Player Dossier

2017-2019

Oklahoma

Kenneth Murray

LB • 6'2" • 243 lbs • Missouri City, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Kenneth Murray shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 50.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

89

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

75

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Oklahoma

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Oklahoma
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Baylor

Player Story

Kenneth Murray built his college career from 2017 through 2019 as a linebacker from Missouri City, TX wearing No. 9, spending time with Oklahoma. The clearest part of Kenneth Murray's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.88

Elkins · Missouri City, TX

Committed To
Oklahoma
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2020
Selection
Round 1 · Pick 23
Overall
No. 23
NFL Team
Los Angeles Chargers

Kenneth Murray, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Oklahoma. Kenneth Murray shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 50.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
329
TFL
37
Sacks
9.5
QB hurries
12
Passes defended
6
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2019 · Oklahoma · Player Highlight

Kenneth Murray college highlights at Oklahoma.

Season
2019
Type
Player highlight

Quick Answers

Kenneth Murray quick answers

Latest team and position
Oklahoma · LB
Career Tackles
329
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 6 entries · 40 games
Best season
2019 Postseason · Oklahoma
Top game
Baylor
Recruit profile
3-star · Elkins · Oklahoma
High school pipeline
Elkins · 23 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
NFL Draft
2020 · Round 1 · Pick 23 · Los Angeles Chargers
Latest roster
No. 9 · Junior
2019 Tackles rank
102 tackles · LB 47th (top 4%) · Big 12 5th (top 2%) · National 55th (top 1%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 PostseasonOklahoma13921--053
2017 Regular SeasonOklahoma13635.503-053
2018 PostseasonOklahoma13150.50.5--069.9
2018 Regular SeasonOklahoma1314012442069.9
2019 PostseasonOklahoma14710--074
2019 Regular SeasonOklahoma149516454074

Related Context

Kenneth Murray played LB for Oklahoma. Across 3 tracked seasons, Kenneth Murray recorded 329 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Oklahoma.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason

Oklahoma paired 30 primary output with 50.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 50.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2019 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Baylor

Win with 6 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2019 Postseason · Oklahoma

Games

14

Havoc Plays / G

2.1

Efficiency

50.8

Usage

13.7

Consistency

45.1

Best Game by takeover score

Baylor

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. LSU: 1. Houston: 5. South Dakota: 0.5. UCLA: 0. Texas Tech: 2. Kansas: 1. Texas: 3. West Virginia: 3.5. Kansas State: 0. Iowa State: 1. Baylor: 2. TCU: 4. Oklahoma State: 1. Baylor: 6

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. LSU: 7 by 39.2. Houston: 13 by 100. South Dakota: 4 by 21.7. UCLA: 5 by 20.8. Texas Tech: 9 by 57.5. Kansas: 6 by 35. Texas: 5 by 50.8. West Virginia: 9 by 72.5. Kansas State: 4 by 16.7. Iowa State: 7 by 39.2. Baylor: 8 by 53.3. TCU: 9 by 77.5. Oklahoma State: 6 by 35. Baylor: 10 by 91.7

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins2.4 · Games = 12 · +1.9 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 2 · -1.9 vs Wins

Game Log

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

14 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Baylor

Best efficiency game

100 vs Houston

Result
Sat 12/28@ LSUL 28-6374100
Sat 12/7vs Baylor10+ tackles · Splash gameW 30-23108311
Sun 12/1@ Oklahoma StateW 34-1666100
Sun 11/24vs TCUSplash gameW 28-24972.500.500
Sun 11/17@ BaylorSplash gameW 34-3187200
Sun 11/10vs Iowa StateW 42-4176001
Sat 10/26@ Kansas StateL 41-4843000
Sat 10/19vs West VirginiaSplash gameW 52-14961.5000
Sat 10/12@ TexasSplash gameW 34-2755210
Sat 10/5@ KansasW 45-2065001
Sat 9/28vs Texas TechSplash gameW 55-1691110
Sun 9/15@ UCLAW 48-1453000
Sat 9/7vs South DakotaW 70-14410.5000
Sun 9/1vs Houston10+ tackles · Splash gameW 49-311372.500.501

Player Story

Kenneth Murray story

Kenneth Murray built his college career from 2017 through 2019 as a linebacker from Missouri City, TX wearing No. 9, spending time with Oklahoma. The clearest part of Kenneth Murray's career was his defensive production: 329 tackles, 37 tackles for loss, 9.5 sacks, and 6 passes defended across 40 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2018 with Oklahoma. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Kenneth Murray's production has multiple signals. With 40 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Oklahoma.

The arc is straightforward: Kenneth Murray moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Oklahoma

    2017-2019

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201720172018201820192019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 PostseasonOklahoma11.531.910.5
2017 Regular SeasonOklahoma11.531.910.50
2018 PostseasonOklahoma2359.716.311.5
2018 Regular SeasonOklahoma2359.716.30
2019 PostseasonOklahoma3050.813.77
2019 Regular SeasonOklahoma3050.813.70

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Baylor

Week 15 · W 30-23 · Conference game

Win with 6 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

97.2 takeover

6 disruption/tackle impact with 97.2 takeover score.

#2

@ TCU

Week 8 · W 52-27 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

95.3 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 95.3 takeover score.

#3

vs Houston

Week 1 · W 49-31

5

Havoc Plays

94.4 takeover

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 94.4 takeover score.

#4

@ Iowa State

Week 3 · W 37-27 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

93.9 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 93.9 takeover score.

#5

vs Georgia

Week 1 · L 48-54 · Postseason

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Havoc Plays

89.2 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 89.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Postseason · Oklahoma

30 primary output · 50.8 efficiency · 13.7 usage

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#2

2019 Regular Season · Oklahoma

74

30 primary · 50.8 efficiency · 13.7 usage

#3

2018 Postseason · Oklahoma

69.9

23 primary · 59.7 efficiency · 16.3 usage

Milestones

16

Impact games

13

Splash games

11

10+ tackle games