Mizzou’s Marcus Murphy has been named to the Paul Hornung Award Honor Roll. The award is given annually to the most versatile player in college football as fans nationwide have the opportunity to cast their votes online for the Paul Hornung Award.
Murphy returned the opening kickoff 96 yards for a TD and scored three different ways in Mizzou’s 42-13 at Floriday. He added a five-yard, first quarter rushing TD to make it a 14-0 lead, then added a 82-yard punt return for a TD after Florida’s opening possession of the third quarter. Murphy finished the game with 224 all-purpose yards and his 2,512 career all-purpose yards are tops for an active player in NCAA Division I
Cast your vote for Murphy. The winner and his family will be honored on January 27, 2015, at a banquet in downtown Louisville.