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04-19-2007, 11:16 AM
Ex-No. 2 pick Murphy takes up coaching
Press-Gazette
Terrence Murphy, released by the Green Bay Packers a year ago after sustaining a career-ending neck injury, is pursuing a coaching career.
He’s helping coach wide receivers and kick returners at Trinity Valley Community College in Athens, Texas, not far from his hometown of Chapel Hill. He starred as a receiver and kick returner at Texas A&M.
Murphy, 24, looked into a real estate career after his release from the Packers, but decided to return to football in another capacity.
“I wanted to explore other things and take a rest from football, but I realized that wasn’t for me,†Murphy told the Athens Daily Review.
A second-round pick of the Packers in 2005, he was injured that October on a helmet-to-helmet hit from Carolina’s Thomas Davis during a kickoff return. Tests later showed Murphy has stenosis, a narrowing of the spine near the neck.
Press-Gazette
Terrence Murphy, released by the Green Bay Packers a year ago after sustaining a career-ending neck injury, is pursuing a coaching career.
He’s helping coach wide receivers and kick returners at Trinity Valley Community College in Athens, Texas, not far from his hometown of Chapel Hill. He starred as a receiver and kick returner at Texas A&M.
Murphy, 24, looked into a real estate career after his release from the Packers, but decided to return to football in another capacity.
“I wanted to explore other things and take a rest from football, but I realized that wasn’t for me,†Murphy told the Athens Daily Review.
A second-round pick of the Packers in 2005, he was injured that October on a helmet-to-helmet hit from Carolina’s Thomas Davis during a kickoff return. Tests later showed Murphy has stenosis, a narrowing of the spine near the neck.