Texas transfer Maalik Murphy will be the starting quarterback for Duke football in its season opener against Elon, first-year coach Manny Diaz announced Monday evening.
“First and foremost, all of our quarterbacks have been impressive and made really good strides since we opened practice last month,” Diaz said in a school-issued statement.
“Maalik has earned the opportunity to be our starting quarterback with his preparation, work ethic and productivity. I’m really excited for him because of his investment into this team and this program.
“And we’re really fortunate to have two young men in the room who have won games here at Duke. Both Henry (Belin IV) and Grayson (Loftis) will continue to prepare like starters and push Maalik, and we’ve got confidence in their abilities to lead our offense.”
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Murphy beat out sophomore Grayson Loftis and redshirt sophomore Henry Belin IV to win the right to start against the Phoenix on Aug. 30 (7:30 p.m. kickoff) at Wallace Wade Stadium.
Maalik Murphy stats for Texas football
In the 2023 season, Murphy started two games for the Longhorns against BYU and Kansas State. In those games, the freshman combined for 418 yards, three touchdowns and three interceptions and led Texas to a pair of wins. He threw for 248 yards against the Wildcats and completed 64% of his passes with two TDs against the Cougars.
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