CB · Minnesota Vikings · #7

Byron Murphy

RCB1
College
Washington
Height
5'11"
Weight
190 lb
Experience
8th season
Passer rating allowed
47.4▼ 33.9 vs '25
6th of 86 CBs
Y/TGT
7.2▲ 1.1 vs '25
43rd of 86 CBs
Completion % allowed
63.6%▲ 2.0 vs '25
62nd of 86 CBs
Passes defended
6▼ 1 vs '25
17th of 86 CBs
Tackling
24 tkl
6 stops · 2 mtkl · 0 ff

Ranks compare against the 86 qualifying cornerbacks on the 2026 leaderboard.

Week-by-week

Targets allowed by game, dashed line = 2025 per-game average

2025: 411Week 17Week 25Week 33Week 44Week 53Week 7

2026 game log

UsageTacklingPass rushCoverage
Game
Wk 1 vs GBW6798.581010.0001163.69.101
Wk 2 @ CHIW74100.073000.000771.47.112
Wk 3 @ TBW6797.110000.000560.06.200
Wk 4 vs MIAW3384.620010.0003100.016.700
Wk 5 @ NOW3884.432100.000450.00.822
Wk 7 vs INDW4573.830000.000333.31.701
Season32491.0246120.0003363.67.236

How he compares

2026 cornerbacks who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average

−0.58.417.326.235.111.751.090.4129.8169.2RamseyHumphreyDouglasLewisJohnsonReedReavesWardHughesWardNixonLewisDeanRodgersHendersonJohnsonSneedRobertsonLenoirSamuel Jr.Surtain IIStokesCampbellStephensNewsome IIWoolenJobeGardnerMcDuffieWatsonStingley Jr.JonesMcCollumBlandBenfordJacksonMcMillianHillFlottEvansTaylorMcCrearyTurner IIMossBanksGonzalezBrentsWitherspoonWigginsLassiterGreenJonesStillHartAbrams-DraineBrownlee Jr.HardenWoodsWallaceMeltonPhillipsDeJeanMcKinstryMitchellThomasWalleyParrishStoutRileyMarshall Jr.BurkeHarrisWilliamsHairstonHunterBarronMassesScottMuhammadLee IIIIgbinosunTerrellCisseJohnsonDelaneByron Murphy↑ RTGY/TGT →

Contract

signed 2025 with Vikings

$54Mover 3 years
Avg. per year
$18M
Guaranteed
$34.8M 64%
2026 cap hit
$8.3M 2.6% of the cap
Signed
2025
Runs through
2027
2025
2026 · now
2027
Year 2 of 3 ·

Career by season

Career rates are weighted by volume, not averaged across seasons
OverallTacklingPass rushCoverage
Season
2026632491.024617.70.0003347.43600
2025171,04697.8712539.00.0017381.32700
2024171,06093.37228610.00.00011976.761410
20231490898.65622417.10.00010197.831310
2022959399.833937.70.51258103.10400
20211696794.5641909.90.5149887.641211
20201579575.95114313.62.0248192.50800
2019161,10597.57522310.30.000112111.211000
Career1106,79893.44461452311.03.041167590.4197431