NFL · Draftees

DeMarco Murray

2011 · Round 3 · Pick 71 · RB · Dallas Cowboys

DeMarco Murray is from Las Vegas. At Bishop Gorman High School he ran for 1,947 yards and 27 touchdowns as a senior and also won a 2005 state basketball title. He chose Oklahoma over USC. In his 2007 debut he scored five touchdowns against North Texas, becoming the first Sooner to score four touchdowns in a half in his first game, and later that year he had a 92-yard touchdown run. He was first-team All-Big 12 in 2008 and 2010. Dallas drafted him in the third round, 71st overall, in 2011. In 2014 he led the NFL in rushing yards, co-led it in rushing touchdowns, and was the NFL Offensive Player of the Year and a first-team All-Pro. He made three Pro Bowls and later played for Philadelphia and Tennessee, finishing with 7,174 rushing yards and 49 rushing touchdowns. He is now the running backs coach for the Kansas City Chiefs. The Oklahoman wrote on July 4, 2013: "Murray holds the OU record for all-purpose yards with 6,718-1,571 receiving and 1,462 on kick returns."

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeMarco_Murray | https://grokipedia.com/page/DeMarco_Murray | https://soonersports.com/sports/2019/8/13/208798496 | https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MurrDe00.htm | The Oklahoman, 2013-07-04, "THE BEST OF NEWSOK.COM: BOB STOOPS' 15 BEST PLAYERS IN HIS 15 YEARS AT OU - No. 14: RB DeMarco Murray" (via NewsBank The Oklahoman)

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