The Seattle Seahawks selected Texas Longhorns defensive tackle Byron Murphy II with the 16th pick of the first round of the 2024 NFL draft. Murphy was thought to be a candidate for the Cincinnati Bengals with the 18th pick.
Byron Murphy II’s favorite NFL team growing up was the Seattle Seahawks. In what was a dream moment for the former DeSoto and Texas star defensive tackle, Murphy was taken by the Seahawks with the 16th pick in the first round of the draft Thursday night.
Byron Murphy was with his heroes. His mother and father. "They sacrificed so much for me and my (three) brothers," Murphy said Thursday night of Byron Sr. and Seneca Murphy. Byron Murphy, the elite, run-stopping,
If such string-pulling were plausible, we might suggest that Seahawks’ general manager John Schneider had arranged the entire first-round of the NFL draft to serve his purposes Thursday night. With teams gobbling up six quarterbacks in the first 12 choices,
Texas defensive tackle Byron Murphy is the first Longhorn off the board in the 2024 NFL draft. The Seattle Seahawks selected Murphy with the No. 16 pick in the first round. Murphy was widely viewed as the top interior defensive lineman in this draft class and will make an immediate impact in Seattle.