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Jersey Number 90
Connor Murphy
- Position:
- Defensive Lineman
- Height:
- 6-7
- Weight:
- 260
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Mesa, AZ
- High School:
- Brophy Prep
Bio
CAREER: He has 15 tackles (1.5 for loss, with a sack), a fumble recovery and a blocked field goal in his career. He has appeared in 44 games in his career, with 2 starts.
2020: The well-tested Murphy will battle for playing time on the defensive line as a senior in 2020.
2019: Murphy saw playing time at defensive end and on special teams as a junior in 2019. Overall in 2019 while appearing in all 13 games and starting once (at BYU), he had 5 tackles, with a 3-yard sack, and blocked a field goal. He had a tackle against Fresno State, 2 tackles (with a sack) against Stanford and a tackle at BYU, then blocked a field goal against Utah.
2018: Murphy, who moved to the defensive line from outside linebacker prior to 2018 spring practice, saw action in 4 games (Texas, Arizona, Utah, Arizona State) as a junior in 2018, allowing him to redshirt. Overall in 2018, he had 2 tackles (0.5 for a loss of 1 yard), all against Utah.
2017: Murphy saw action in all 14 games as a backup outside linebacker and on special teams as a sophomore in 2017. Overall in 2017, he had 3 tackles (all versus Oregon State). He started against Utah.
2016: Murphy was a backup outside linebacker and played on special teams as a first-year freshman in 2016. Overall in 2016 while appearing in all 13 games, he had 6 tackles and a fumble recovery. He had 1 tackle versus Utah State and Arizona State and 2 stops against Arizona (with the fumble recovery) and Notre Dame. He won USC’s 2016 Defensive Service Team Player of the Year Award.
HIGH SCHOOL: He made 2015 Prep Star All-American as a senior defensive end at Brophy Prep in Phoenix (Ariz.). He had 30 tackles, including 5 for losses (with 2 sacks), and 2 deflections in 2015 despite being bothered all season with a groin injury that required surgery and limited him to playing in just 7 games.
As a junior in 2014, he had 71 tackles, including 8.5 for losses (with 1.5 sacks), plus 4 deflections and 2 fumble recoveries.
He had 10 tackles (1 for a loss) and a deflection as a sophomore in 2013. Current Trojan Parker Lewis and incoming Trojan Andrew Milek also attended Brophy Prep.
He also threw the shot put and discus on Brophy Prep’s track team.
PERSONAL: He is a communication major at USC. His brother, Trent, was a consensus All-American outside linebacker at Stanford (2010-13) and who played for the NFL’s Washington Redskins (2014-17) and now Buffalo Bills (2018). His sister, Kayli, played women’s basketball at Arizona State (2007-10) and competed in the 2011 Miss Arizona USA pageant.
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