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MATT MURPHY

Murphy, Matthew Jarrid
Height: 6-5 Weight: 265
Born: February 23, 1980 New Haven, MI
High School: New Haven (MI)

Year	College	Status
1997	Maryland	Redshirted
1998	Maryland	Lettered
1999	Maryland	Lettered
2000	Maryland	Lettered
2001	Maryland	Lettered

Draft: 7th round (252nd overall) 2002 Detroit Lions

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
2002 Detroit Lions (NFL)2002 DET NFL	49	TE	3	0
2003 Houston Texans (NFL)2003 HOU NFL	81	TE	1	0
2004 Houston Texans (NFL)2004 HOU NFL	81	TE	11	1
2005 Houston Texans (NFL)2005 HOU NFL	81	TE	9	2
2006 Buffalo Bills (NFL)2006 BUF NFL	87	TE	2	0
2007 Buffalo Bills (NFL)2007 BUF NFL	87	TE	2	0
6 Years (NFL)6 Years NFL			28	3

Transaction	Date	Team
Draft	4/21/2002	2002 Detroit Lions (NFL)2002 DET NFL
Signed	7/18/2002	2002 Detroit Lions (NFL)2002 DET NFL
Released	9/1/2003	2003 Detroit Lions (NFL)2003 DET NFL
Practice Squad	9/2/2003	2003 Detroit Lions (NFL)2003 DET NFL
Signed	12/10/2003	2003 Houston Texans (NFL)2003 HOU NFL
Exclusive Rights Free Agent	3/3/2004	2003 Houston Texans (NFL)2003 HOU NFL
Signed	3/24/2004	2004 Houston Texans (NFL)2004 HOU NFL
Released	9/5/2004	2004 Houston Texans (NFL)2004 HOU NFL
Practice Squad	9/7/2004	2004 Houston Texans (NFL)2004 HOU NFL
Signed	9/12/2004	2004 Houston Texans (NFL)2004 HOU NFL
Restricted Free Agent	3/2/2005	2004 Houston Texans (NFL)2004 HOU NFL
Signed	3/24/2005	2005 Houston Texans (NFL)2005 HOU NFL
Released	6/2/2006	2005 Houston Texans (NFL)2005 HOU NFL
Signed	8/2/2006	2006 Seattle Seahawks (NFL)2006 SEA NFL
Released	9/2/2006	2006 Seattle Seahawks (NFL)2006 SEA NFL
Signed	11/22/2006	2006 Buffalo Bills (NFL)2006 BUF NFL
Released	9/8/2007	2007 Buffalo Bills (NFL)2007 BUF NFL
Signed	9/10/2007	2007 Buffalo Bills (NFL)2007 BUF NFL
Injured Reserve	11/13/2007	2007 Buffalo Bills (NFL)2007 BUF NFL
Unrestricted Free Agent	2/29/2008	2007 Buffalo Bills (NFL)2007 BUF NFL
Signed	3/4/2008	2008 Buffalo Bills (NFL)2008 BUF NFL
Released	9/13/2008	2008 Buffalo Bills (NFL)2008 BUF NFL
Signed	10/27/2008	2008 Denver Broncos (NFL)2008 DEN NFL
Released	11/1/2008	2008 Denver Broncos (NFL)2008 DEN NFL

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
2002 Detroit Lions (NFL)2002 DET NFL	4	1	25.0	8	8.0	8	0	1	0	0	0
2004 Houston Texans (NFL)2004 HOU NFL	1	0	0.0	0			0	0	0	0	0
2005 Houston Texans (NFL)2005 HOU NFL	4	2	50.0	26	13.0	14	0	2	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	9	3	33.3	34	11.3	14	0	3	0	0	0

DEFENSE	TKL	DEF	ST	MT	QH	TFL	FF	PD	BL
2005 Houston Texans (NFL)2005 HOU NFL	3	0	1	2		0	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0

PENALTIES	Called	Declined	Accepted	Yards	Nullified Yards	First Downs	Stalled Drives
2002 Detroit Lions (NFL)2002 DET NFL	1	0	1	5	0	0	0
2003 Houston Texans (NFL)2003 HOU NFL	1	0	1	10	4	0	0
2004 Houston Texans (NFL)2004 HOU NFL	1	0	1	6	0	0	0
2005 Houston Texans (NFL)2005 HOU NFL	1	0	1	5	0	0	1
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	4	0	4	26	4	0	1

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