Minnesota Vikings · CB (DB) · 7 games through Nov 1, 2026 · Washington (2019 Round 2, Pick 33)

Byron Murphy

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79.8

Downfield Score v7.0Ranked #14 of 218 qualified DBs

Combined tackles: 3425 solo · 9 ast
Sacks & QB hits: 00 QB hits
Tackles for loss: 10 forced fumbles
Coverage: 6 PD · 3 INTPasses defended & picks
Defensive snaps: 38955.6 snaps/G
Team def. EPA / play: −0.204Schedule-adjusted · What is EPA?

Byron Murphy among the 218 qualified defensive backs: each 2026 Downfield Score, 0 to 100.

Lake94.1
Hooker92.2
Williams91.1
Robertson89.2
Battle88.4
Reed87.6
Lassiter86.2
Jones85.2
Parrish84.6
Murphy#1479.8

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Downfield Score v7.0 breakdown

Each component is shrunk toward the 2026 positional mean before percentile ranking across 218 qualified DBs. Read score check & methodology · What Raw and Shrunk mean

Defensive snaps per game, regressed30% weight · Raw 0.96 → Shrunk 49.45

64thpercentile

Coverage disruptions per game16% weight · Raw 0.04 → Shrunk 0.79

93thpercentile

Weighted defensive disruption per game22% weight · Raw 0.13 → Shrunk 6.36

84thpercentile

Coverage disruption rate, regressed9% weight · Raw 3.8% → Shrunk 2.3%

97thpercentile

Solo tackle rate, regressed9% weight · Raw 6.2% → Shrunk 4.8%

88thpercentile

Combined tackle rate, regressed10% weight · Raw 8.4% → Shrunk 7.2%

69thpercentile

Schedule-adjusted team defensive EPA / play, regressed4% weight · Raw −0.204 → Shrunk −0.025

96thpercentile

2026 game log

Every 2026 regular-season game line for Byron Murphy. Click any game to open its drive-by-drive chart and box score.

Week	Date	Matchup	Result	Tackles	Solo	TFL	PD	INT	Def. snaps
Week 1	Sep 13, 2026	vs GB	W 39-22	8	7	0	1	0	67
Week 2	Sep 20, 2026	@ CHI	W 9-3	7	4	0	2	1	74
Week 3	Sep 27, 2026	@ TB	W 23-16	1	0	0	0	0	67
Week 4	Oct 4, 2026	vs MIA	W 15-10	2	1	0	0	0	33
Week 5	Oct 11, 2026	@ NO	W 23-13	3	3	1	2	2	38
Week 7	Oct 25, 2026	vs IND	W 16-10	3	2	0	1	0	45
Week 8	Nov 1, 2026	@ DET	L 15-19	10	8	0	0	0	65

College to the NFL: Washington to Minnesota Vikings

Verified identity bridge linking Byron Murphy's college regular-season tackles at Washington to official NFL game lines.

Washington (College tackles)

92017

492018

3333rd pick
2019 Draft

MIN (NFL tackles)

752019

512020

642021

332022

562023

722024

712025

342026 *

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Career NFL seasons

Regular-season totals from official NFL game lines across 8 seasons.

Season	Club	G	Tackles	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL	QBH	PD	INT	FF	Def. snaps
2019	ARI	16	75	63	12	0	3	0	10	1	0	1,105
2020	ARI	15	51	40	11	2	3	2	8	0	0	795
2021	ARI	16	64	49	15	0.5	0	1	12	4	1	967
2022	ARI	9	33	26	7	0.5	3	1	4	0	0	593
2023	MIN	14	56	42	14	0	4	0	13	3	1	908
2024	MIN	17	72	53	19	0	6	0	14	6	1	1,060
2025	MIN	17	71	48	23	0	3	0	7	2	0	1,046
2026 (so far)	MIN	7	34	25	9	0	1	0	6	3	0	389

Compare Byron Murphy with top defensive backs

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Byron Murphy vs. Quentin Lake (LA)Score 79.8 vs. 94.1 Byron Murphy vs. Amani Hooker (TEN)Score 79.8 vs. 92.2 Byron Murphy vs. Evan Williams (GB)Score 79.8 vs. 91.1 Byron Murphy vs. Amik Robertson (WAS)Score 79.8 vs. 89.2 Byron Murphy vs. Jordan Battle (CIN)Score 79.8 vs. 88.4 Byron Murphy vs. D.J. Reed (DET)Score 79.8 vs. 87.6