Red Murdock
American football player (born 2003)
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Khalil Elijah "Red" Murdock[1] (born September 24, 2003) is an American college football linebacker for the Buffalo Bulls.
| No. 2 – Buffalo Bulls | |
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| Position | Linebacker |
| Class | Graduate student |
| Personal information | |
| Born | September 24, 2003 |
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Listed weight | 240 lb (109 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Fork Union Military (Fork Union, Virginia) |
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| Stats at ESPN | |
Early life
Murdock was a middle child, one of his single mother's six children. In the eighth grade, he achieved a perfect score on the Standards of Learning for English exam, a standardized test administered in Virginia.[2]
Murdock attended high school at Hopewell located in Hopewell, Virginia. As a junior in 2019, he missed much of the season due to a hip injury but, along with teammate TreVeyon Henderson, he led Hopewell to a Virginia High School League championship. He underwent surgery after the season to repair a torn labrum.[2] While at Hopewell, he completed an associate's degree at Brightpoint Community College via a dual enrollment program.[3] He did not attract any attention from Division I football programs at Hopewell and made the decision to complete a post-graduate year at Fork Union Military Academy in Fork Union, Virginia to pursue a Division I scholarship. He helped lead Fork Union to an undefeated season but Buffalo was the only program to offer him a college football scholarship.[2][4]
College career
In his freshman season in 2022, he redshirted[5] but played in five games, recording six tackles and a pass deflection.[6]
During the 2023 season, Murdock totaled 60 tackles with nine and a half being for a loss, two sacks, and four forced fumbles.[2]
In May 2024, he earned a Bachelor of Arts in psychology.[1] In week four of the 2024 season, he tallied 12 tackles and a forced fumble in an overtime win versus Northern Illinois.[7] During the 2025 Bahamas Bowl, Murdock notched 13 tackles with three being for a loss, an interception which he returned for a touchdown in a victory over Liberty, where for his performance he was named the game's Defensive MVP.[8] He finished the 2024 season, second in the nation with 156 tackles with 16.5 being for a loss, two sacks, an interception, seven forced fumbles, and a touchdown.[9] His seven forced fumbles led the NCAA and his 156 total tackles were second behind only fellow Buffalo linebacker Shaun Dolac.[10]
Heading into the 2025 season, Murdock was named a nominee for the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team.[11] In a victory over Bowling Green, Murdock broke the NCAA record for career forced fumbles previously held by Buffalo linebacker Khalil Mack.[12]
College statistics
Notes
- Tied with Jacob Rodriguez of the 2025 Texas Tech Red Raiders, Jake Hansen of the 2019 Illinois Fighting Illini, and Harold Landry of the 2016 Boston College Eagles.