Bronx, N.Y. (August 9, 2014) – Two former Fordham University Rams made their NFL debuts this week as Greg Wilson and Patrick Murray saw playing time with their respective teams in the NFL preseason.

 

Wilson was the first, appearing with the Denver Broncos on Thursday night in a 21-16 win over Seattle. He appeared in nine plays but did not have a ball thrown to him.
 
Murray made his debut for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Friday night, converting his lone PAT and also punting twice for a 45.0 yards/punt average.
 
Wilson, a 2013 Gabelli School of Business graduate, signed with the Broncos before the AFC title game last year. He was a two-year starter for the Rams after transferring to Fordham from Diablo Valley Community College. As a senior in 2012, he started all eleven games, hauling in 41 passes for 545 yards (13.3 yards/catch) and four touchdowns. Wilson was second on the team in receiving yards and fifth in receptions. His top game was a five-catch, 99-yard performance at Lehigh.
 
Murray, one of the most prolific placekickers in Fordham history, signed a futures contract with Tampa Bay in December.  He was a consensus All-American in 2012 and he also received the 2012 Fred Mitchell Award as the most outstanding place kicker in all NCAA Division (excluding NCAA BCS). Murray was also named the 2012 College Football Performance Awards (CFPA) Placekicker of the Year as well as being named an ECAC All-Star at both placekicker and punter. It is the second straight year Murray has been honored by the CFPA as in 2011 he was named the Punt Performer of the Year.
 

Murray enjoyed the most successful season for a Fordham kicker in school history, leading all of the NCAA in field goals with 25 and leading the Patriot League and ranking second in the NCAA in punting average (46.0). He set a new Fordham and Patriot League record with 25 field goals, shattering the former mark of 18 set by Fordham's Matt Fordyce in 2002. The 25 three-pointers was just one shy of the NCAA FCS record of 26 set by set by Tony Zendejas from Nevada in 1982 and matched by Northern Iowa's Brian Mitchell in 1990.
 
Another former Ram, Isa Abdul Quddus, appeared in his first preseason game for Detroit on Saturday night, leading the team with six tackles and also intercepting a pass. Abdul Quddus played for three years in New Orleans before signing a free agent contract with the Lions this year.