Frank Murphy (American football)

Infobox Gridiron football person
Name=Frank Murphy
team=Hamilton Tiger-Cats

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position1=Wide receiver
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College=Kansas State
DateOfBirth=birth date and age|1977|2|11
Birthplace=Jacksonville, Florida
Height_ft=6
Height_in=0
Weight_lbs=217
NFLDraftedYear=2000
NFLDraftedRound=6
NFLDraftedPick=170
playing_years=2000-2002
2002
2004
playing_teams=Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Houston Texans
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
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CFL=1238
NFL=MUR192830

Frank Murphy (born February 11, 1977) is a former American football and current Canadian football wide receiver and returner. He has played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Houston Texans of the National Football League and the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League.

Early years

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.cite web|url=http://www.canoe.ca/Argos/Team/Roster/Frank_Murphy.html|title=Frank Murphy #88 Wide Receiver|work=Roster|publisher=Toronto Argonauts Football Club|date=2007]

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.

Professional career

Murphy was selected in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL Draft by the Chicago Bears and released by Chicago in August. He subsequently signed to the practice roster with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and made his NFL debut on December 3 2000 returning two kickoffs for 24 yards against the Dallas Cowboys. In 2001, he dressed in 11 games for Tampa Bay with 8 catches for 71 yards and 1 touchdown and he led the Buccaneers with 20 kick returns for 445 yards and recorded two defensive tackles.cite web|url=http://www.nfl.com/players/frankmurphy/profile?id=MUR192830|title=Frank Murphy|work=All-Time Players|publisher=NFL Enterprises LLC]

Murphy was released by Tampa Bay as a final training camp in 2002 and signed as a free agent with the Houston Texans on November 27, dressing in five games for the Texans and recorded 8 special teams tackles and 1 kickoff return. Again in 2003, he was released during training camp but this time did not play until re-signing with the Buccaneers as a free agent in 2004. He played in three games with the Bucs in 2004 as a backup receiver and special teams player before suffering a season-ending injury. He signed with the Miami Dolphins for 2006 but never played.

Murphy signed as a free agent with the Toronto Argonauts on June 10 2007 and dressed for 16 games recording 37 catches for 614 yards and 3 touchdowns making him the Argos’ third-leading receiver that year. He was traded to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in exchange for running back Anthony Davis on December 18 2007. [cite web|url=http://www.cfl.ca/index.php?module=roster&func=display&ros_id=1238|title=Frank Murphy|work=Rosters|publisher=CFL.ca]

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