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Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||
Date of birth: | February 11, 1977 | ||||||||
Place of birth: | Jacksonville, Florida | ||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 217 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||
Career information | |||||||||
High school: | Callahan (FL) West Nassau | ||||||||
College: | Kansas State | ||||||||
NFL Draft: | 2000 / Round: 6 / Pick: 170 | ||||||||
Career history | |||||||||
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Receptions: | 8 |
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Receiving yards: | 71 |
Receiving TDs: | 1 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Receptions: | 37 |
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Receiving yards: | 614 |
Receiving TDs: | 2 |
Frank Murphy (born February 11, 1977) is a former gridiron football wide receiver. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL Draft. He played college football for the Kansas State Wildcats.
Murphy was also a member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Houston Texans, Miami Dolphins, Toronto Argonauts, Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Florida Tuskers.
Murphy was an All-American, All-State and Nassau County Player of the Year as a senior running back and return specialist at West Nassau High School.
In 1995, Murphy played wide receiver for Itawamba Community College. He transferred to Garden City Community College in 1996 and sat out the season as a transfer. In 1997, he was named to the National Junior College Athletic Association All-American first-team and National Player of the Year.
Transferring to Kansas State University in 1998, he appeared in the Wildcats final eight games as a reserve tailback, recording 257 yards and five touchdowns on 55 carries, three catches for 91 yards and a touchdown, and returned eight kickoffs for 210 yards. In 1999, he finished second on the Wildcats with 541 yards and six touchdowns on 97 carries primarily as a backup running back, caught six passes for 39 yards, and 199 yards on seven kickoff returns.