Education
North Dakota State University.
North Dakota State University.
He is one of Indoor Football"s most prolific producers in the Sack and Tackle Foreign Loss, categories. In college, he was a four-year starter at North Dakota State University from 1999 to 2002, All-America First Team selection as a junior in 2001 after leading the Bison with 11 sacks. He completed his collegiate career with 129 tackles and 22 sacks.
Murphy began the 2003 season with the Canadian Football League"s Ottawa Renegades before joining the Bismarck Roughriders of the National Indoor Football League (NIFL).
He played for the United Bowl Champion Sioux Falls Storm in 2007, and the Omaha Beef in 2005 and 2006. He was named All-UIF all three seasons.
He was part of the Sioux Falls Storm"s record 40 game winning streak.
Both teams were members of United Indoor Football. In 2008, as a member of the Grand Rapids Rampage, of the Arena Football League, he was second on the team in sacks despite seeing limited action due to injury.