Dolphins Waive ’08 Fourth-Round Pick Shawn Murphy; Sign OT Lydon Murtha

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Published: October 21, 2009

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... offensive tackle Lydon Murtha.

A fourth-round pick out of Utah State in 2008, Murphy was inactive for all 22 games with the Dolphins since entering the NFL last season.
Murtha was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the seventh round of the 2009 NFL Draft out of Nebraska and had spent the entire regular season to date on the Lions' practice squad.

Background
A Homestead, Fla. native, Murtha redshirted at the University of Nebraska in 2004 after suffering a leg injury during the spring.
Murtha appeared in 23 games for the Cornhuskers over the next two years, starting six of them at left tackle while serving as a top reserve lineman for the rest.
As a junior in 2007, Murtha started eight games at right tackle before being sidelined with an injury.
Murtha earned honorable mention All-Big 12 honors for the second consecutive season as a senior in 2008 after starting eight game...

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