#16

Marchie Murdock

Wide receiver for Iowa State. 2017: 41 catches, 513 receiving yards, 5 TD.

WR · Iowa State · #16

6′1″ · 205 lb · Arlington, TX

Iowa State 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

WR recruit

No. 1988 nationally · Signed with Illinois

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 wide receiver for Iowa State. 2017: 41 catches, 513 receiving yards, 5 TD.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Illinois in 2013.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Iowa State, 753 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

The week the volume broke through — stacked 1 td at Akron.Akron · W 41-142017

2013

Signed with Illinois2-star out of Mansfield Legacy

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#1988 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2014–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2017

2 coaches

2014–2015

Paul Rhoads

Iowa State

2016–2017

Matt Campbell

Iowa State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Paul Rhoads → Matt Campbell. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014Illinois6-7HC: Tim Beckman · Balanced

2015Illinois5-7HC: Bill Cubit · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2016Iowa State3-9HC: Matt Campbell · Run-leaning

2017Iowa State8-5HC: Matt Campbell · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Production sits in the middle of the position cohort across the board.

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#112 / 539 · 76th pct

Receptions#159 / 539 · 69th pct

Rec yards#203 / 539 · 62nd pct

513

Yards / catch#323 / 539 · 39th pct

12.5

Long catch#343 / 539 · 36th 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	39.2	10.8	0.3
Road6g	3.5	46.3	17.9	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.9	39.3	16.7	0.6
Weeks 8+5g	4.2	47.6	11.1	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jimmy Rogers

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Iowa State	41	513	12.5	5	--
2016	Iowa State	2	29	14.5	0	--
2015	Illinois	20	194	9.7	3	--
2014	Illinois	1	17	17.0	0	--
Career		64	753	11.8	8	--

Season	Team
2017	Iowa State	--	--	--	--	--
2016	Iowa State	--	--	--	--	--
2015	Illinois	1	19	--	12	1
2014	Illinois	--	--	--	--	--
Career		1	19	--	12	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2017

W 38–31

at Oklahoma

2 rec · 40 yds · 1 TD

Edged out Oklahoma on the road in a shootout.

With K. Kempt — 343 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 95.2 · D. Montgomery — 55 rush yds (17 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 42-24vs Northern Iowa	3	19	6.3	1	13
Wk 2	L 41-44vs Iowa	4	68	17.0	0	25	Season-high 68 yds
Wk 3	W 41-14@ Akron	1	43	43.0	1	43
Wk 5	L 7-17vs Texas	4	50	12.5	0	24
Wk 6	W 38-31@ Oklahoma	2	40	20.0	1	28
Wk 7	W 45-0vs Kansas	2	17	8.5	1	9
Wk 8	W 31-13@ Texas Tech	4	68	17.0	0	21
Wk 9	W 14-7vs TCU	2	15	7.5	0	13
Wk 10	L 16-20@ West Virginia	6	52	8.7	0	20
Wk 11	L 42-49vs Oklahoma State	5	66	13.2	0	33
Wk 13	L 19-20@ Kansas State	4	37	9.3	1	16
Bowl	W 21-20@ Memphis	4	38	9.5	0	17
Total		41	513	14.4	5	43

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