Jaffer Murphy
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UTSA kicker Jaffer Murphy.
The reason the Philadelphia Eagles seem to just reload their roster every year is that they never take their foot off the gas.
Part of that comes with having an elite scouting department that’s going to dig up prospects you’ve never heard of and turn them into stars. And they think outside the box.
“What happened at UTSA’s Pro Day on Wednesday was insane, and I don’t see anyone talking about it: Kicker (!!) Jaffer Murphy was clocked as low as 4.47 in the 40-yard dash and made a 70-yard FG,” NFL reporter Arye Pulli wrote on his official X account. “He also made 12 of his 13 attempts. Murphy spoke with over a dozen teams, I’m told … Among the teams in attendance, per source: the Philadelphia Eagles.”
The Eagles have had the same kicker for the last decade in 2-time Super Bowl champion and NFL All-Pro Jake Elliott, but it might be a genius move to get both Murphy and Elliott on the roster.
Murphy’s specialty right now is kickoffs, which he could come in and do for the Eagles right away and save the 31-year-old Elliott’s leg for field-goal kicking, where he’s still among the NFL’s very best.
“Who got the most NFL attention after UTSA’s Pro Day?” Fox San Antonio’s Chuck Miketinac wrote on X. “Kick off specialist Jaffer Murphy, a former college soccer player, turned D-2 place kicker. Jaffer made 12 of his 13 FG’s through a heavy cross wind, including a 70-yarder that hit the back net. He also ran a 4.5!”