David Scott-Murphy is a safety who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at New Mexico.
Scott-Murphy moves between deep coverage and the slot. Played for three head coaches at New Mexico: Danny Gonzales, Bronco Mendenhall and Jason Eck. One game to point at: 8 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against UCLA — Week 3, 2025.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
22 tackles. 1 pass defended. 1 interception. 1.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | New Mexico | 22 | 9 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | New Mexico | 10 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | New Mexico | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 38 | 16 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-34@ No. 14 Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 32-22vs Idaho State | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 35-10@ UCLA | 8 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 38-20vs New Mexico State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 28-35@ San José State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 25-41@ Boise State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-22vs Nevada | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 40-35@ UNLV | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 22 | 9 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
5%1 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
22tackles this seasonTFL rate
7%2 TFL22 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 1 pass breakup · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jason Eck
Pass share
43.3%
350 pass / 459 run
Plays / game
62.2
13 games
Team sack rate
8.7%
380 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Mountain West
Based on 2025: #14 of 17 Mountain West Ss
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Danny Gonzales, Bronco Mendenhall, and Jason Eck. Multi-era developmental context.
