Jared Murphy

WR · Miami (OH) 2017 · #88

Last confirmed: Miami (OH), 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.

5′10″ · 182 lb · Fort Wayne, IN · Columbia City

Jared Murphy: WR · Miami (OH) · #88.

Players he’s like

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Ardell BrownUConn · 2019 · 96% season match
Aleva HifoBYU · 2017 · 92% season match
Rayshad LewisUtah State · 2016 · 92% season match
Tevaris McCormickTroy · 2017 · 90% season match
Collin LisaBuffalo · 2015 · 90% season match

Jared Murphy

WR · Miami (OH) · #88

Moves the chains on third down. He has spent four seasons in the Miami (OH) receiving corps. On tape: 89 receiving yards and 5 receptions against Bowling Green, Week 6, 2017.

How he plays

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

News and fans

No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.

Where to follow him

Career stats

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Season	Team
2017	Miami (OH)	38	430	11.3	2
2016	Miami (OH)	43	552	12.8	5
2015	Miami (OH)	29	439	15.1	2
2014	Miami (OH)	42	600	14.3	4
Career		152	2,021	13.3	13

Season	Team
2017	Miami (OH)	1	3	33	25
2016	Miami (OH)	2	−1	--	18
2015	Miami (OH)	3	6	--	52
2014	Miami (OH)	10	28	--	--
Career		16	36	33	95

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 26-31@ Marshall	5	69	13.8	0	20
Wk 2	W 31-10vs Austin Peay	2	13	6.5	0	9
Wk 3	L 17-21vs Cincinnati	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 4	W 31-14@ Central Michigan	2	30	15.0	0	24
Wk 5	L 17-52@ No. 22 Notre Dame	3	27	9.0	0	19
Wk 6	L 29-37vs Bowling Green	5	89	17.8	1	36	Season-high 89 yds
Wk 7	L 14-17@ Kent State	2	21	10.5	0	14
Wk 8	W 24-14vs Buffalo	1	10	10.0	0	10
Wk 10	L 28-45@ Ohio	4	26	6.5	0	11
Wk 11	W 24-14vs Akron	3	33	11.0	0	19
Wk 12	L 24-27vs Eastern Michigan	4	29	7.3	0	11
Wk 13	W 28-7@ Ball State	7	83	11.9	1	22
Total		38	430	11.3	2	36

Signature game

Week 6 · 2017

L 29-37

vs Bowling Green

5 rec · 89 yds · 1 TD

With G. Ragland — 255 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 90.4 · 78 rush yds (12 car) · 1 TD · K. Kramer — 44 yards per punt · 3 punts · 50 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 6 · Bowling Green · 2nd and 7 · Q3 · EPA +3.40Gus Ragland pass complete to Jared Murphy for 36 yds for a TD, (Samuel Sloman KICK)
Week 13 · Ball State · 3rd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +2.88Gus Ragland pass complete to Jared Murphy for 7 yds for a TD, (Samuel Sloman KICK)
Week 1 · Marshall · 3rd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +2.70Gus Ragland pass complete to Jared Murphy for 18 yds to the MiaOh 44 for a
Week 5 · Notre Dame · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.56Gus Ragland pass complete to Jared Murphy for 19 yds to the MiaOh 47 for a
Week 13 · Ball State · 3rd and 7 · Q3 · EPA +2.40Gus Ragland pass complete to Jared Murphy for 18 yds to the MiaOh 41 for a
Week 10 · Ohio · 4th and 5 · Q4 · EPA −2.38Billy Bahl pass complete to Jared Murphy for 4 yds to the Ohio 27

4 more plays

Week 6 · Bowling Green · 3rd and 3 · Q1 · EPA +2.25Gus Ragland pass complete to Jared Murphy for 14 yds to the BwGrn 40 for a
Week 6 · Bowling Green · 2nd and 6 · Q2 · EPA +2.25Gus Ragland pass complete to Jared Murphy for 21 yds to the BwGrn 41 for a
Week 12 · Eastern Michigan · 3rd and 6 · Q1 · EPA +2.15Gus Ragland pass complete to Jared Murphy for 11 yds to the MiaOh 41 for a
Week 7 · Kent State · 3rd and 5 · Q3 · EPA +2.12Billy Bahl pass complete to Jared Murphy for 14 yds to the MiaOh 40 for a

Teams and coaches

4 seasons under Chuck Martin — 16-33 over that span.

2014Miami (OH)2-10HC: Chuck Martin · Pass-leaning

2015Miami (OH)3-9HC: Chuck Martin · Balanced

2016Miami (OH)6-7HC: Chuck Martin · Run-leaning

2017Miami (OH)5-7HC: Chuck Martin · Balanced

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

12 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: long catch (22nd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#158 / 709 · 77th pct

76.0%

EPA / target#334 / 709 · 53rd pct

0.52

TD rate#379 / 709 · 46th pct

4.0%

Explosive rate#414 / 709 · 40th pct

10.0%

Yards / catch#445 / 709 · 37th pct

11.3

Box-score rates (7)

Receptions#194 / 539 · 64th pct

Rec yards#253 / 539 · 53rd pct

430

Rush TDs#54 / 283 · 41st pct

Rec TDs#279 / 539 · 40th pct

Yards / catch#396 / 539 · 26th pct

11.3

Rush yards#201 / 283 · 26th pct

Long catch#417 / 539 · 22nd pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

73rd → 53rd percentile

Explosive rate

27th → 40th percentile

Catch rate

58th → 77th percentile

TD rate

81st → 46th percentile

Yards / catch

56th → 37th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.5	29.0	10.5	0.2
Road6g	3.8	42.7	11.1	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.7	35.6	12.1	0.1
Weeks 8+5g	3.8	36.2	9.3	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2017 season

Head Coach

Chuck Martin

Pass share

47.3%

387 pass / 431 run

Plays / game

68.2

12 games

Team sack rate

5.1%

429 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

38 catches and 1 carry in 12 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

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Jared Murphy

Players he’s like

How he plays

News and fans

Where to follow him

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

38 catches and 1 carry in 12 games

Five seasons at Miami (OH)

His moves

2013