Louis Murphy Louis Morris Murphy , Jr . ( born May 11 , 1987 ) is an American football wide receiver for the New York Giants of the National Football League ( NFL ) . He played college football for the University of Florida , and was a member of two BCS National Championship teams . The Oakland Raiders drafted him in the fourth round of the 2009 NFL Draft . He has also played for the Carolina Panthers . Early years . Murphy was born in St . Petersburg , Florida in 1987 , of mixed Samoan and African - American descent . As a teenager , he completed the requirements to be an Eagle Scout . Murphy attended Lakewood High School in St . Petersburg , where he played for the Lakewood Spartans high school football team . In addition to playing quarterback and wide receiver for the Spartans football team , he was also a power forward for the basketball team , and anchored the 4x400 - meter relay event for the track team — winning the state championship as a sophomore . Following his senior football season in 2005 , he was ranked as the thirty - seventh best wide receiver in the country by Rivals . com . He chose to go to Florida over other top Division I schools . College career . Murphy received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville , Florida , where he played wide receiver for coach Urban Meyer ' s Florida Gators football team from 2005 to 2008 . As a freshman in 2005 , he mostly played on special teams . During his sophomore season in 2006 , he didn ' t play much , but he did get his first touchdown reception from freshman quarterback Tim Tebow against the LSU Tigers . Murphy earned a spot on the 2007 starting roster during spring practice , and became one of the top receivers on the team . After the end of the regular season , he had 36 catches for 544 yards and five touchdowns . As a senior team captain in 2008 , Murphy led the team in receiving yards ( 655 ) and ranked second in receptions ( 38 ) and average receiving yards per game ( 46 . 8 ) , averaging 17 . 2 yards per catch ; he was also the recipient of the Gators ' Fergie Ferguson Award . He surpassed the 1 , 000 career - receiving yards mark with 54 yards in the Gators ' victory over South Carolina . Murphy extended his streak of consecutive games with a reception to twenty - seven , and scored his final college touchdown on a 20 - yard pass in the first quarter of the Gators ' 24 – 14 BCS National Championship Game victory over the Oklahoma Sooners . Murphy had knee surgery following the season . Murphy graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor ' s degree in 2008 . Professional career . Oakland Raiders . Murphy was chosen in the fourth round of the 2009 NFL Draft by the Oakland Raiders , and he has played for the Raiders in through . He made his NFL debut on Monday Night Football against the San Diego Chargers on September 14 , 2009 , and caught a 56 - yard touchdown pass from JaMarcus Russell . In 2009 , Murphy caught a touchdown pass that helped the Raiders overcome the Cincinnati Bengals . Later in 2009 , Murphy again led his team to a victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers by grabbing an 11 - yard touchdown pass from Bruce Gradkowski with nine seconds left in the game that put the Raiders up 27 – 24 . Carolina Panthers . On July 23 , 2012 , Murphy was traded to the Carolina Panthers . With the Panthers he recorded 25 receptions for 336 yards and one touchdown . It was his second season in which he played all 16 games . New York Giants . On March 16 , 2013 , Murphy signed a one - year contract with the New York Giants . Giants general manager Jerry Reese , said , " I think he ' s going to add another dimension to our offense . We have a scout named Jeremiah Davis and he talks about guys being a knife . This guy is a knife . This guy can take the top off your defense . He ' s an interesting guy . He gives us a different dimension in our offense . If we have the same guys , if we have Hakeem Nicks back healthy and we have Victor Cruz , back , this guy gives you a deep threat that we haven ' t had . We haven ' t had a guy who can run like this guy . "