DeMarco Murray

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DeMarco Murray

Murray hoists a trophy moments after the 2007 Red River Rivalry game.
No. 29     Dallas Cowboys
Running back
Personal information
Date of birth: February 12, 1988 (1988-02-12) (age 23)
Place of birth: Las Vegas, Nevada
Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Weight: 227 lb (103 kg)
Career information
College: Oklahoma
NFL Draft: 2011 / Round: 3 / Pick: 71
Debuted in 2011 for the Dallas Cowboys
Career history
Roster status: Active
Career highlights and awards

High School Career

  • 2005 Sunset Region Offensive Player of the Year
  • 2005 High School All-American (SI, Student Sports)

Collegiate Career

  • 2010 All-Big 12 First Team
  • 2009 All-Big 12 Second Team
  • 2008 All-Big 12 First Team (Coaches)
  • 2008 All-Big 12 Second Team (AP)
  • 2007 Freshman All-American (Rivals)

Professional Career
Career NFL statistics as of Week 14, 2011
Rushing yards     897
Rushing average     5.5
Rushing touchdowns     2
Receptions     26
Receiving yards     183
Receiving touchdowns     0
Stats at NFL.com

DeMarco Murray (born February 12, 1988) is an American football running back for the Dallas Cowboys who played high school football for Bishop Gorman and college football for the Oklahoma Sooners.

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[edit] High school career

DeMarco Murray attended Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he was an all-conference pick three consecutive years. At Gorman, he was a teammate of fellow OU Sooner Ryan Reynolds. During his time at Gorman, his team was 3-time Conference Champions. As a senior in 2005, he rushed for 1,947 yards and 27 touchdowns and also caught 22 passes for 624 yards and 7 touchdowns, earning him all-state honors and the 2005 Sunset Region Offensive Player of the Year award. Murray played in the 2005 U.S. Army All-American Bowl.

Considered one of the top running backs of his class alongside Chris Wells, C. J. Spiller and Michael Goodson, Murray drew offers from Miami (Fl.), Penn State and Texas A&M among others. He chose Oklahoma over Southern California at the U.S. Army All-American Bowl.[1]

[edit] College career

Murray redshirted the 2006 NCAA football season. In his first game for the Oklahoma Sooners on September 1, 2007 vs. University of North Texas, Murray rushed for 201 yards and five touchdowns, becoming the first player to score four touchdowns in a half in his Sooner debut.[2] On September 15, 2007 against Utah State University, Murray entered the Oklahoma football record book when he had a touchdown run of 92 yards, which is the third longest in Oklahoma football history.[3]

Murray tied Adrian Peterson's freshman touchdown record in 2007 with 15.

He logged a 4.42 (team best) 40 time[4] and a 36.5-inch vertical jump[4] during the 2007 winter testing.

On October 16, 2010 Murray passed Steve Owens as the all-time touchdown leader at the University of Oklahoma with 58 touchdowns. He ended his college career with 65 touchdowns, becoming only the fifth player in Big 12 conference history to score at least 60 career touchdowns.

Murray had 3,685 career rushing yards (4.86 avg.) with 50 touchdowns, 157 career catches with 13 touchdowns, and 1,462 kickoff return yards with 2 touchdowns.

[edit] Career Records at University of Oklahoma

  • All-Time Leader in Points Scored (390)
  • All-Time Leader in Touchdowns (65)
  • All-Time Leader in All Purpose Yards (6,718)
  • All-Time Leader in Receiving Yards for a Running Back (1,571)
  • All-Time Leader in kickoff return average (27.58)

[edit] Statistics

source: espn.com

YEAR ATT YDS AVG LNG TD REC YDS AVG LNG TD FUM LST
2007 127 764 6.0 92 13 14 60 4.3 25 0 0 0
2008 179 1002 5.6 70 14 31 395 12.7 34 4 0 0
2009 171 705 4.1 38 8 41 522 12.7 67 4 0 0
2010 282 1214 4.3 63 15 71 594 8.6 76 5 0 0

[edit] Professional career

[edit] 2011 NFL Draft

Murray was drafted in the third round (71st overall) of the 2011 NFL Draft by the Dallas Cowboys.[5]

Pre-draft measureables
Height Weight 40-yard dash 10-yard split 20-yard split 20 ss 3-cone Vert Broad BP Wonderlic
6' 0" 213 4.41 NA NA NA NA NA 10'04 NA NA

[edit] Dallas Cowboys

Murray was selected in the third round (71st overall) of the 2011 NFL Draft by the Dallas Cowboys. Murray was the sixth running back chosen in the draft after Mark Ingram (1st round, 28th overall by New Orleans Saints), Ryan Williams (2nd round, 38th overall by Arizona Cardinals), Shane Vereen (2nd round, 56th overall by New England Patriots), Mikel Leshoure (2nd round, 57th overall by Detroit Lions) and Daniel Thomas (2nd round, 62nd overall by Miami Dolphins).

