Greg McMurtry
| No. 1 (Michigan), 86 (New England) | |||||||||
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| Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | October 15, 1967 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Jackson, Mississippi | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 207 lb (94 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Brockton (MA) | ||||||||
| College: | Michigan | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1990 / Round: 3 / Pick: 80 | ||||||||
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| Receptions: | 128 |
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| Receiving yards: | 1,631 |
| Receiving TDs: | 5 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Gregory "Greg" Wendell McMurtry (born October 15, 1967) is a former American football player. He played college football as a wide receiver for the University of Michigan from 1986 to 1989. He caught 111 passes for 2,163 yards and 15 touchdowns for Michigan. He also played professional football as a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for the New England Patriots from 1990 to 1993 and for the Chicago Bears in 1994. He caught 128 passes for 1,631 yards in 67 NFL games.
McMurtry was born in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1967. He attended Brockton High School in Brockton, Massachusetts. McMurtry was an outstanding baseball and football player at Brockton High School. He was selected by the Boston Red Sox in the first round (14th overall pick) of the 1986 Major League Baseball Draft, but turned down a six-figure signing bonus to attend the University of Michigan on a football scholarship.
McMurtry enrolled at the University of Michigan in 1986 and played college football for head coach Bo Schembechler's Michigan Wolverines football teams from 1986 to 1989. He started five games at flanker in 1986 (22 catches for 508 yards), 12 games at split end in 1987 (21 catches for 474 yards and five touchdowns), 10 games at split end in 1988 (27 catches for 470 yards and three touchdowns), and 12 games at split end in 1989 (41 catches for 711 yards and seven touchdowns). He played on three Big Ten Conference championship teams and appeared in three Rose Bowl Games. He had his best game on November 18, 1989, with seven catches for 189 yards and three touchdowns against Minnesota. In four years at Michigan, he caught 111 passes for 2,163 yards and 15 touchdowns.
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