Big Cat Country · Apr 18, 2024
2024 NFL Draft Player Profile: Byron Murphy, DT, Texas
Photo by Nick Tre. Smith/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesWe are exactly one week away from the 2024 NFL Draft as we come to a close on our player profile series. The final player on the docket as an option for the Jacksonville Jaguars with their 17th overall pick is Texas’ do-it-all defensive tackle, Byron Murphy II.
The 2023 Big 12 Defensive Lineman of the Year, Murphy is expected to be in the running to be the first defensive tackle off the board next Thursday Night, along with Illinois’ Jer’Zhan Newton.
#NFLDraft IDL Pass Rush Pressure %:
16.5%- Byron Murphy II, Texas
12.0%- Brandon Dorlus, Oregon
10.8%- Jer'Zhan Newton, Illinois
10.6%- Braden Fiske, FSU
10.4%- Leonard Taylor III, Miami
