DeMarco Murray
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DeMarco Murray (born on February 12, 1988) plays running back for the Oklahoma Sooners in the NCAA college football tournament. Entering his rookie year, Murray had the unenviable task of succeeding NFL-bound starter Adrian Peterson but ESPN's No.1-rated running back prospect successfully did so with his shiftiness and versatility. Although he missed the last three games of the season with an injured knee, Murray still managed to rack up 764 rushing yards with a team-leading 13 scoring runs with two touchdowns from kickoff returns in eleven outings. He garnered an All-Big 12 honorable mention selection from the league coaches to end the year.
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[edit] Personal Life
DeMarco is the son of Kevin Murray. He says his favorite professional team is the Detroit Lions in the NFL and looks up to LaDainian Tomlinson. He likes to listen to Usher and Eminem and considers Varsity Blues as his favorite high school football movie. His pregame ritual in high school consists of going to church, eating his pregame meal, listening to music, and praying. During the winter testing, DeMarco recorded a 4.43 (team best) 40 time and a 41-inch (second to Jonathan Nelson) vertical jump. He is also teammates with Sooner Ryan Reynolds in high school.
[edit] High School
Murray played for Bishop Gorman High School under head football coach David White. As a junior, he rushed for 1,271 yards and 12 touchdowns on 139 carries to go along with 21 recptions for 235 yards. The following year, he rushed for 1,947 yards and 27 touchdowns, caught 22 passes for 624 yards and 7 touchdowns, then registered 64 tackles, 3 sacks and 2 interceptions on defense to earn all-state honors and bag his third consecutive all-conference accolades. Murray, the 2005 Sunset Region Offensive Player of the Year awardee, ended his high school career playing in the U.S. Army High School All-American game. He also made it into the top list of almost every recruiting publications, being listed as the #1, #4, #8, #9, and #7 running back in the nation by ESPN.com, CollegeFootballNews.com, PrepStar.com, Scout.com, and SuperPrep, respectively. In addition, Sports Illustrated, SuperPrep, and Student Sports named him an All-American.
Aside from being an outstanding football player, he was also part of the Bishop Gorman basketball team that went to the 2005 state championship. Murray had 265 bench presses, squatted 465 pounds, has a vertical jump of 39 inches, and was clocked at 4.37 seconds in the 40-yard dash.
[edit] College
After an illustrious career in high school, several schools showed interest in recruiting Murray, with Oklahoma, Florida, USC, Michigan, Texas A&M and Miami (Fla.) on top of his list. Scout.com's five-star recruit and 8th ranked running back later on narrowed his choices to USC, Oklahoma, and Florida. After his October 22 visit, he later on commited to Oklahoma to join former teammate Reynolds.
[edit] 2006
Redshirted.
[edit] 2007
Murray made his freshman debut against North Texas, rushing for 87 yards and a career high 5 touchdowns on 17 carries while also catching 2 passes for 13 yards in a 79-10 win. The following week, he rushed 15 times for 64 yards against Miami, then had his first 100-yard game in a win over Utah State (4 carries for 100 yards and 1 TD). He also had a 2-touchdown game @ Tulsa, then rushed for a career high 128 yards in a win over Texas. In his last three outings, Murray registered twin digit carries including a season high 19 in the loss to Texas Tech. That game against the Red Raiders turned out to be Murray's last for the season as he suffered a dislocated knee cap in the final minute.
He ended his abbreviated rookie year with 127 carries, 764 rushing yards, 13 scoring runs, 14 receptions, 60 receiving yards, 15 kickoff returns, 439 yards return, and two TD returns to earn an All-Big 12 Honorable Mention accolades.
[edit] Highlights
| DeMarco Murray commits to the Oklahoma Sooners. |
[edit] Achievements
[edit] 2007
- Big 12 Conference Special Teams Player of the Week (vs. Baylor)
- Big 12 Honorable Mention All-League
- Phil Steele All-Big 12 Third Team
- Sporting News Big 12 All-Freshman Team
[edit] References
- DeMarco Murray ESPN Recruiting Profile
- DeMarco Murray Oklahoma Profile
- DeMarco Murray Stats @ ESPN.com
- DeMarco Murray Wikipedia
- Get to Know DeMarco Murray
- Recruiting Demarco Murray
