Houston’s roster will get an immediate boost from the addition of one former Power Five transfer.
In early June of this year, a few months after transferring from UCLA, it was confirmed that Justin Murphy had transferred into the UH football program. Late last month, it was subsequently confirmed that, as had been expected, the offensive lineman has been granted a waiver by the NCAA and will be eligible to play immediately for the Cougars in 2019.
The upcoming season will be Murphy’s final year of eligibility.
Officially eligible to play week 1 in Norman, Oklahoma! Huge thank you to the @NCAA and the University of Houston Compliance Office for the transfer waiver.
— Justin Murphy (@JMurphy_73) June 28, 2019
God is good all the time!
Murphy was granted a sixth year of eligibility last December, and he announced his intent to transfer shortly after receiving that news. Murphy transferred to UCLA in 2018 after a brief retirement following an ACL injury at Texas Tech.
Murphy played in the first four games of his first season with the Bruins this past year before going down with a knee injury. That issue kept the lineman sidelined for all but the final two games of the year.