Brandon Murphy

Position:
DL
Ht./Wt.:
6-6 / 291
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Montgomery, Ala.
Prev School:
Indiana State

Career
Playing his final season of athletic eligibility for Tigers football ... Transferred to Memphis from Indiana State ... Has never played football ... Basketball player in high school and at Indiana State ... Graduated with a degree in communications from Indiana State in May 2018.

Honors (Academic/Athletic)
2015-16 Missouri Valley Conference Scholar-Athlete Team.

2015-18 (Indiana State/Basketball)
Played four seasons of basketball for head coach Greg Lansing at Indiana State ... Posted career averages of 4.7 points and 3.7 rebounds ... Shot 50.6 percent from the field and 61.4 percent from the free throw line for his career ... Credited with 48 career blocks ... Best season was his senior campaign with averages of 7.6 points and 5.0 rebounds while shooting 60.4 percent from the floor ... Scored a career-high 16 points vs. Drake his senior season ... Grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds twice.

High School
Lettered three seasons at Carver High School ... As a sophomore (2011-12), averaged 13.1 points and 11 rebounds and helped lead the Wolverines to a 27-3 record and the Alabama Class 6A state championship ... As a junior, Carver advanced to the Alabama Class 6A state tournament Final Four ... Named all-district and all-state honorable mention his junior and senior seasons ... Played in the 2014 Alabama-Mississippi High School All-Star Game.

Personal
Son of Shirley Blackmon and Charles Murphy ... Birthday is February 4 ... Sport and leisure commerce major.