#14

Chris Murray

Wide receiver for Arkansas State. 2017: 51 catches, 701 receiving yards, 9 TD.

WR · Arkansas State · #14

5′9″ · 181 lb · Tampa, FL

Arkansas State 2017 alumnus

The story

2017 wide receiver for Arkansas State. 2017: 51 catches, 701 receiving yards, 9 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Arkansas State, 1,215 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 188 yds at Georgia Southern.Georgia Southern · W 43-252017

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Arkansas State

2015–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2017

1 coach

2015–2017

Blake Anderson

Arkansas State

Played his entire career under Blake Anderson.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Blake Anderson — 24-14 over that span.

2015Arkansas State9-4HC: Blake Anderson · Run-heavy

2016Arkansas State8-5HC: Blake Anderson · Run-leaning

2017Arkansas State7-5HC: Blake Anderson · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec tds (95th percentile). Strength: receptions (82nd percentile). Concern: rush yards (26th percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Rec TDs#22 / 539 · 95th pct

Receptions#96 / 539 · 82nd pct

Rec yards#98 / 539 · 82nd pct

701

Long catch#191 / 539 · 64th pct

Yards / catch#247 / 539 · 53rd pct

13.7

Rush TDs#54 / 283 · 41st pct

Rush yards#201 / 283 · 26th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	3.3	40.7	11.5	0.2
Road6g	5.2	76.2	14.5	1.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.7	70.5	14.5	0.7
Weeks 8+6g	3.8	46.3	11.4	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Butch Jones

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Arkansas State	51	701	13.7	9	--
2016	Arkansas State	22	327	14.9	1	--
2015	Arkansas State	11	187	17.0	3	--
Career		84	1,215	14.5	13	--

Season	Team
2017	Arkansas State	3	3	275	--	--
2016	Arkansas State	--	--	--	--	--
2015	Arkansas State	--	--	83	91	--
Career		3	3	358	91	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2017

W 51–17

vs Coastal Carolina

7 rush yds (1 car)

Dominant 34-point win at home against Coastal Carolina.

With J. Hansen — 286 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT · QBR 91.0 · 68 rush yds (9 car) · C. Grace — 48 AVG · 49 LONG · 3 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 36-43@ Nebraska	9	90	10.0	1	29
Wk 3	W 48-3vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff	2	37	18.5	0	25
Wk 4	L 21-44@ SMU	2	-3	-1.5	0	0
Wk 6	W 43-25@ Georgia Southern	5	188	37.6	2	57	Season-high 188 yds
Wk 7	W 51-17vs Coastal Carolina	3	35	11.7	1	15
Wk 8	W 47-3vs Louisiana	2	20	10.0	0	16
Wk 9	W 37-21@ New Mexico State	4	59	14.8	2	37	2 TD catches
Wk 11	L 19-24@ South Alabama	7	44	6.3	1	14
Wk 12	W 30-12vs Texas State	1	3	3.0	0	3
Wk 13	W 67-50@ UL Monroe	4	79	19.8	2	35	2 TD catches
Wk 14	L 25-32vs Troy	5	73	14.6	0	31
Bowl	L 30-35vs Middle Tennessee	7	76	10.9	0	28
Total		51	701	13.0	9	57

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology