Trent Murphy is a career quality starter — a pass rusher whose body of work places Murphy in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Murphy's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | Snap Counts | Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | Off | Off% | Def | Def% | ST | ST% | Tgt | Cmp | Cmp% | RateAll | ADOT | Prss | Hrry | QBKD | Bltz | MissTkl | Miss% | |||||
| 2014 | 23–24 | WAS | 15 | — | 27 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 2.5 | 11.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 579 | 62.3% | 230 | 52.6% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 24–25 | WAS | 16 | — | 32 | 12 | 20 | 3 | 10 | 3.5 | 16.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 671 | 63.4% | 220 | 48.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 25–26 | WAS | 16 | — | 43 | 25 | 18 | 10 | 24 | 9.0 | 43.0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 674 | 60.9% | 153 | 34.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 27–28 | BUF | 13 | — | 20 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 4.0 | 18.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 440 | 53.3% | 48 | 14.0% | 6 | 5 | 0.8 | 79.2 | -0.5 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0.2 |
| 2019 | 28–29 | BUF | 16 | — | 33 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 5.0 | 23.0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 674 | 64.9% | 64 | 15.6% | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 37.5 | 0.3 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0.1 |
| 2020 | 29–30 | BUF | 10 | — | 15 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 343 | 50.0% | 63 | 22.9% | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 106.9 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0.1 |
| Career | — | 86 | — | 170 | 96 | 74 | 33 | 64 | 26.0 | 123.0 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 3,381 | 60.0% | 778 | 32.1% | 12 | 10 | — | — | — | 42 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 14 | — | |
Career Value · VORP
79 career value over replacement — #1481 all-time of 4,695. 13.2/season above a replacement-level EDGE.
Pick #47 (Rd 2) · WAS · 2014 · +17.6 vs expected KV-H
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