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Murray getting noticed after impressive SPARQ weekend

Bryant defensive lineman Cameron Murray.

A few new schools are taking notice of Bryant junior defensive lineman Cameron Murray after he scored two impressive SPARQ ratings on back-to-back days over the weekend.

On Saturday, Murray posted the highest score for linemen with a 94.77 at the Nike SPARQ Combine at AT&T Stadium. He recorded a time of 5.17 seconds in the 40, 27.3 vertical, 4.63 shuttle and the nation’s third best power ball toss of 45.5 feet at 6-2 and 277 pounds.

SPARQ ratings are used as a standardized measure of athletic ability and take into account an athlete’s speed, power, agility, reaction and quickness

Murray, who has scholarship offers from Arkansas, State, North Texas and Louisiana Tech, improved his SPARQ rating on Sunday and finished with a score of 103.50. Video highlights CLICK HERE

“I came to get a 100 and that’s what I got,” Murray said.

He improved almost 10 points on Sunday by recording 5.10 seconds in the 40, 27.1 vertical, 4.35 pro-shuttle and having power ball toss of 41 feet.

“I was kind of surprised,” said Murray of his second day performance. “I thought it would go down, but fortunately it went up.”

Houston, Kansas and Vanderbilt started following him on Twitter after the weekend performances. The defensive line coach for the Commodores called Hornets Coach Paul Calley and asked for Murray’s transcript.

“It helped me a lot, because now I have more exposure ands it feels like a bunch of coaches know me now and how I can play,” Murray said.

Murray gained attention after scoring an 86.19 SPARQ rating in last year’s Dallas Nike Combine without any training for the event. It was his first combine to participate in and he ranked the eighth best among linemen and second best for the 2016 linemen.

Arkansas, Texas and Indiana are some of the summer camps he plans to attend.

He was able to go against some of the best offensive linemen in the nation during 1-on-1 competition and held his own.

“I thought I did pretty good,” said Murray, who has been in communication with Razorback tight end coach Barry Lunney Jr. “I wished I got more reps. I stacked up well,”

Murray benched pressed 325 pounds and power cleaned 280 pounds about three months ago during testing.

“I gained a lot of confidence,” said Murray of his performance on Sunday.