DeMarco Murray - College Football

DeMarco Murray #7

Running Back

Height: 6-foot-1
Weight: 205 pounds
Class Year: Jr
Experience: 2V
Hometown: Las Vegas, NV
High School: Bishop Gorman HS

Depth Chart details | roster

1. RB - D. Murray | 6-1, 205, Jr.
2. RB - C. Brown | 5-11, 210, Sr.
3. RB - M. Madu | 6-0, 196, Jr.
4. RB - J. Calhoun | 6-0, 210, Fr.

As a Recruit (profile)

Class: 2006 (High School)
Rating/Rankings: | 6.0

Rivals.com: The Rivals100 2006 (35)
Rivals.com All-purpose backs 2006 (2)

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The Latest: Murray talks about bouncing back for Bedlam — 11/24/2009

Demarco Murray has seen plenty of ups and downs during his Sooner career. Few moments have been more difficult than the one experienced last weekend in Lubbock. But with Bedlam approaching, there is little time for Oklahoma and Murray to focus on the negative. Murray talked on Monday about the...[details]

Statistics

DEMARCO MURRAY STATS	Receiving				Rushing
Statistics	No	Yds	Avg	TD	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
2009	37	483	13.1	4	138	606	4.4	5
2008	31	395	12.7	4	179	1,002	5.6	14
2007	14	60	4.3	0	127	764	6.0	13
2006	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
Career	82	938	11.4	8	444	2,372	5.3	32

GAME BY GAME STATISTICS: 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | Hide Stats

BIO NOTES

2008 (Sophomore): All-Big 12 first team by the coaches and second team by the AP ... All-Big 12 Academic first team ... second team ESPN the Magazine Academic All-American ... suffered hamstring injury on opening kickoff of Big 12 Championship and missed BCS Championship ... set OU single-season record for all-purpose yards with 2,171 total yards ... became Oklahoma's 67th 100-yard rusher with 100 yards in the third game of the season ... team's leading kick returner with 774 yards, second best in a season in OU history ... blossomed into a receiving threat with 31 receptions, the fourth most by an Oklahoma receiver in a season ... eclipsed the 100-yard rushing mark in five games ... also topped the century mark in kick return yards on three occasions, including 196 yards against Oklahoma State ... sat out Big 12 Championship after suffering an injury on the game's opening kickoff ... had multiple touchdowns in six games ... accounted for four touchdowns against Kansas State, two rushing and two receiving ... had back-to-back 100-yard games against Texas A&M and Texas Tech, including 123 yards on just seven carries against the Aggies ... had a career-high seven receptions against A&M and career-high 71 receiving yards against Tech.

2007 (Freshman): Suffered a dislocated knee cap in game No. 11 at Texas Tech, then missed the remainder of the season and the subsequent spring workouts ... Rivals Freshman All-American ... honorable mention All-Big 12 by the coaches and Associated Press ... honored by the AP as both a running back and all-purpose player ... first team Academic All-Big 12 ... averaged 29.3 yards per kickoff return, the second-highest average in team history ... 15 touchdowns tied the OU freshman record set by Adrian Peterson ... set another OU record with five touchdowns in his debut game against North Texas ... rushed four times for 100 yards against Utah State, including a 92-yard TD run, third longest in OU history ... scored three touchdowns at Tulsa, including an 81-yard kickoff return ... led OU with 17 rushes and 128 yards and one touchdown, a 65-yard sprint, against Texas ... scored four times, three rushing and one on a 91-yard kickoff return vs. Baylor ... 129 return yards against the Bears was the fourth-highest total in OU history ... rushed 19 times for 94 yards at Texas Tech before suffering the season-ending injury.

2006 (Redshirt): Redshirted.

Personal: Named 2005 Sunset Region Offensive Player of the Year... Earned all-state honors in 2005 and was an all-conference pick three consecutive years... Rushed for 1,947 yards and 27 touchdowns his senior year... Also caught 22 passes for 624 yards and 7 touchdowns... Had 64 tackles, 3 sacks and 2 interceptions on defense... Played in the U.S. Army High School All-American game... Also led Bishop Gorman basketball team to a 2005 state championship... Was a top-30 basketball recruit as well... Bench presses 265 and squats 465 pounds... Has a vertical jump of 39 inches... Clocked at 4.37 seconds in the 40-yard dash... Coached by David White... Born Feb. 12, 1988... Parent: Kevin Murray.