Education
Creekside High School.
Creekside High School.
He played college basketball for Tennessee Technology Born in Atlanta, Murphy earned four varsity letters in basketball at Creekside High School in Fairburn, Georgia. In his senior season at Creekside High School, Murphy averaged 26 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists per game.
Freshman season
In his freshman season at Tennessee Technical, Murphy averaged 9.6 points, 2.9 rebounds, and 1.8 assists per game.
Sophomore season
As a sophomore, Murphy averaged 15.3 points per game, 3.9 rebounds, and 2.0 assists per game. He was awarded the Best Offensive Player Award by head coach Mike Sutton.
Junior season
In his junior year, Murphy averaged 17.0 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 1.7 assists per game. In the Ohio Valley Conference Men"s Basketball Tournament, Murphy averaged 24.3 points per game and was named to the All-Tournament Team.
Murphy was also an All-OVC first team selection.
Senior season
Murphy averaged 20.6 points, 5.2 rebounds, and 2.3 assists per game during the season. He was also named to the OVC All-Tournament Team and the All-OVC first team for the second consecutive year. Following the season, Murphy participated in the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament.
He was named to the All-Tournament Team.
Murphy was selected with the 47th overall pick in the 2012 National Basketball Association draft by the Utah Jazz. He joined the Jazz for the 2012 National Basketball Association Summer League.
On November 26, 2012, Murphy was assigned to the Reno Bighorns of the National Basketball Association Doctorate-League. On January 8, 2013, the Jazz recalled him from the Doctorate-League.
On July 10, 2013, Murphy was involved in a three-team trade that sent him and Andre Iguodala, then of the Denver Nuggets, to the Golden State Warriors.
He joined the Warriors for the 2013 National Basketball Association Summer League. On July 24, 2013, Murphy was waived by the Warriors. On August 11, 2013, he signed with Strasbourg IG of France.
On December 25, 2013, he left Strasbourg.
On January 4, 2014, he was acquired by the Idaho Stampede. On August 27, 2014, he signed with the Utah Jazz.
However, he was later waived by the Jazz on October 10, 2014. On November 3, 2014, he was reacquired by the Idaho Stampede.
On December 30, 2014, he left the Stampede after appearing in 15 games.
On January 2, 2015, he signed with the Zhejiang Lions of the Chinese Basketball Association. Following the conclusion of the College of Business Administration season, he returned to the United States, and on February 19, he was reacquired by the Stampede. On February 26, he was traded to the Grand Rapids Drive in exchange for Brandon Fields.
On November 8, 2015, Murphy signed with the Hitachi SunRockers of the Japan Basketball League.