Patrick Murray (American football)

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Not to be confused with Pat Murray (American football).
Patrick Murray
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Murray in 2014.
No. 7 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Position: Placekicker
Personal information
Date of birth: (1991-06-22) June 22, 1991 (age 33)
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Career information
College: Fordham
Undrafted: 2013
Career history
Roster status: Active
Career NFL statistics as of 2014
Field Goals Made: 20
Field Goals Attempted: 24
Field Goals %: 83.3
Long Field Goal: 55
Touchbacks: 0
Player stats at NFL.com

Patrick Murray (born June 22, 1991) is an American football placekicker for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Fordham University.

College career

Murray was raised in Mahwah, New Jersey.[1] After playing for Don Bosco Preparatory High School,[2] Murray considered attending college in Dublin, but decided to play for Fordham,[3] with whom he served as both punter and kicker. He appeared in 44 games in four-year career (2009-2012) at Fordham, finishing with 186 punts for 7,985 yards and 38 made field goals on 54 attempts. As a senior he was named a consensus first-team All-American kicker after connecting on 25-30 (83.3%) field goals, while punting 52 times for 2,392 yards.

Professional career

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

On December 31, 2013, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers signed Murray to a futures contract after the Buccaneers lost their last game of the 2013 season.[4] He beat out veteran Connor Barth, who was released from the team August 29, 2014 when they made final roster cuts.[5]

Murray and Barth were both released September 4, 2015 from the Tampa Bay roster in favor of rookie kicker Kyle Brindza. [6] On September 6, 2015, he was placed on injured reserve.

Personal life

Murray's family had a Gaelic football heritage,[7] with his uncles Ciaran and Brendan having played for Monaghan GAA.

References

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External links

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  1. ↑ via Associated Press. "Former Don Bosco kicker Patrick Murray wins Buccaneers job", The Record (Bergen County), August 29, 2014. "The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have named Don Bosco grad Patrick Murray their new place kicker.Murray, from Mahwah, made 25 of 30 field goal attempts as a Fordham senior in 2012, when he was an All-America punter and kicker."
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  4. ↑ Former Ram Patrick Murray Signs NFL Future Contract with Tampa Bay
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