 Claimed by the Buccaneers off waivers from the Miami Dolphins on October 21, 2009… Waived by the Dolphins on October 20… Inactive for all 16 games with the Dolphins in 2008… Originally was a fourth-round draft choice (110th overall) of the Dolphins in 2008. |
 2009: Claimed by the Buccaneers off waivers from the Miami Dolphins on October 21… Inactive for Tampa Bay against New England (10/25), against Green Bay (11/8) and at Miami (11/15)… Waived by the Dolphins on October 20… Inactive for Weeks 1-5 with the Dolphins. |
 2008: Was inactive for all 16 games and for AFC Wild Card contest vs. Baltimore Ravens (1/4) with the Dolphins. |
 Was a two-year starter at Utah State (2006-07)... Registered 216 knockdown blocks over his senior and junior seasons, allowing only three quarterback sacks on 570 pass plays... Started all 12 games at left guard as a senior in 2007... Played in the East-West Shrine Game... Named honorable mention All-American and second-team All-Western Athletic Conference selection by the league’s coaches... Led WAC offensive linemen with 137 knockdown blocks... Produced 10 touchdown-resulting blocks and allowed just one quarterback sack and no pressures on 272 pass plays... Started all 12 games at left tackle as a junior in 2006... Named as an Academic All-WAC choice... Lettered as an offensive tackle at Dixie State (Utah) Community College in 2005... Spent the 2002-04 seasons on an LDS mission to Brazil... Played in 12 games, starting three contests, at defensive end at Ricks (Utah) Junior College in 2001... Majored in English. |
 Attended Lone Peak High School in Highland, Utah as a junior and senior... Named second-team all-state and all-region selection as a defensive end his senior year... Spent his first two years at Belmont (MA) High School... Overall, lettered three times on the gridiron, twice leading his team in quarterback sacks... Also competed on the school’s baseball team... Comes from athletic bloodlines as his father, Dale, was a seven-time All-Star first baseman and outfielder for the Atlanta Braves (1976-90) and was the fifth overall pick of the 1974 MLB draft as a catcher… His dad also played for Philadelphia and Colorado before ending his career in 1993… Born Shawn Bryan Murphy on December 17, 1982 in Atlanta, Georgia. |
