Shawn Murphy (American football)

{{Short description|American football player (born 1982)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Shawn Murphy

| image = Shawn Murphy (American football).JPG

| caption = Murphy with the Denver Broncos in 2011

| number = 60, 74

| position = Guard

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|12|17}}

| birth_place = Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4

| weight_lbs = 319

| high_school = Lone Peak (Highland, Utah)

| college = Utah State

| draftyear = 2008

| draftround = 4

| draftpick = 110

| pastteams =

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 1

| pfr = MurpSh20

}}

Shawn Murphy (born December 17, 1982) is an American former professional football guard. He was selected by the Miami Dolphins in the fourth round of the 2008 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=2008 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2008/draft.htm |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}

Murphy was also a member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Carolina Panthers, and Denver Broncos. He is the son of former Major League Baseball player Dale Murphy.[https://news.yahoo.com/s/cpress/20080417/ca_pr_on_fo/nfl_draft_murphy_1 Former slugger Dale Murphy's son awaiting selection in NFL draft]

College career

He played one year of college football at Ricks College before going on a two-year Mormon mission in Brazil; on his return, he attended several schools including Dixie State College of Utah before finishing at Utah State, where he earned academic all-conference honors.Joseph Person, [http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/11/03/1807207/peeking-out-from-dads-shadow.html "Peeking out from Dad's shadow: Panthers lineman Shawn Murphy is trying to make his own wayin pro sports, choosing football over Dale Murphy's specialty"]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Charlotte Observer, November 3, 2010. As a senior in 2007, he earned one of the top consistency grades of any player at his position in the collegiate ranks. He led all WAC offensive linemen with 137 knockdown blocks while also only allowing one quarterback sack. As a result, he received All-American honorable mention and All-WAC second-team recognition.{{Cite web |url=http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/players/historical/1615594 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-12-02 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000122/http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/players/historical/1615594 |url-status=dead }}

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