Red Murdock

Khalil Elijah "Red" Murdock (born September 24, 2003) is an American college football linebacker for the Buffalo Bulls.

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Red Murdock

Khalil Elijah "Red" Murdock (born September 24, 2003) is an American college football linebacker for the Buffalo Bulls.

Early life

Red Murdock

Murdock was a middle child, one of his single mother's six children. In the eighth grade, he achieved a perfect score on the Standards of Learning for English exam, a standardized test administered in Virginia.

Murdock attended high school at Hopewell located in Hopewell, Virginia. As a junior in 2019, he missed much of the season due to a hip injury but, along with teammate TreVeyon Henderson, he led Hopewell to a Virginia High School League championship. He underwent surgery after the season to repair a torn labrum. While at Hopewell, he completed an associate's degree at Brightpoint Community College via a dual enrollment program. He did not attract any attention from Division I football programs at Hopewell and made the decision to complete a post-graduate year at Fork Union Military Academy in Fork Union, Virginia to pursue a Division I scholarship. He helped lead Fork Union to an undefeated season but Buffalo was the only program to offer him a college football scholarship.

College career

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In his freshman season in 2022, he redshirted but played in five games, recording six tackles and a pass deflection.

During the 2023 season, Murdock totaled 60 tackles with nine and a half being for a loss, two sacks, and four forced fumbles.

In May 2024, he earned a Bachelor of Arts in psychology. In week four of the 2024 season, he tallied 12 tackles and a forced fumble in an overtime win versus Northern Illinois. During the 2025 Bahamas Bowl, Murdock notched 13 tackles with three being for a loss, an interception which he returned for a touchdown in a victory over Liberty, where for his performance he was named the game's Defensive MVP. He finished the 2024 season, second in the nation with 156 tackles with 16.5 being for a loss, two sacks, an interception, seven forced fumbles, and a touchdown. His seven forced fumbles led the NCAA and his 156 total tackles were second behind only fellow Buffalo linebacker Shaun Dolac.

Heading into the 2025 season, Murdock was named a nominee for the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team. In a victory over Bowling Green, Murdock broke the NCAA record for career forced fumbles previously held by Buffalo linebacker Khalil Mack.

College statistics

<table><thead><tr><th>Buffalo Bulls</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Season</td><td>GP</td><td>Tackles</td><td>Interceptions</td><td>Fumbles</td></tr><tr><td>Solo</td><td>Ast</td><td>Cmb</td><td>TFL</td><td>Sck</td><td>Yds</td><td>Int</td><td>Yds</td><td>PD</td><td>TD</td><td>FR</td><td>Yds</td><td>FF</td></tr><tr><td>2022</td><td>5</td><td>6</td><td>0</td><td>6</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>2023</td><td>12</td><td>36</td><td>24</td><td>60</td><td>9.5</td><td>2</td><td>12</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>2024</td><td>13</td><td>73</td><td>83</td><td>156</td><td>16.5</td><td>2</td><td>11</td><td>1</td><td>31</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>2025</td><td>12</td><td>53</td><td>89</td><td>142</td><td>13.5</td><td>5</td><td>33</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>Career</td><td>42</td><td>168</td><td>196</td><td>364</td><td>39.5</td><td>9</td><td>56</td><td>1</td><td>31</td><td>3</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>17</td></tr></tbody></table>