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Trent Murphy (Trenton Allen Murphy, born December 22, 1990) is an American linebacker and a team captain for the Stanford Cardinal football team.

Murphy is considered a top 3-4 defense or 4-3 defense OLB/DE prospect for the 2014 NFL Draft.

Career highlights
"Stanford's Trent Murphy is one of the nation's elite pass-rushers" Rob Rang, CBS Sports. Statistics can be found at ESPN.com and cfbstats.com.
 * Phil Steele 2012 All-America 3rd team
 * All-Pac-12 Conference Football Team 1st 2012
 * CBS All America Team 3rd 2012
 * Associated Press All-American Team 3rd 2012
 * Sports Illustrated All-American Team
 * 2012 Pac-12 Championship
 * 2012 Fiesta Bowl
 * 2013 Rose Bowl

High School Brophy College Preparatory
Trent Murphy graduated in 2009 from Brophy College Preparatory and played football for head coach Scooter Molander. In Murphy’s junior season (2007–08) he helped back Brophy Prep to an Arizona 5A1 Division championship. As a senior in 2008-09 he served as team captain, leading Brophy to a runner-up 5A1 Division finish. Murphy also lettered in basketball and track and was the 2009 Arizona State Discus Champion.

Freshman / Sophomore years 2009 / 2010
Murphy did not see field action in his freshman year (2009) and was sidelined due to injuries two games into his sophomore year (2010). During the two games he played in his sophomore year, Murphy logged two solo tackles against Sacramento State.

Junior year 2011
In 2011, Murphy bounced back from his 2010 injury to record stellar numbers, logging 40 tackles, 6.5 sacks and 10 tackles for loss. In his first game against San Jose State, Murphy recorded 5 tackles. Murphy registered a career high with 10 tackles, 9 solo, including 2 tackles for loss of yards against the Oregon Ducks. In the Jan 2, 2012 Fiesta Bowl against 13th-ranked Oklahoma State, Murphy sacked Brandon Weeden for a 9 yard loss.

Senior year 2012
Murphy started all 14 games of the 2012 season for Stanford's Pac-12 championship season. He led the Cardinal defense with 10 sacks and 18 tackles for loss, the best defensive records for Stanford since 2000 and 2004 respectively. Murphy’s season included 6 QB hurries, 4 passes broken up and 1 forced fumble. Murphy recorded his first career interception of a pass made by Keith Price, resulting in a 40 yard return for a touchdown. Murphy registered another career high game against number 1 ranked Notre Dame, with 10 tackles 1.5 sacks including 2.5 tackles for loss of yards. The Stanford defense was the 2012 NCAA DivisionI-A Sack Leader, with Murphy topping the list.

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2012 Season Statistics
Source: cfbstats.com/Trent Murphy,  *TFL 87 yards total,   **Pick Six, 40 yard return

2012 Senior season honors

 * All-Pac-12, 2012 1st team
 * The Butkus Award semi-finalist
 * Stanford's Jack Huston Award recipient for exceptional performance and unheralded effort
 * CBS All America Team 3rd
 * 2012 Associated Press All-American 3rd Team 3rd
 * 2012 Sports Illustrated All-American Team

5th year Senior 2013
Murphy chose to return to Stanford for a senior season, despite his potential to enter the 2013NFL Draft. Eight game into the season, Murphy ranks first for sacks in the PAC 12 and third in the NCAA overall. Murphy was named Defensive Player of the week in weeks 6 (Oct. 7) and 9 (Oct. 28). On November 1, 2013 Murphy was named the Chuck Bednarik Player of the week, shortly after moving to the semi-finalist round of voting for the Bednarik Award.

2013 Season Statistics
Source: cfbstats.com/2013, * TFL yards as of 11/02/2013, ** Pick Six, 30 yard return

2013 Preseason Award Watch Lists

 * Bednarik Award
 * Bronko Nagurski Award
 * Butkus Award, most outstanding linebacker
 * Lombardi Award, most outstanding lineman
 * The Senior Bowl's 2014 Watch List

2013 Preseason All-American Honors

 * Athlon Sports preseason All American 2nd team
 * SI.com preseason All-America 2nd Team
 * Phil Steele preseason All-America 2nd team

2013 Preseason All Pac 12 Teams

 * Athlon Sports preseason All-Pac-12 1st Team
 * Lindy's preseason All-Pac-12 1st Team
 * Phil Steele preseason All-Pac-12 1st Team
 * 7th-best Pac-12 player

2013 Preseason Press

 * Jeremiah, NFL.com: “Murphy uses a multitude of physical moves to consistently annihilate tight ends in both the run and pass game. A few of his favorites: grab/pull, chop or pure bull rush.”
 * Ted Miller, ESPN.com: “Stanford: Three starters back for the Pac-12’s best run defense, including All-American candidates Trent Murphy and Shayne Skov. Even the competition to replace Chase Thomas, between James Vaughters and Blake Lueders is between two A-list veterans. Depth is good, too. Might be the best unit in the country.”
 * Rob Rang CBS Sports. Stanford’s Trent Murphy is one of the nation’s elite pass-rushers.”
 * Jesse Palmer, ESPN: Top 5 breakout players for the 2013 season, “What about Trent Murphy?”,... “the biggest dog on defense.”
 * Jack Follman, SB Nation: 2013 Pac-12 Preseason positional rankings: Linebackers. “Murphy would be the unquestioned best linebacker in the conference most years and even with as good as Barr is, an argument could be made that Murphy might be even better. Murphy is a bit of a hybrid as he is 6’6 261 and he utilizes his size to get to the quarterback as good as anyone in the conference as he led the Cardinal with 10 sacks and 18 tackles for loss last season.”
 * Gil Brandt, NFL.com Trent Murphy ranked 3rd top five college football senior outside linebackers in the country.