UCLA’s offensive line on Monday received a significant boost for next season when the NCAA approved a sixth year of eligibility for right tackle Justin Murphy.
The graduate transfer described himself as “extremely grateful” on Twitter and thanked UCLA’s compliance department for its assistance in handling his petition for the extra year of eligibility.
Murphy had played parts of two seasons at Texas Tech before medically retiring in 2016 because of ongoing knee issues. He enrolled at UCLA before this season and played in the first four games before suffering another knee injury against Colorado in late September that required surgery to clean up cartilage damage.