Myles Murphy: DL · North Carolina · #8.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Myles Murphy
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Fourth year in the North Carolina defensive front. The first career honor came in 2021: All-ACC. On tape: 5 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Syracuse, Week 6, 2023.
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
24 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
247Sports Nov 3
Syracuse.com Oct 22Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | North Carolina | 24 | 15 | 4.5 | 1.0 | -- |
| 2022 | North Carolina | 28 | 10 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1 |
| 2021 | North Carolina | 38 | 19 | 9.0 | 4.0 | 3 |
| 2020 | North Carolina | 8 | 6 | 2.0 | 1.0 | -- |
| Career | 98 | 50 | 17.0 | 7.0 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-17vs South Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 40-34vs App State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 31-13vs Minnesota | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 41-24@ Pittsburgh | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 40-7vs Syracuse | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 41-31vs No. 25 Miami | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 27-31vs Virginia | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 47-45vs Duke | 3 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 20-31@ Clemson | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 20-39@ NC State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 10-30vs West Virginia | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 24 | 15 | 4.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Week 11 · 2023
W 47-45
vs Duke
1 sack · 2 tackles for loss · 3 tackles
Edged out Duke at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
19%4 TFLSack rate
4%1 sackHurry rate
8%2 hurries24 tackles · 4.5 for loss · 1 sack.
4 seasons under Mack Brown — 31-21 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.7 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mack Brown
Pass share
48.5%
460 pass / 489 run
Plays / game
73.0
13 games
Team sack rate
7.2%
503 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2023
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #310 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at North Carolina, 7 sacks — the college career is complete.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-ACC · 2ND TEAM
All-ACC 2nd team (2021)
Coaching lineage · 2020–2023
1 coachPlayed every college season under Mack Brown.
