Myles Murphy holds the LDE · Starter spot in Cincinnati Bengals’s edge room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Myles Murphy played 17 games in 2025 with a 64% snap share.

Myles Murphy is a left defensive end for the Cincinnati Bengals, selected 28th overall in the 2023 NFL Draft out of Clemson University. At 6'5" and 275 pounds, Murphy did not start a game in his first two professional seasons before recording 10 starts in 2025. That year proved to be a breakout, as he led Cincinnati with 5.5 sacks, 52 tackles, and added a fumble recovery. Over the final nine games, Murphy accumulated 37 tackles and four sacks, including his first career multi-sack game against Baltimore on December 14. Murphy compiled 17.5 sacks across 38 games during his three-year college career at Clemson, earning first-team All-ACC honors in 2022.

Clemson2020 – 2022

Bengals2023 — present

CollegeClemsonDraftRound 1 · No. 28 overall · 2023 · CINHometownMarietta, GA