Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025South Carolina
Shawn Murphy
LB • 6'3" • 231 lbs • Manassas, VA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Shawn Murphy shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
45
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
30
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
71
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · South Carolina
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Alabama • Florida State • South Carolina
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Coastal Carolina
Player Story
Shawn Murphy built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Manassas, VA wearing No. 7, spending time with Alabama, Florida State, and South Carolina. The clearest part of Shawn Murphy's career...
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- Committed To
- Alabama
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Shawn Murphy, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · South Carolina. Shawn Murphy shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 66
- TFL
- 5
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Shawn Murphy quick answers
- Latest team and position
- South Carolina · LB
- Career Tackles
- 66
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 19 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · South Carolina
- Top game
- Coastal Carolina
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Unity Reed · Alabama
- High school pipeline
- Unity Reed · 8 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 7 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 49 tackles · LB 299th (top 24%) · SEC 88th (top 12%) · National 645th (top 11%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Alabama | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.7 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Alabama | 2 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.8 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Florida State | 4 | 13 | 1.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 22.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | South Carolina | 12 | 49 | 3.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 42.8 |
Related Context
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Florida State to South Carolina | P4 to P4 | 79.8 | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 2024 | Alabama to Florida State | P4 to P4 | 86.3 | Jan 14, 2024 |
Shawn Murphy played LB for Alabama, Florida State, and South Carolina. Across 4 tracked seasons, Shawn Murphy recorded 66 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with South Carolina.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
South Carolina paired 5.5 primary output with 21.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 21.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Alabama, Florida State, South Carolina.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Coastal Carolina
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Workbench
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2025 Regular Season · South Carolina
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
21.6
Usage
4.6
Consistency
11.1
Best Game by takeover score
Coastal Carolina
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Virginia Tech: 0. South Carolina State: 0. Vanderbilt: 0. Missouri: 0. Kentucky: 0.5. LSU: 0. Oklahoma: 0. Alabama: 1. Ole Miss: 0. Texas A&M: 0.5. Coastal Carolina: 3.5. Clemson: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Virginia Tech: 4 by 16.7. South Carolina State: 2 by 8.3. Vanderbilt: 3 by 12.5. Missouri: 4 by 16.7. Kentucky: 3 by 17.5. LSU: 2 by 8.3. Oklahoma: 5 by 20.8. Alabama: 2 by 18.3. Ole Miss: 4 by 16.7. Texas A&M: 3 by 17.5. Coastal Carolina: 12 by 85. Clemson: 5 by 20.8
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1 · Games = 4 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · Games = 8 · -0.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Coastal Carolina
Best efficiency game
85 vs Coastal Carolina
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | vs Clemson | L 14-28 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Coastal Carolina10+ tackles · Splash game | W 51-7 | 12 | 8 | — | 2.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | @ Texas A&M | L 30-31 | 3 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Ole Miss | L 14-30 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Alabama | L 22-29 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Oklahoma | L 7-26 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | @ LSU | L 10-20 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | vs Kentucky | W 35-13 | 3 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | @ Missouri | L 20-29 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Vanderbilt | L 7-31 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs South Carolina State | W 38-10 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 8/31 | vs Virginia Tech | W 24-11 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Shawn Murphy story
Shawn Murphy built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Manassas, VA wearing No. 7, spending time with Alabama, Florida State, and South Carolina. The clearest part of Shawn Murphy's career was his defensive production: 66 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, and 1 pass defended across 19 career games in the available record. That gives Shawn Murphy's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Alabama
2022-2023
Opening stop
- 2
Florida State
2024
Peak year stop
- 3
South Carolina
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2022202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Alabama | 0 | 4.2 | 0.7 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Alabama | 0 | 6.3 | 1.2 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Florida State | 1.5 | 17.3 | 4.3 | 1.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | South Carolina | 5.5 | 21.6 | 4.6 | 4 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 121 Coastal Carolina
Week 13 · W 51-7
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5
Havoc Plays
95 takeover
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 95 takeover score.
#2
vs Charleston Southern
Week 13 · W 41-7
1.5
Havoc Plays
71.1 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 71.1 takeover score.
#3
@ No. 9 Texas A&M
Week 12 · L 30-31 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
0.5
Havoc Plays
26.2 takeover
Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 26.2 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 20 Alabama
Week 9 · L 22-29 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
1
Havoc Plays
22.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 22.3 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 66 Kentucky
Week 5 · W 35-13 · Conference game
0.5
Havoc Plays
20.9 takeover
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 20.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · South Carolina
5.5 primary output · 21.6 efficiency · 4.6 usage
42.8
#2
2023 Regular Season · Alabama
38.8
0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 1.2 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Alabama
36.7
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
1
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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