
Kiawan Murphy
Position coaches (Western Kentucky, 2026): Dayton LeBlanc, Jimmy Lindsey
Kiawan Murphy is a 6'2", 320-lb Redshirt Senior DT from East Hartford, CT. Kiawan Murphy entered the transfer portal from Akron on January 12, 2026 and committed to Western Kentucky. Kiawan Murphy has a TransferPortl Transfer Vulnerability Score of 2 out of 100, a relative risk score for entering the transfer portal.
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Advanced Statistics
2025 · 13 tklPercentiles rank this season against every 2025 FBS and FCS DL with the same minimum sample. Higher is better.
| Window | Team | TVS | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Akron | 21 Moderate | Entered portal |
| 2025 | Akron | 24 Moderate | Did not enter |
| 2024 | Akron | 10 Low | Did not enter |
Each score comes from a model trained only on seasons before that roster year, so it shows what TVS would have said at the time.
Akron| Season | Team | Tackles | Solo | TFL | Sacks | PBU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Western Kentucky | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | Akron | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | Akron | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
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