Kerry Murphy Bio

Defensive Tackle

Ht: 6-foot-5 
Wt: 315 lbs 
Forty: 5.1 secs
Bench max: 300 pounds
Squat max: 415 pounds
Vertical: 25 inches
Class: 2007 (High School: Hoover, AL)

The Terminator, the Destroyer, the Assasin, all would be appropriate names for Kerry Murphy, the Defensive Tackle from Hoover Alabama. On the field he is truely a man among boys. Teams have to dedicate two men to Kerry to keep him off their quarterback, or at least try. He is big, quick, very strong and brings a load of nasty with him to the ball carrier. Spent the 2007 season at Hargrave Military Academy after originally signing with Alabama in 2007 … received a four-star rating and listed as the No. 4 prep school player in the country according to Rivals.com … a Parade All-American as a senior at Hoover in 2006… The Birmingham News All-Metro Team … rated as the top prospect on The Birmingham News Super Senior list … one of 11 defensive tackles on The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Super Southern 100 … rated No. 3 by The Mobile Press-Register’s Elite 18 players in the state of Alabama … rated as the 15th-best defensive tackle in the nation by Scout.com … rated No. 56 by Rivals.com Top 100 prospects … rated as the No. 4 defensive tackle in the nation by Rivals.com … rated as the No. 2 prospect in state of Alabama by Rivals.com Top 30 … named to Rivals.com Super 250 Team … rated No. 68 by The Mobile Press-Register’s Super Southeast 120 … selected to play in the 2006 Alabama North-South All-Star Game … a dominant force in the middle, Murphy made 142 tackles and 16 sacks in junior and senior seasons … as a senior, had 77 tackles, 13 tackles for loss and eight sacks … added 77 tackles and recorded eight sacks as a junior while leading Hoover to its second straight Class 6A State Championship.