Maalik Murphy is on the move again.
The Duke quarterback told ESPN on Monday that he is transferring from the Blue Devils after just one season. Duke went 9-3 in 2024 when Murphy was the team’s starting quarterback in coach Manny Diaz’s first season in Durham.
Murphy transferred to Duke from Texas after the 2023 season. Prior to the season, he was the No. 1 QB. 2 Longhorns ahead of Arch Manning and started two games when Quinn Ewers suffered a midseason shoulder injury. Due to the timing of the transfer window, Murphy entered the portal before the College Football Playoff as Manning was promoted to Ewers’ backup.
Murphy, who will have two seasons of eligibility remaining, had a very solid season at Duke. He was 254 of 421 passing for 2,933 yards and 26 TDs with 12 interceptions. He also rushed for two scores. In seven games last season at Texas, Murphy was 40 of 71 passing for 477 yards with three TDs and three picks.
Henry Belvin IV is the only player besides Murphy on Duke’s roster to throw a pass in 2024. Murphy’s last TD at Duke came on a 39-yard TD pass to Jordan Moore with no time left to beat Wake Forest in the final week of the regular season.
Murphy was a four-star recruit in the class of 2022, according to Rivals, and the No. 8 pro-style quarterback in the country along with being the No. 7 player in the state of Texas.
Duke is set to play Ole Miss in the Gator Bowl on Jan. 2. Although Murphy will not play in this game, it appears that Ole Miss QB Jaxson Dart will. Dart posted a graphic of the bowling game to his Instagram stories with the caption “the last one!” Dart was a fringe Heisman candidate for most of the season before Ole Miss lost at Florida and lost its shot at the College Football Playoff.