Myles Murphy

Senior defensive lineman for North Carolina. 2023: 1 sack, 4.5 tackles for loss, 24 tackles.

DL · North Carolina · Sr. · #8

6′5″ · 310 lb · Greensboro, NC

CFB Index 33 · #310 of 418 edge rushersLow confidenceNorth Carolina 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

SDE recruit

No. 150 nationally · Signed with North Carolina

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for North Carolina. 2023: 1 sack, 4.5 tackles for loss, 24 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to North Carolina in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at North Carolina, 7 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

20207 games

Signed with North Carolina4-star out of Dudley

202112 games

All-ACCsecond

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#150 national

CFB

College

North Carolina

2020–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-ACC · 2ND TEAM

All-ACC 2nd team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2023

1 coach

2020–2023

Mack Brown

North Carolina

Played his entire career under Mack Brown.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Mack Brown — 31-21 over that span.

2020North Carolina8-4HC: Mack Brown · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021North Carolina6-7HC: Mack Brown · Run-leaning

2022North Carolina9-5HC: Mack Brown · Balanced

2023North Carolina8-5HC: Mack Brown · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

33Below cohort / limited sample #310 of 418?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles for loss#635 / 2842 · 76th pct

4.5

QB hurries#574 / 2842 · 74th pct

Sacks#847 / 2842 · 62nd pct

1.0

Solo tackles#1416 / 2842 · 49th pct

Forced fumbles#54 / 710 · 46th pct

Tackles#1663 / 2842 · 40th pct

Passes defended#1751 / 2842 · 19th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	2.4	0.6	0.1	0.0
Road4g	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.1	0.3	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	2.2	0.6	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bill Belichick

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

33 · #310 of 418 edge rushers

Former four-star. Now #310 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	North Carolina	24	15	4.5	1.0	--	--	--
2022	North Carolina	28	10	1.5	1.0	1	--	--
2021	North Carolina	38	19	9.0	4.0	3	--	--
2020	North Carolina	8	6	2.0	1.0	--	--	--
Career		98	50	17.0	7.0	4	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2023

W 41–31

vs Miami

3 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 TFL

Edged out Miami at home in a shootout.

With D. Maye — 273 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 70.4 · 10 rush yds (10 car) · O. Hampton — 197 rush yds (24 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 31-17vs South Carolina	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 2	W 40-34vs App State	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 3	W 31-13vs Minnesota	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	W 41-24@ Pittsburgh	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 6	W 40-7vs Syracuse	5	3	1.0	0.0	—	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 7	W 41-31vs Miami	3	1	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 27-31vs Virginia	2	0	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 11	W 47-45vs Duke	3	3	2.0	1.0	—
Wk 12	L 20-31@ Clemson	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	L 20-39@ NC State	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Bowl	L 10-30@ West Virginia	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Total		24	15	4.5	1.0	—

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology