Fordham Alum Patrick Murray to Kick for the Cleveland Browns

Patrick Murray ready for challenge of kicking in Cleveland after winning job (Cleveland.com)

Bronx, N.Y. – Former Fordham University placekicker Patrick Murray, GABELLI '13, is back in the NFL as he has won the placekicking position with the Cleveland Browns.
 
Murray served as the starting placekicker of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2014 after signing as a free agent. He connected on 20 of 24 field goal attempts, connecting on 13 straight at one point, including a career-best 55-yarder. He missed last season with an injury and signed a free agent contract with Cleveland in June.
 
Murray was one of the most prolific placekickers in Fordham football history. A consensus All-American in 2012, he also received the 2012 Fred Mitchell Award as the most outstanding place kicker in all NCAA Division (excluding NCAA BCS). He 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.
 
As a senior in 2012, 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.
 
Murray connected on four field goals of over 50 yards in 2012, the most 50-yarders of any NCAA Division I kicker. He booted a school-record 55-yarder at Cincinnati as well as connecting on a 52-yard field goal versus Lock Haven.
 
On the year, Murray converted 25 of his 30 field goal attempts and 30 of 31 PATs to amass 105 points, ranking third on the school's single season list and becoming the first Fordham kicker to score more than 100 points in a season. He also broke the Patriot League mark of 97 kick scoring points in a season set by Fordyce in 2002.
 
Over his career, Murray booted 38 field goals, sixth best all-time at Fordham.