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Kenneth “Trey” Murphy III (born June 18, 2000) is an American professional basketball player for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Rice Owls and the Virginia Cavaliers. With Virginia, he became the most recent (as of 2026) Men’s NCAA basketball player to post a 50–40–90 season, with a 50–43–93 tally in the 2020–21 season.
Murphy was born in Durham, North Carolina, to his mother, Albeda, and father, Kenneth Murphy Jr. He played high school basketball at Cary Academy in Cary, North Carolina, where, as a senior, he averaged 24.7 points and 7.4 rebounds per game while shooting 49.4% from the floor. He also shot 43.6% from beyond the three-point line and 85.8% from the free-throw stripe. On October 4, 2017, Murphy committed to playing college basketball for Rice.
Murphy had a notable growth spurt within high school standing 5’8 as a freshman and not reaching 6’4 until his senior year. He continued to grow in university, reaching his current height of 6’8 by the time of his draft.
As a freshman, Murphy played in all 32 of Rice’s games. He came off the bench 31 times…
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