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Sophomore
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| Hometown:
Las Vegas, Nev.
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| High School:
Bishop Gorman HS
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| Height / Weight:
6-0 / 198
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| Position:
RB
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2007
Suffered a dislocated knee cap in game No. 11 at Texas Tech, then missed the remainder of the season and the subsequent spring workouts ... Rivals Freshman All-American ... honorable mention All-Big 12 by the coaches and Associated Press ... honored by the AP as both a running back and all-purpose player ... first team Academic All-Big 12 ... averaged 29.3 yards per kickoff return, the second-highest average in team history ... 15 touchdowns tied the OU freshman record set by Adrian Peterson ... set another OU record with five touchdowns in his debut game against North Texas ... rushed four times for 100 yards against Utah State, including a 92-yard TD run, third longest in OU history ... scored three touchdowns at Tulsa, including an 81-yard kickoff return ... led OU with 17 rushes and 128 yards and one touchdown, a 65-yard sprint, against Texas ... scored four times, three rushing and one on a 91-yard kickoff return vs. Baylor ... 129 return yards against the Bears was the fourth-highest total in OU history ... rushed 19 times for 94 yards at Texas Tech before suffering the season-ending injury.
2006
Redshirted
High School
Named 2005 Sunset Region Offensive Player of the Year ... earned all-state honors in 2005 and was an all-conference pick three consecutive years ... rushed for 1,947 yards and 27 touchdowns in his senior season ... also caught 22 passes for 724 yards and seven touchdowns ... had 64 tackles, three sacks and two interceptions while playing defensive back ... played in the U.S. Army High School All-American game ... led his high school basketball team to a 2005 state title ... was a top-30 basketball recruit as well ... coached by David White.
• No. 1 RB in the nation (ESPN.com)
• No. 6 player in the ESPN 150 (ESPN.com)
• No. 21 player in the nation (CollegeFootballNews.com)
• No. 4 RB (CollegeFootballNews.com)
• No. 8 RB (PrepStar.com)
• No. 35 player in the Rivals100 2006 (Rivals.com)
• Rivals.com Rivals250 2006
• No. 2 all-purpose back in the nation (Rivals.com)
• No. 1 player in Nevada (Rivals.com)
• No. 9 RB (Scout.com)
• Sports Illustrated All-American
• Student Sports All-American
• PrepStar Dream Team Top 100
• No. 41 player in the SuperPrep Elite 50
• No. 7 RB in the nation (SuperPrep)
• No. 12 player in Calif., Hawaii and Nev.
(SuperPrep)
• SuperPrep All-American
• No. 40 JC player in the nation (SuperPrep)
Personal
Born Feb. 12, 1988 ... parent: Kevin Murray ... logged a 4.43 (team best) 40 time and a 41-inch (second to Jonathan Nelson) vertical jump during winter testing in 2007 ... has yet to declare a major.