Murray signed a four-year contract with the Cowboys worth $2.97 million including a signing bonus worth $622,000 on July 29, 2011.[6][7]

[edit] Rookie Season

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DeMarco Murray started the year as the 3rd string running back on the team behind starter Felix Jones and 2nd string running back Tashard Choice.

Week 1 @New York Jets In the first game of the 2011 season against the New York Jets Murray received 2 carries for 0 yards and 1 reception for 13 receiving yards.

Week 2 @San Francisco 49ers The following game at the San Francisco 49ers Murray carried the ball 6 times for 21 yards with a long run of 8 yards and added a reception for 4 yards.

Week 3 vs. Washington Redskins The third game of the season netted 2 carries for 6 yards for Murray against division rivals Washington Redskins.

Week 4 vs. Detroit Lions Against the Detroit Lions Murray carried the ball 4 times for 12 yards and added 1 reception for -1 yard.

Week 6 @New England Patriots For game 5 of the 2011 season the Dallas Cowboys traveled to Gillette Stadium to face the New England Patriots. In this game, starter Felix Jones went down with a high-ankle sprain, which increased the amount of opportunities for Murray. Murray finished the day with 11 carries for 34 yards and added 1 reception for 7 yards.[8][9]

Week 7 vs. St. Louis Rams With the Cowboys owning a record of 2-3, the Cowboys faced the St. Louis Rams next. Starter Felix Jones was declared out for the game due to the high ankle sprain injury sustained the week before. The team declared Tashard Choice the starter for the game and Murray as the 2nd string running back.

Murray ran for 253 yards on 25 carries against the St. Louis Rams at Cowboys Stadium in Dallas, breaking Emmitt Smith's single game rushing record for a Cowboys running back of 237 yards (set at Philadelphia against the Eagles on October 31, 1993).[10] The record total included a first-quarter 91-yard touchdown run that is second longest in Cowboys history, after a NFL-record 99-yard run by Tony Dorsett in January 1983.[11] Among the other records he set during this game were:

  • Rookie rushing record for a game in club history, previously held by Tony Dorsett (206 yards in 1977).
  • His 10.1 yards-per-carry is the highest rushing average with 20-or-more attempts for a game in club history, previously held by Tony Dorsett (8.96 in 1977).
  • The 10th most rushing yards in a game in league history.
  • The second-most rushing yards in a game by a rookie in league history.
  • Second-longest touchdown run on a player’s first career rushing touchdown in league history
  • The most rushing yards by a running back in one game, ever allowed by the Rams in club history (Los Angeles and Saint Louis).

After the St. Louis Rams' game, Tashard Choice was released leaving the team with only two healthy running backs, rookie Phillip Tanner and rookie DeMarco Murray with Felix Jones still sidelined with an injury.[12]

Week 8 @Philadelphia Eagles Murray followed his record-breaking game against the St. Louis Rams by getting the first start of his career against the Philadelphia Eagles. Against the Eagles, Murray only received 8 carries as the Cowboys got behind in the scoreboard early in the game. Murray did however make the most of the limited carries by rushing for 74 yards posting a 9.3 rushing average with no touchdowns. Most of his rushing yards came on long gains of 26, 20 and 15 yards. He also added a reception for minus 2 yards.[13][14]

Week 9 vs. Seattle Seahawks The following week, Murray got his second start of his career against the Seattle Seahawks. Murray continued his success running the ball posting 139 yards on 22 carries for a 6.3 per carry average and also added 4 receptions for 47 yards helping his team win the contest 23 - 13.[15][16] With his second 100+ yard rushing game of the season, Murray becomes the first Cowboy since Julius Jones in 2004 to post multiple 100+ yard rushing games as a rookie.[17] With 466 rushing yards over the last three games, Murray tied Eric Dickerson for the fifth-highest total all-time by an NFL rookie during a three-game span. The record is 577 set by Mike Anderson of the Denver Broncos in 2000. The 466 rushing yards in the three game span is the most ever by any Cowboys player , surpassing 446 yards by Emmitt Smith during his MVP season of 1993.[17] On November 8, 2011, Jerry Jones compared Demarco to Hall of Fame running back Eric Dickerson.

