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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2025Coastal Carolina
Luke Murphy
LB • 6'3" • 235 lbs • Massillon, OH, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Luke Murphy shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.
Impact Production
41
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
70
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
38
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Kent State • Eastern Michigan • Coastal Carolina
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Toledo
Player Story
Luke Murphy built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a linebacker from Massillon, OH wearing No. 20, spending time with Coastal Carolina, Eastern Michigan, and Kent State. The clearest part of Luke Murphy's...
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- Committed To
- Kent State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Luke Murphy, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan. Luke Murphy shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 144
- TFL
- 9.5
- QB hurries
- 4
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Luke Murphy quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Coastal Carolina · LB
- Career Tackles
- 144
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 29 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan
- Top game
- Toledo
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Washington · Kent State
- High school pipeline
- Washington · 38 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 20 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 36 tackles · LB 416th (top 33%) · Sun Belt 127th (top 20%) · National 1,085th (top 18%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Kent State | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Kent State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | Kent State | 6 | 13 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 8.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kent State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2024 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 12 | 94 | 5 | 0 | 4 | - | 0 | 67.9 |
| 2025 Postseason | Coastal Carolina | 10 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 35.9 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Coastal Carolina | 10 | 33 | 3.5 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 35.9 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Coastal Carolina to UConn | G5/FCS to G5/FCS | 19.6 | Jan 24, 2026 |
| 2025 | Eastern Michigan to Coastal Carolina | G5/FCS to G5/FCS | 77.7 | Apr 25, 2025 |
| 2024 | Kent State to Eastern Michigan | G5/FCS to G5/FCS | 77 | Nov 1, 2023 |
Luke Murphy played LB for Kent State, Eastern Michigan, and Coastal Carolina. Across 6 tracked seasons, Luke Murphy recorded 1 rushing yards and 144 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Eastern Michigan.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Eastern Michigan paired 10 primary output with 39.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Kent State, Eastern Michigan, Coastal Carolina.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia State
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Coastal Carolina
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
20
Usage
4.9
Consistency
33.3
Best Game by takeover score
Georgia State
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Louisiana Tech: 0.5. Virginia: 0. Charleston Southern: 0. East Carolina: 0. Old Dominion: 0. UL Monroe: 1. App State: 0. Georgia State: 2. Georgia Southern: 1. South Carolina: 0.5
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Louisiana Tech: 3 by 17.5. Virginia: 2 by 8.3. Charleston Southern: 3 by 12.5. Old Dominion: 2 by 8.3. UL Monroe: 2 by 18.3. App State: 8 by 33.3. Georgia State: 5 by 40.8. Georgia Southern: 7 by 39.2. South Carolina: 4 by 21.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.8 · Games = 4 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 6 · -0.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Georgia State
Best efficiency game
40.8 vs Georgia State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 12/30 | @ Louisiana Tech | L 14-23 | 3 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | @ South Carolina | L 7-51 | 4 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | @ Georgia Southern | L 40-45 | 7 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | vs Georgia StateSplash game | W 40-27 | 5 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | @ App State | W 45-37 | 8 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs UL Monroe | W 23-8 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Old Dominion | L 7-47 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs East Carolina | L 0-38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Charleston Southern | W 13-0 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | @ Virginia | L 7-48 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Luke Murphy story
Luke Murphy built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a linebacker from Massillon, OH wearing No. 20, spending time with Coastal Carolina, Eastern Michigan, and Kent State. The clearest part of Luke Murphy's career was his defensive production: 144 tackles, 9.5 tackles for loss, 1 interception, and 1 pass defended across 29 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with Eastern Michigan. 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 Luke Murphy's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 1 rushing yard, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 29 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Coastal Carolina, Eastern Michigan, and Kent State.
The arc is straightforward: Luke Murphy 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
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Kent State
2020-2023
Opening stop
- 2
Eastern Michigan
2024
Peak year stop
- 3
Coastal Carolina
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2020202120222023202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Kent State | 0 | 4.2 | 0.8 | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Kent State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Kent State | 0.5 | 9.9 | 1.6 | 0.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kent State | 0 | — | — | -0.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 10 | 39.9 | 10.2 | 10 |
| 2025 Postseason | Coastal Carolina | 5 | 20 | 4.9 | -5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Coastal Carolina | 5 | 20 | 4.9 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Toledo
Week 10 · L 28-29 · Conference game
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
91.9 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 91.9 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 133 Georgia State
Week 11 · W 40-27 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
73.6 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.6 takeover score.
#3
@ Kent State
Week 5 · W 52-33 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
73.3 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.3 takeover score.
#4
@ Ohio
Week 12 · L 10-35 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
71.7 takeover
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 71.7 takeover score.
#5
vs Miami (OH)
Week 7 · L 14-38 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
61.7 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 61.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan
10 primary output · 39.9 efficiency · 10.2 usage
67.9
#2
2020 Regular Season · Kent State
37
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage
#3
2025 Postseason · Coastal Carolina
35.9
5 primary · 20 efficiency · 4.9 usage
Milestones
5
Impact games
3
Splash games
4
10+ tackle games
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