Junior safety for New Mexico. 2025: 1 interception, 1 pass breakup, 22 tackles.
5′10″ · 195 lb · Rio Rancho, NM
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The numbers
interception · 2025
1 PBU · 22 tackles · 1.5 TFL
Best game: 1 INT, 3 tackles, vs Idaho State
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 safety for New Mexico. 2025: 1 interception, 1 pass breakup, 22 tackles.
His career, year by yearHow he plays
Moves between deep coverage and the slot.
Passes defended: 48th percentile.
The full scouting readDavid Scott-Murphy
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. David Scott-Murphy has been at New Mexico through three head coaches in three seasons. One game to point at: 8 tackles, 1 TFL against UCLA — Week 3, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2023–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Danny Gonzales, Bronco Mendenhall, and Jason Eck. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
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
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Mountain West
Based on 2025: #14 of 17 Mountain West Ss
22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.
| 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 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025
W 32–22
vs Idaho State
0 TFL · 3 TOT · 1 INT
With D. Bankston — 28 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD · S. Humphrey — 141 rush yds (18 car) · 2 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-34@ 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 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
22 tackles. 1 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 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.
2026 Outlook
New Mexico
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · New Mexico
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
New Mexico · Last season: 9-4 · Talent rank #112 · 2026 recruiting class #87
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to T.J. Peavy’s 2023 season.
Matches T.J. on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Stephen Nnadozie's junior season at Army (2025).
Matches Stephen on