Murray with the Titans in 2024
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| No. 56 – Tennessee Titans | |||||||||||
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| Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||||
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| Born: | (1998-11-16) November 16, 1998 (age 25) Missouri City, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 241 lb (109 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school: | Elkins (Missouri City, Texas) | ||||||||||
| College: | Oklahoma (2017–2019) | ||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 2020 / Round: 1 / Pick: 23 | ||||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of 2023 | |||||||||||
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Kenneth Rogers Murray Jr. (born November 16, 1998) is an American football linebacker for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college footballatOklahoma and was drafted by the Los Angeles Chargers in the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft.
Murray attended Elkins High SchoolinMissouri City, Texas. He committed to the University of Oklahoma to play college football.[1]
As a freshman at Oklahoma in 2017, Murray started all 14 games, recording 78 tackles and one sack and was named the co-Big 12 Defensive Freshman of the Year.[2][3][4] He again started all 14 games his sophomore year in 2018, recording 155 tackles and 4.5 sacks.[5][6] Following a junior year where he was named to the First-team All-Big 12. Murray announced that he would forgo his senior season to declare for the 2020 NFL Draft.[7]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |||
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| 6 ft2+1⁄2 in (1.89 m) |
241 lb (109 kg) |
32+3⁄4 in (0.83 m) |
9+1⁄2 in (0.24 m) |
4.52 s | 1.54 s | 2.66 s | 38.0 in (0.97 m) |
10 ft 9 in (3.28 m) |
21 reps | |||
| All values from NFL Combine[8][9] | ||||||||||||
Murray was selected by the Los Angeles Chargers with the 23rd pick in the 2020 NFL Draft.[10] The Chargers moved up from their second and third round selections in a trade with the New England Patriots to acquire the pick used to select Murray.
In Week 13 against the Patriots, Murray led the team with 14 tackles (12 solo) and recorded his first career sack on Cam Newton during the 45–0 loss.[11]
On October 4, 2021, Murray was placed on injured reserve after suffering an ankle injury in practice.[12] He was activated on November 13.[13]
On April 28, 2023, the Chargers opted to decline the fifth-year option of Murray's contract, making him a free agent in 2024.[14]
On March 14, 2024, Murray signed a two-year contract with the Tennessee Titans.[15]
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| Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | |||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Comb | Solo | Ast | Sck | SFTY | PD | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | FF | FR | ||
| 2020 | LAC | 16 | 16 | 107 | 68 | 39 | 1.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | LAC | 11 | 6 | 31 | 17 | 14 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | LAC | 17 | 16 | 76 | 50 | 26 | 1.0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | LAC | 15 | 15 | 107 | 79 | 28 | 3.0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 59 | 53 | 321 | 214 | 107 | 5.0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | |||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Comb | Solo | Ast | Sck | SFTY | PD | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | FF | FR | ||
| 2022 | LAC | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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Los Angeles Chargers 2020 NFL draft selections
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