University of Northern Iowa Athletics
2019 Football Roster
Roster
Nate Murphy
- Position:
- Placekicker
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- West Des Moines, Iowa
- High School:
- Valley HS
Fall 2021: Played all 12 games as the punter ... recorded his highest amount of punts in one game at 10 for 366 yards against Illinois State ... recorded his highest amount of yards per punt with 49.20 and tied his longest punt at 59 yards against Southern Illinois ... tallied only two touchbacks this season ... made a 24 yard field goal against Western Illinois ... named to the Phil Steele FCS All-MVFC Fourth Team Special Teams ... earned MVFC Player of the Week honors for season-long punt of 59 over No. 3 Southern Illinois and tallying 246 yards in his five attempts, averaging 49.20 yards a punt.
SPRING 2021:Â Played in all seven games as the punter... Tallied 37 punts for 1,477 yards... Averaged 39.9 yards per punt... Pinned opponents inside the 20 10 times with just one touchback... had six punts longer than 50 yards... had a 44.67 average against South Dakota State... Tallied a 44.63 average against Illinois State.
2017: Redshirted.
High School: Letter winner at Valley High School for Gary Swenson … helped his team to a conference championship, eventually advancing to the state quarterfinals … was 4-for-4 from field goal range his senior season, also hitting in a career-long 49-yarder.
Personal: Son of Craig and Shaunda Murphy … has one brother, Carl … both parents are graduates of UNI. Majoring in Elementary Education.Â
