FRISCO, Texas – In their second trade of the day, the Cowboys have agreed to terms to send a sixth-round pick (188th overall) to the Tennessee Titans for linebacker Kenneth Murray and a seventh-round pick (239th overall).
Murray, 26, has played five seasons in the NFL. Four of those were spent with the Los Angeles Chargers, and then Murray signed a two-year deal with the Titans ahead of the 2024 season.
In his first and only year in Tennessee, Murray put together 95 tackles, eight tackles for loss, an interception and a career high 3.5 sacks. He was a team captain for the Titans in started in all 14 games he played in.
Over the course of four years with the Chargers, Murray started in 53 of the 59 games he played in and tallied 321 tackles, 21 tackles for loss, five sacks and two interceptions.
Murray led the Chargers in tackles in his rookie season with 107 in 2020 earning him a spot on the PFWA All-Rookie team, and finished with 107 once again in 2023, good for third on the team behind Derwin James Jr. (125) and Eric Kendricks (117). Kendricks played middle linebacker for the Cowboys in 2024 and is now an unrestricted free agent.
In three seasons at Oklahoma, Murray was named the Big 12 conference Defensive Freshman of the Year in 2017, followed it up with a second-team All-Big 12 nomination in 2018, and finished as a first-team All-Big 12 player in 2019.
The Chargers selected Murray with the 23rd overall pick in the 2020 NFL draft, making him the fourth former first round pick that Dallas has added thus far in the 2025 offseason. Murray joins former Bills cornerback Kaiir Elam, former Jets defensive lineman Soloman Thomas, and former Saints defensive end Payton Turner.
He’s also the second linebacker that the Cowboys added on Wednesday, after the team signed former Bear Jack Sanborn after he spent three years in Chicago with now Cowboys defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus and new linebackers coach Dave Borgonzi.
With Murray in the fold, the Cowboys now have a reliable option to start at the position who has been productive in bringing guys to the ground at his previous two stops, and will look to replicate that in Dallas.
