30 tackles, two forced fumbles, a fumble recovery and two PBU’s … Blocked a pair of extra point attempts … Totaled career highs in tackles (7), sacks (2.0) and TFL (2.0) to go with a forced fumble at Maine … Posted four tackles with a sack, forced fumble and fumble recovery versus Stony Brook … Recorded a sack and a blocked extra point in the win against Bucknell … His other blocked PAT came versus Towson … Tallied four tackles, a half sack and a TFL in the win at Norfolk State … Registered a sack at Richmond … Posted half sacks at Virginia and against No. 21/19 New Hampshire …
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN YEAR (2016)
Saw action in eight games and earned one start … Finished the season with 19 tackles, 3.0 TFL, 2.0 sacks and a block … Posted sacks in back-to-back victories at Hampton and against Norfolk State … Also recorded four tackles versus the Spartans … Registered a TFL at New Hampshire … Blocked an extra point in his collegiate debut at NC State … Totaled a career-high five tackles versus Elon … Earned CAA Academic All-Conference Team honors for the second consecutive season ... Named to the CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll …
FRESHMAN YEAR (2015)
Redshirted as a scout team defensive lineman … Honored as the W&M Quarterback Club Scout Team Defensive Player of the Year … Earned CAA Academic All-Conference Team distinction ...
HIGH SCHOOL
Two-year letterwinner as a defensive lineman for head coach Brian Bowers at Delbarton School … Served as a team captain as a senior … Helped lead team to four conference titles and a state runner-up finish … Finished his career with 52 tackles, 22 tackles for a loss, 10 sacks, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries … Earned second-team All-Non-Public honors from the Newark Star Ledger following his senior season … Garnered first-team All-NJAC Conference (National Division) honors in 2014 … Morris Daily Record first-team all-area choice in 2014 … Earned MSG Varsity All-New Jersey honorable mention distinction as a senior … Tabbed the 2014 Morris Sussex Defensive Player of the Year and All-Unruly Team selection … Chosen to the Morris County Football Coaches Association All-County Team as a senior … Third-team All-Morris County selection in 2013 … Garnered all-area honorable mention accolades by Morris Daily Record as a junior … Earned second-team All-NJAC Conference (National Division) honors in 2013 … Also lettered in lacrosse and helped team win TOC State Championship as a junior … Served as a Senior Dean and Junior Dean at Delbarton … Member of BEADS (traveled to Tanzania to help orphanages and secondary schools … Participated in Boy Scouts …
PERSONAL
Son of Doug and Alison Murray … Sister, Katie, played field hockey at Vermont … Eagle Scout … Majoring in economics … IFC Conduct Board Member … Enjoys skiing.
