Myles Murphy: DE · Clemson · #98.
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Myles Murphy
Bull-rushes through contact at the point of attack. Third year in the same defensive front at Clemson. All-ACC in 2022 made it three straight seasons on the honors list. A game that shows it: 4 tackles against South Carolina — Week 13, 2022.
Play style
Bull-rushes through contact, winning with size and length at the point of attack.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
37 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 11 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
TigerNet Oct 31
Heavy Oct 29
The Clemson Insider Oct 28Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 41-10vs Georgia Tech | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 35-12vs Furman | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 48-20vs Louisiana Tech | 3 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 51-45@ No. 21 Wake Forest | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 30-20vs No. 10 NC State | 4 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 31-3@ Boston College | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-28@ Florida State | 6 | 5 | 3.5 | 2.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 27-21vs No. 14 Syracuse | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-35@ Notre Dame | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 31-16vs Louisville | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 40-10vs Miami | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 30-31vs South Carolina | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 37 | 21 | 11.0 | 6.5 | — | 2 |
Week 7 · 2022
W 34-28
2 sacks · 3.5 tackles for loss · 6 tackles
Edged out Florida State on the road in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
18%6 sacksTFL rate
30%11 TFLHurry rate
11%4 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
62%6 of 10 pressures37 tackles · 11 for loss · 6.5 sacks.
3 seasons under Dabo Swinney — 31-8 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 2.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 4.5 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.4 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dabo Swinney
Pass share
46.9%
477 pass / 540 run
Plays / game
72.6
14 games
Team sack rate
5.3%
514 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
First team in his league at the position.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former five-star. Now #38 at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at Clemson, 18 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2022) — drafted at #28 overall by the Cincinnati Bengals.
Honored in a first season.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-ACC · 1ST TEAM
All-ACC 1st team (2022)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2021)
2 career weekly honors across 2 seasons
Coaching lineage · 2020–2022
1 coachPlayed every college season under Dabo Swinney.
Next stop · NFL
Cincinnati BengalsEntering 4th NFL season
Cincinnati BengalsEntering 4th NFL season