Week 10 vs. Buffalo Bills In the fifth win of the Dallas Cowboys season against the Buffalo Bills, Murray posted 135 rushing yards on 20 carries and a rushing touchdown along with 6 receptions for 36 yards. In this game, Murray also had the first fumble of his career. Murray recovered his own fumble.[18]

Week 11 @Washington Redskins Murray gained 73 rushing yards on 25 carries and 32 receiving yards on a team-leading 6 receptions as his team went on to win in overtime against the Washington Redskins.[19]

Week 12 vs. Miami Dolphins In the Thanksgiving game against the Miami Dolphins, Murray gained 87 rushing yards on 22 carries and 4 receptions for 41 yards in the last second win.[20]

Week 13 @Arizona Cardinals Murray carried the ball 12 times for 38 yards posting a 3.2 rushing average in his team's overtime loss.[21]

Week 14 vs. New York Giants Murray carried the ball 5 times for 25 yards and added one reception for 6 yards before suffering a fractured right ankle and high ankle sprain that ended his rookie season.[22][23]

After 12 games, Murray led all NFL rookie players (with 40 or more carries) in average per carry (5.5 per carry), yards per game (72.7 yards), rushing yards (872 yards) on 159 carries (most among rookie players). Murray tied for third among rookie players for rushing touchdowns with 2; Carolina Panthers' quarterback Cam Newton led all rookie players with 13 rushing touchdowns. Murray also was 9th in receptions among all rookie players and 2nd among rookie running backs with 25 receptions. He was also 2nd in receiving yards among rookie running backs with 177.

Among all NFL running backs, Murray with 6 starts in 12 games, tied for the second highest average per carry for a running back with 50 or more carries trailing only Darren Sproles' 6.8 yards per carry on 63 attempts. Murray's 872 rushing yards ranked 11th among all NFL running backs and 9th in the NFC (LeSean McCoy led the league with 1,134 rushing yards).[24]

The Cowboys are 5-0 for the season when Murray gets 20+ touches in the game and 2-5 when he does not. In the 5 games where Murray gets 20 or more touches, starting quarterback Tony Romo is averaging a passer rating of 112.10, 246.60 yards per game, along with 12 combined touchdown passes with 2 interceptions and a 66.99% pass completion rate. With 4 games left on the season, Murray is just 128 yards shy of reaching 1,000 yards on the ground, which would make him the only Cowboy's player since Julius Jones in 2006 to reach 1,000 rushing yards in a season.

