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Trent Murphy is a free agent linebacker most recently playing for the Buffalo Bills in the National Football League. He played college football for Stanford and was drafted by the Washington Redskins in the second round of the 2014 NFL Draft.
Murphy started all 14 games of the 2012 season for Stanford’s Pac-12 championship season. He led the Cardinal defense with 10 sacks and 18 tackles for loss, the best defensive records for Stanford since 2000 and 2004 respectively. Murphy’s season included 6 QB hurries, 4 passes broken up and 1 forced fumble. Murphy recorded his first career interception of a pass made by Keith Price, resulting in a 40 yard return for a touchdown. The former Cardinal registered another career high game against number 1 ranked Notre Dame with 10 tackles, 1.5 sacks including 2.5 tackles for loss of yards. The Stanford defense was the 2012 NCAA Division I-A Sack Leader, with Murphy topping the list.
Murphy was named to the All-Pac-12, 2012 1st team, CBS All America Team 3rd 2012 Associated Press All-American 3rd Team 3rd, and the 2012 Sports Illustrated All-American Team. He was a Butkus Award semi-finalist and won the Stanford-player voted Jack Huston Award recipient for exceptional performance and unheralded effort.
The defensive force chose to return to Stanford for a fifth-year senior season, despite his option to enter the 2013 NFL Draft. At the end of the 2013 season Murphy ranked first for sacks in the Pac-12 and also first for total number of sacks in the NCAA with a total of 15 sacks, 119 yards lost an average of 1.07 per game. In the category of tackles for loss, Murphy ranked second overall with 23.5 (83 yards total, 1.68 avg per game). Murphy was named PAC-12 Defensive Player of the week in weeks 6 (Oct. 7) and 9 (Oct. 28). On Dec. 7 the Stanford Cardinal defeated ASU to earn the Pac-12 Championship title for the second year in a row and earned the honor of playing in the 2014 Rose Bowl game, as they did in 2012. Also for the second year running, Murphy received Stanford’s Jack Huston Award, voted by his peers as the player exemplifying aggressiveness, exceptional performance and unheralded efforts. Additionally, at the Dec. 8, 2013 football awards ceremony, Murphy received the Frank Rehm memorial award for outstanding lineman in the Big Game.
Murphy logged 4 tackles playing defensive end in the Senior Bowl in Mobile Alabama on January 25, 2014. During the practices leading up to the game was tested at both defensive end and outside linebacker positions. He also participated in the NFL Combine February 22–25, 2014 in Indianapolis.
In 2016 with the Redskins, Murphy had a breakthrough season collecting 47 tackles and 9 sacks for the defense. Murphy missed all of the 2017 season with a knee injury sustained in preseason.
On March 14th, 2018, Murphy signed a three-year $22.5 million contract with the Buffalo Bills. In the 2018 season he missed three games with the Bills but recorded 4.0 sacks and 24 tackles, also forcing two fumbles. In his second season with the Bills, Murphy recorded 5.0 sacks and 36 tackles, also forcing two fumbles. Murphy recorded his first career interception during week 2 of the 2019 season, catching a tipped Eli Manning pass during a 28–14 Bills win over the New York Giants.
The featured size 15 cardinal and white Nike Vapor Pro Cleats were game worn by Trent Murphy as a member of the Stanford Cardinal defense. Murphy has signed the Cleats in black and added “Game Worn” to the right one. The cleats show light use. The Cleats were obtained directly from Trent Murphy!!!
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