WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – North Florida transfer Liam Murphy has signed all the necessary paperwork and will join the Purdue men's basketball program for the 2025-26 season.
Murphy, a 6-foot, 7-inch, 220-pound forward from Staten Island, New York, becomes the third addition to the Purdue basketball program after South Dakota State transfer Oscar Cluff joined the team on April 4, and international standout Omer Mayer signed on April 15. Cluff was ranked the No. 1 transfer in the country via the On3 rankings, while Mayer is one of the top international guard prospects in the world.
Murphy will strengthen an already-strong Purdue interior attack, spearheaded by 2024 first-team All-Big Ten selection and All-America candidate Trey Kaufman-Renn and Cluff. In addition, Daniel Jacobsen returns after an injury cut his season short in the second game of the season, as well as Raleigh Burgess who had a strong freshman season in West Lafayette.
Murphy played the 2024-25 season at North Florida, averaging 13.0 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game in just 23.8 minutes per contest. He shot 44.3 percent from the field and was the Atlantic Sun's top 3-point shooter at 42.3 percent, making 104-of-246 shots from behind the arc, ranking 19th in the country in 3-pointers made.
He scored a season-high 22 points in a loss at Georgia, making 5-of-7 from long range, and scored 14 points in a win at South Carolina to start the 2024-25 season (4-of-8 from 3P range). He added 13 points in a loss at National Champion Florida, and was in double-figures in a win over Georgia Tech (10 pts) and loss to Nebraska (10 pts).
In five games against power-conference teams, Murphy averaged 13.8 points and 3.6 rebounds in 22.6 minutes, while shooting 17-of-37 (.459) from 3-point range. The Ospreys won two of the five games, defeating both South Carolina and Georgia Tech.
Murphy spent two seasons at Columbia (2021-22 and 2022-23) appearing in 36 games and averaging 9.9 points and 4.0 rebounds per game, while making 70 3-pointers in the two seasons.
As a sophomore in 2022-23, Murphy missed 13 games in the middle of the year with injury, averaging 7.3 points and 3.0 rebounds.
During the 2021-22 season, Murphy started all 20 games he played in, averaging 12.0 points and 4.9 rebounds while shooting 35.9 percent from 3-point range (47-of-131). He scored 19 points in the only power-5 game he played that season, a loss at Boston College, going 5-of-12 from long distance.
Murphy sat out the 2023-24 season with an injury, but stayed at Columbia to earn his degree before transferring to North Florida.
The Boilermakers are ranked in the top three of nearly every "way-too-early" top-25 poll for the upcoming season.
Murphy, a 6-foot, 7-inch, 220-pound forward from Staten Island, New York, becomes the third addition to the Purdue basketball program after South Dakota State transfer Oscar Cluff joined the team on April 4, and international standout Omer Mayer signed on April 15. Cluff was ranked the No. 1 transfer in the country via the On3 rankings, while Mayer is one of the top international guard prospects in the world.
Murphy will strengthen an already-strong Purdue interior attack, spearheaded by 2024 first-team All-Big Ten selection and All-America candidate Trey Kaufman-Renn and Cluff. In addition, Daniel Jacobsen returns after an injury cut his season short in the second game of the season, as well as Raleigh Burgess who had a strong freshman season in West Lafayette.
Murphy played the 2024-25 season at North Florida, averaging 13.0 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game in just 23.8 minutes per contest. He shot 44.3 percent from the field and was the Atlantic Sun's top 3-point shooter at 42.3 percent, making 104-of-246 shots from behind the arc, ranking 19th in the country in 3-pointers made.
He scored a season-high 22 points in a loss at Georgia, making 5-of-7 from long range, and scored 14 points in a win at South Carolina to start the 2024-25 season (4-of-8 from 3P range). He added 13 points in a loss at National Champion Florida, and was in double-figures in a win over Georgia Tech (10 pts) and loss to Nebraska (10 pts).
In five games against power-conference teams, Murphy averaged 13.8 points and 3.6 rebounds in 22.6 minutes, while shooting 17-of-37 (.459) from 3-point range. The Ospreys won two of the five games, defeating both South Carolina and Georgia Tech.
Murphy spent two seasons at Columbia (2021-22 and 2022-23) appearing in 36 games and averaging 9.9 points and 4.0 rebounds per game, while making 70 3-pointers in the two seasons.
As a sophomore in 2022-23, Murphy missed 13 games in the middle of the year with injury, averaging 7.3 points and 3.0 rebounds.
During the 2021-22 season, Murphy started all 20 games he played in, averaging 12.0 points and 4.9 rebounds while shooting 35.9 percent from 3-point range (47-of-131). He scored 19 points in the only power-5 game he played that season, a loss at Boston College, going 5-of-12 from long distance.
Murphy sat out the 2023-24 season with an injury, but stayed at Columbia to earn his degree before transferring to North Florida.
The Boilermakers are ranked in the top three of nearly every "way-too-early" top-25 poll for the upcoming season.