[edit] References

  1. ^ DeMarco Murray picks Oklahoma over USC on YouTube
  2. ^ Sooner newbies Bradford, Murray debut with monster games
  3. ^ http://www.soonersports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/101807aae.html
  4. ^ a b http://www.soonersports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/030608aab.html
  5. ^ http://www.nfl.com/draft/history/fulldraft?season=2011
  6. ^ DeMarco Murray is Last Draft-Pick to Sign, ESPN.com, http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/cowboys/post/_/id/4680936/demarco-murray-is-last-draft-pick-to-sign 
  7. ^ Spotrac, spotrac.com, http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/dallas-cowboys/demarco-murray/ 
  8. ^ NFL.com. "2011 NFL Game Summary - Dallas Cowboys @ New England Patriots". NFL.com. http://www.nfl.com/liveupdate/gamecenter/55250/NE_Gamebook.pdf. Retrieved 11-08-11. 
  9. ^ NFL.com. "2011 Game Logs - DeMarco Murray". NFL.com. http://www.nfl.com/player/demarcomurray/2495207/gamelogs. Retrieved 11-28-11. 
  10. ^ NFL.com. "2011 NFL Game Summary - St. Louis Rams @ Dallas Cowboys". NFL.com. http://www.nfl.com/liveupdate/gamecenter/55263/DAL_Gamebook.pdf. Retrieved 12-14-11. 
  11. ^ Aron, Jaime (October 23, 2011), "Murray sets Cowboys rushing record in win over Rams", San Antonio Express (Associated Press) 
  12. ^ Phillips, Rob. "Tashard Choice Lands With Rival Redskins". DallasCowboys.com. DallasCowboys.com. http://www.dallascowboys.com/news/rob_phillips.cfm?plckController=Blog&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&userid=e062d34a-fb8f-4a56-ba5a-fb802447d7f5&plckPostId=Blog%3ae062d34a-fb8f-4a56-ba5a-fb802447d7f5Post%3a5dc98787-d7ff-44bb-8aec-c0b490327bbb&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest. Retrieved 11-14-11. 
  13. ^ Ellis, Josh. "Nowhere To Run - Murray Starts, Excels, But Carries Decrease". DallasCowboys.com. DallasCowboys.com. http://www.dallascowboys.com/news/news.cfm?id=5975D98E-EB39-148D-CB6630C19EE10B7F. Retrieved 11-03-11. 
  14. ^ NFL Game Summary. "NFL Game Summary - Dallas Cowboys at Philadelphia Eagles". NFL.com. NFL.com. http://www.nfl.com/liveupdate/gamecenter/55278/PHI_Gamebook.pdf. Retrieved 11-03-11. 
  15. ^ NFL Game Summary. "NFL Game Summary - Seattle Seahawks at Dallas Cowboys". NFL.com. NFL.com. http://www.nfl.com/liveupdate/gamecenter/55281/DAL_Gamebook.pdf. Retrieved 11-07-11. 
  16. ^ Daniels, Kurt. "Honored Victory - Dallas Defeats Seattle Seahawks, 23-13". DallasCowboys.com. DallasCowboys.com. http://www.dallascowboys.com/news/news.cfm?id=7ACE8B76-F8DA-C9A8-7281AB723B0AF20B. Retrieved 11-07-11. 
  17. ^ a b Eatman, Nick. "Gameday Notebook Notes: Punter Shines; Lee Eyes Next Week". DallasCowboys.com. DallasCowboys.com. http://www.dallascowboys.com/news/news.cfm?id=7B9FF02D-BB9A-2E36-D0DBEFC30632C192. Retrieved 11-07-11. 
  18. ^ NFL Game Summary. "NFL Game Summary - Buffalo Bills at Dallas Cowboys". NFL.com. NFL.com. http://www.nfl.com/liveupdate/gamecenter/55300/DAL_Gamebook.pdf. Retrieved 11-14-11. 
  19. ^ NFL Game Summary. "NFL Game Summary - Dallas Cowboys at Washington Redskins". NFL.com. NFL.com. http://www.nfl.com/liveupdate/gamecenter/55318/WAS_Gamebook.pdf. Retrieved 11-28-11. 
  20. ^ NFL Game Summary. "NFL Game Summary - Miami Dolphins at Dallas Cowboys". NFL.com. NFL.com. http://www.nfl.com/liveupdate/gamecenter/55325/DAL_Gamebook.pdf. Retrieved 11-28-11. 
  21. ^ NFL Game Summary. "NFL Game Summary - Dallas Cowboys at Arizona Cardinals". NFL.com. NFL.com. http://www.nfl.com/liveupdate/gamecenter/55351/ARI_Gamebook.pdf. Retrieved 12-05-11. 
  22. ^ NFL Game Summary. "NFL Game Summary - New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys". NFL.com. NFL.com. http://www.nfl.com/liveupdate/gamecenter/55370/DAL_Gamebook.pdf. Retrieved 12-05-11. 
  23. ^ Phillips, Rob. "Murray, Church To IR; Morris, New Safety Signed". DallasCowboys.com. DallasCowboys.com. http://www.dallascowboys.com/news/rob_phillips.cfm?plckController=Blog&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&userid=e062d34a-fb8f-4a56-ba5a-fb802447d7f5&plckPostId=Blog%3ae062d34a-fb8f-4a56-ba5a-fb802447d7f5Post%3a488b040c-88dc-4d54-bbfd-5e41efa0b3e2&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest. Retrieved 12-14-11. 
  24. ^ NFL.com. "NFL 2011 Regular Season Rushing Statistics". NFL.com. NFL.com. http://www.nfl.com/stats/categorystats?seasonType=REG&d-447263-n=1&d-447263-o=2&d-447263-p=1&statisticPositionCategory=RUNNING_BACK&d-447263-s=RUSHING_YARDS&tabSeq=1&season=2011&Submit=Go&experience=null&archive=false&conference=null&qualified=true. Retrieved 11-29-11. 

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