Player
Latavius Murray
RB (retired)
Scoring rushing TDs requires coach trust in goal-line situations; doing it for 6 different coaching staffs proves Murray's physical skill set — not scheme — was the constant. Most journeyman backs eventually lose TD carries as their role shrinks.
Murray scored rushing TDs for all 6 teams he played for — one of only 3 RBs in the database to score for 6+ different franchises.
RareMurray rush TDs by franchise (reg season)
| Team | Carries | Rush TDs |
|---|---|---|
| LV | 543 | 20 |
| MIN | 356 | 14 |
| NO | 303 | 10 |
| BAL | 119 | 6 |
| DEN | 160 | 5 |
| BUF | 79 | 4 |
RBs with rush TDs for 6+ franchises (DB)
| Player | Teams | Total TDs |
|---|---|---|
| Fred Taylor | 7 | 52 |
| Adrian Peterson | 6 | 120 |
| Latavius Murray | 6 | 59 |
Why it matters. Scoring rushing TDs requires coach trust in goal-line situations; doing it for 6 different coaching staffs proves Murray's physical skill set — not scheme — was the constant. Most journeyman backs eventually lose TD carries as their role shrinks.
In 2016 Murray had the highest TD-per-carry rate (6.2%) among any RB with 150+ carries — higher than LeGarrette Blount who had more total TDs.
Anomaly2016 RB TD% leaders (150+ carries)
| Player | Carries | TDs | TD% |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latavius Murray | 195 | 12 | 6.2% |
| LeGarrette Blount | 299 | 18 | 6.0% |
| LeSean McCoy | 234 | 13 | 5.6% |
| David Johnson | 293 | 16 | 5.5% |
| Ryan Mathews | 155 | 8 | 5.2% |
Why it matters. TD% per carry isolates goal-line conversion skill from volume — a team that uses you in the red zone but keeps your overall workload low gives you an inflated rate. Murray's 195 carries is a full starter load, making the 6.2% a genuine efficiency signal rather than a small-sample artifact.
Murray had 14 games of 100+ rushing yards across 5 different franchises — a breadth of explosive games no other RB in this era matched across that many teams.
SplitMurray 100+ rush yard games by franchise
| Team | 100-Yd Games |
|---|---|
| LV | 5 |
| NO | 3 |
| MIN | 3 |
| DEN | 2 |
| BAL | 1 |
RBs with 100-yd games for 5+ teams (10+ total)
| Player | Teams | Games |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas Jones | 5 | 34 |
| Latavius Murray | 5 | 14 |
Why it matters. A 100-yard game requires both opportunity (play-calls) and execution (breaking tackles, finding cutbacks). Producing them for 5 different offensive lines and coordinators rules out the 'right system' explanation — Murray's legs were the constant.
Murray's career unfolded in 3 phases: featured Oakland starter (2014-16), complementary Saints/Vikings back (2017-20), hired red-zone gun (2021-23) — each phase sustained a positive TD rate.
TrendMurray career phases (reg season)
| Phase | Teams | Carries | Yds | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Featured | LV | 543 | 2,278 | 20 |
| Complementary | MIN+NO | 659 | 2,770 | 24 |
| Hired Gun | BAL+DEN+BUF | 358 | 1,504 | 15 |
Why it matters. Most RBs who survive to a 'hired gun' phase see their TD rate collapse as teams only use them in desperation. Murray's sustained TD rate across all three phases means he was a genuine goal-line asset, not a charity contract, deep into his 30s.
Murray vs LeGarrette Blount: similar career TD totals (59 vs 56), similar roles — but Murray did it across 6 teams to Blount's 5, with a higher career TD rate.
ComparisonCareer comparison (reg season)
| Player | Carries | Yds | TDs | TD% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latavius Murray | 1,560 | 6,552 | 59 | 3.78% |
| LeGarrette Blount | 1,495 | 6,306 | 56 | 3.75% |
Why it matters. Blount is often cited as the prototype goal-line back of this era; Murray matching him nearly exactly on volume and TD rate while serving one more franchise underscores how underrated Murray was — two virtually identical careers, two very different public profiles.
59 career regular-season rushing TDs on 1,560 carries across 10 seasons — all six teams trusted him in goal-line situations at some point.
MilestoneCareer regular-season totals (verified)
| Stat | Total |
|---|---|
| Seasons | 10 (2014-2023) |
| Carries | 1,560 |
| Rush Yards | 6,552 |
| Rush TDs | 59 |
| Y/Att | 4.20 |
| Teams | LV / MIN / NO / BAL / DEN / BUF |
Why it matters. The TD total (59) understates his value because his carry share fluctuated wildly by year and team — he was never a full-time workhorse after 2016, yet still accumulated 59 TDs by being the trusted short-yardage option everywhere he landed.
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