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James Murphy

QB · #15 ·
Height6'5"
Weight230 lbs
Est. eligibility2 yrs
Production index
Elite
Roster status
Rostered
CollegeBU
Last updatedNov 9, 2026, 10:00 AM
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Background

Second Team All-Ivy League selection…Fourth Team Phil Steele All-Ivy selection…CSC Academic All-District honoree…Team captain…Started all 10 games at quarterback...Ranked second in all of FCS Football with 24.6 completions per game…Ranked 16th in the nation in completion percentage (.674), which ranked No. 2 all-time in program history…Ranked third nationally and first in the Ivy League with 279.8 passing yards per game…Went 20-for-27 passing for 201 yards and two touchdowns in an upset win over Rhode Island (10/3)…Threw for 471 yards at Cornell, which ranked as the fourth-most in a single game in program history (10/25)…Went 22-for-27 with three touchdowns to beat Dartmouth (11/20), with his .815 completion percentage ranking fourth in program history all-time for a single game. Appeared in three games this season…Completed 36 of 53 passes (67.92% completion rate) for 377 yards and two touchdowns…Made his collegiate debut at Yale, going 5-for-8 for 72 yards (11/9)...Season-high 259 passing yards and two touchdowns at Dartmouth (11/23). Did not see game action. Four-year varsity starter at Reading Memorial High School…Finished his career third all-time in state history in passing yards and sixth in passing touchdowns…Graduated as the school record holder in passings yards (career, season) and touchdowns (career, season, game)…Three-time Middlesex League MVP…2022 Division 2 Player of the Year…2022 First Team All-State…2021 Second Team All-State…Three-time Boston Globe and Boston Herald All-Scholastic honoree…Also played basketball and was a three-year starter and team captain. Son of Allyson and Jim Murphy…Has a brother Jack, and sister, Kate…His father Jim attended Northeastern '98, spent the 1998 season with the Barcelona Dragons of NFL Europe, and parts of the 1998 and 1999 seasons on the New England Patriots roster. He also spent five years as the head coach at Merrimack (2003-07). Why Brown?: "World class academics and athletics combined with great people, teachers, coaches makes Brown the best school in the world."

Hometown
🏴󠁵󠁳󠁭󠁡󠁿Reading, MA
High schoolReading Memorial
Scholarship--
Career path
  • SignedUnknown · Jun 23, 2026
    James Murphy (QB) signed with an agency
  • Enrolled
    James Murphy (QB) enrolled at Brown University · from the season record
Career stats
YRSCHOOLGPGSOFF SNAPSPRODCMP/ATTCMP%PASS YDSTDINTTD/INTRTGCARRUSH YDSYPC
2026
Brown University
88--High182/28364.3%2,0657117/11126.056-36-0.6
2025
Brown University
1010--Elite246/36567.4%2,798181418/14140.4511402.7
2024
Brown University
30--High36/5367.9%377212/1136.48131.6
Career2118--Elite464/70166.2%5,240272627/26134.31151171.0
Injury history
Academics and references

Profile last updated Nov 9, 2026