Player Dossier

2016-2021

USC

Connor Murphy

DL • 6'7" • 270 lbs • Mesa, AZ, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Connor Murphy shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.3 disruption score.

Usage Score

8.5

Efficiency

20.3

Consistency

61.7

Season Value

25.7

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season · USC

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
6
Program Path
USC • UNLV
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Stanford

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Connor Murphy, DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season · USC. Connor Murphy shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.3 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season

USC paired 0 primary output with 12.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 20.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2021 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across USC, UNLV.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Arizona State

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.

Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2021 Regular Season · UNLV

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

20.3

Usage

8.5

Consistency

61.7

Best Game by takeover score

Iowa State

Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.

Game-by-Game Trend

123

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Unknown: 0. Arizona State: 1. Iowa State: 0.5

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Unknown: 6 by 25. Arizona State: 3 by 22.5. Iowa State: 2 by 13.3

Split Comparison

Losses0.8 · n=2
First Half0.5 · n=2
All Games0.5 · n=3

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Arizona State

Best efficiency game

25 vs Unknown

Result
Sun 9/19vs Iowa StateL 3-48200.5000
Sun 9/12@ Arizona StateL 10-3732100
Fri 9/3vs Unknown62000

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    USC

    2016-2020

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    UNLV

    2021

    Final stop

Season Progression

201620172018201920202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonUSC06.31.3
2017 Regular SeasonUSC012.52.10
2018 Regular SeasonUSC0.513.33.20.5
2019 Regular SeasonUSC212.23.51.5
2020 Regular SeasonUSC06.31.2-2
2021 Regular SeasonUNLV1.520.38.51.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Stanford

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 45.8 takeover score.

#2

Arizona State

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 44.8 takeover score.

#3

Iowa State

0.5

Primary metric

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 24.3 takeover score.

#4

Utah

0.5

Primary metric

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 22.2 takeover score.

#5

Unknown

0

Primary metric

Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 9.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2017 Regular Season · USC

0 primary output · 12.5 efficiency · 2.1 usage

38.2

#2

2016 Regular Season · USC

35.8

0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 1.3 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · USC

35.8

0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 1.2 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

4★

Class 2016 · Rating 0.9093

Brophy College Preparatory · Phoenix, AZ

Committed To
USC
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

Career Facts

2

Career teams

6

Seasons tracked

29

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 6 tracked seasons, 14 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Connor Murphy quick answers

Recruiting profile

4-star recruit

Position
DL
Teams played for
2
Seasons tracked
6
Career tackles
29