RJ Murray: S · Georgia Southern · #2.
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RJ Murray
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Two seasons in the Georgia Southern secondary to date. A game that shows it: 12 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Indiana — Week 4, 2017.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
59 tackles. 2 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.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Georgia Southern | 59 | 41 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 2 |
| 2016 | Georgia Southern | 10 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Career | 69 | 46 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-41@ No. 12 Auburn | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 12-22vs New Hampshire | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 17-52@ Indiana | 12 | 10 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 25-43vs Arkansas State | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 27-35vs New Mexico State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 20-55@ Massachusetts | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 16-38@ Troy | 6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 17-21vs Georgia State | 9 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 6-27@ App State | 7 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 52-0vs South Alabama | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 34-24@ Louisiana | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 17-28@ Coastal Carolina | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 59 | 41 | 4.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
3%2 pass breakupsTackle volume
59tackles this seasonTFL rate
8%4 TFL59 tackles · 4.5 for loss · 2 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 4.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road7g | 5.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 4.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 5.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tyson Summers
Pass share
23.3%
194 pass / 639 run
Plays / game
69.4
12 games
Team sack rate
12.8%
226 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2017
59 tackles in 12 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Georgia Southern, 69 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Willie Fritz, Tyson Summers, and Chad Lunsford. Multi-era developmental context.
