Maalik Murphy
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Maalik Murphy (born February 13, 2004) is an American football quarterback for the Oregon State Beavers. He has previously played for the Texas Longhorns and Duke Blue Devils.
| Oregon State Beavers | |
|---|---|
| Position | Quarterback |
| Class | |
| Major | Psychology |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | February 13, 2004[1] Inglewood, California, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Weight | 230 lb (104 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College |
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| High school | Junípero Serra (Gardena, California) |
Early life and high school
Murphy grew up in Inglewood, California and attended Junípero Serra High School in Gardena, California.[2] He became the school's starting quarterback going into his junior season, which was shortened and played in the spring due to Covid-19, and passed for 1,261 yards with nine touchdowns and four interceptions.[3] As a senior, Murphy completed 202-of-321 pass attempts for 2,954 yards with 22 touchdowns and 10 interceptions and also rushed for six touchdowns as Junípero Serra won the 2021 CIF Division 1-A state championship.[4] He suffered a severe ankle injury in the state championship game.[5]
Murphy was rated a four-star recruit and began receiving scholarship offers while he was still a backup.[1][6] He committed to play college football at Texas over UCLA.[7] He was an Elite 11 invitee.
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maalik Murphy QB |
Gardena, CA | Junípero Serra High School | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 235 lb (107 kg) | Feb 13, 2021 | |
Star ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 81 | ||||||
College career
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Perspective
Texas
Murphy joined the Texas Longhorns as an early enrollee in January 2022.[8] He redshirted his true freshman season at Texas while still recovering from his ankle injury and did not appear in any games.[9] Murphy completed 9-of-13 pass attempts for 165 yards and a touchdown in Texas's 2023 spring game.[10][11] After his spring game performance he received offers to transfer to other programs, but he opted to stay at Texas.[12][13]
On December 13, 2023, Murphy announced that he would be entering the transfer portal.[14]
Duke
On December 22, 2023, Murphy announced that he would be transferring to Duke.[15] He was named the starting quarterback for the 2024 season opener.[16] Murphy threw for 2,933 yards and had 26 touchdown passes, a Duke record. On December 9, 2024, Murphy announced that he would be entering the transfer portal.[17]
Oregon State
On December 19, 2024, Murphy committed to transfer to Oregon State.[18]
Statistics
| Season | Games | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Record | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | ||
| Texas Longhorns | ||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Redshirt  | |||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 7 | 2 | 2–0 | 40 | 71 | 56.3 | 477 | 6.7 | 3 | 3 | 118.3 | 1 | −18 | −18.0 | 0 | |
| Duke Blue Devils | ||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | 12 | 12 | 9–3 | 254 | 421 | 60.3 | 2,933 | 7.0 | 26 | 12 | 133.5 | 19 | −79 | −4.2 | 2 | |
| Oregon State Beavers | ||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Career | 19 | 14 | 11–3 | 294 | 494 | 59.8 | 3,409 | 6.9 | 29 | 15 | 131.3 | 20 | −97 | −4.9 | 2 | |
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