DeMarco Murray

DeMarco Murray,  born February 12, 1988 is an American football running back for the Dallas Cowboys who played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners.


High school career


DeMarco Murray was coached by David White at Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he was an all-conference pick three consecutive years. At Gorman, he was a teammate of fellow OU Sooner Ryan Reynolds. During his time at Gorman, his team was 3-time Conference Champions. As a senior in 2005, he rushed for 1,947 yards and 27 touchdowns and also caught 22 passes for 624 yards and 7 touchdowns, earning him all-state honors and the 2005 Sunset Region Offensive Player of the Year award. Murray played in the 2005 U.S. Army All-American Bowl.
Considered one of the top running backs of his class alongside Chris Wells, C. J. Spiller and Michael Goodson, Murray drew offers from Miami (Fl.), Penn State and Texas A&M among others. He chose Oklahoma over Southern California at the U.S. Army All-American Bowl.




College career


Murray redshirted the 2006 NCAA football season. In his first game for the Oklahoma Sooners on September 1, 2007 vs. University of North Texas, Murray rushed for 201 yards and five touchdowns, becoming the first player to score four touchdowns in a half in his Sooner debut. On September 15, 2007 against Utah State, Murray entered the Oklahoma football record book when he had a TD run of 92 yards, which is the third longest in Oklahoma football history.
Murray tied Adrian Peterson's freshman touchdown record in 2007 with 15.
Murray logged a 4.42 (team best) 40 time and a 36.5-inch vertical jump during the 2007 winter testing.
On October 16, 2010 Murray passed Steve Owens as the all-time touchdown leader at the University of Oklahoma with 58 touchdowns.




Career Records at University of Oklahoma
All-Time Leader in Points Scored (390)
All-Time Leader in Touchdowns (65)
All-Time Leader in All Purpose Yards (6,718)
All-Time Leader in Receiving Yards for a Running Back (1,571)




Statistics


source: espn.com


YEAR ATT YDS AVG LNG TD REC YDS AVG LNG TD FUM LST
2007 127 764 6.0 92 13 14 60 4.3 25 0 0 0
2008 179 1002 5.6 70 14 31 395 12.7 34 4 0 0
2009 171 705 4.1 38 8 41 522 12.7 67 4 0 0
2010 282 1214 4.3 63 15 71 594 8.6 76 5 0 0




Professional career


Murray was selected in the third round (71st overall) of the 2011 NFL Draft by the 


Dallas Cowboys.


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Murray signed a four-year contract with the Dallas Cowboys worth $2.97 million including a signing bonus worth $622,000 on July 29, 2011.
On October 23, 2011 he ran 253 yards against the St. Louis Rams at Cowboys Stadium in Dallas, breaking Emmitt Smith's single game rushing record for a Dallas Cowboys running back of 237 yards (set at Philadelphia against the Eagles on October 31, 1993) on October 23, 2011. The record total included a first-quarter 91-yard touchdown run that is second longest in Cowboys history, after a NFL-record 99-yard run by Tony Dorsett in January 1983.


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